• Tayshaun Prince
• #22
• Forward

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PRO CAREER:
Drafted: Selected by Detroit in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft.

Transactions: Re-signed to a multi-year contract extension by Detroit (10/31/05).

Honors: Was selected to the USA Senior National Team that recorded a 10-0 record and won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in 2007 and went 8-0 to win the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing, China… Averaged 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 11.0 minutes in eight games during the 2008 Olympic Games…Named to NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008)…Member of Detroit’s 2004 NBA Championship Team.

Career Averages/Milestones: Ended the 2007-08 NBA season with career averages of 12.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.62 blocks and 32.7 minutes in 452 games…Has played in every Pistons regular-season (412 straight) and playoff game (97 straight) over the last five-plus seasons.

Year-By-Year Key Notes:
2006-07 (Detroit): Appeared in 82 games (all starts) averaging 14.3 points (.460 FG, career-high .386 3FG, .768 FT), 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 0.67 blocks in 36.6 minutes per game…Recorded his third consecutive season with 1,000-plus points (1,171)…Led the team in scoring 12 times, assists six times and rebounds seven times…Ranked third on the team in scoring (14.3 ppg) and fourth in rebounds (5.2 rpg)…Scored 10-plus points 61 times, 20-plus points 14 times (Pistons 12-2 in those games) and 30-plus points four times (only scored 30-plus points once prior to this season)…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds five times, including a career-high-tying 12 rebounds vs. Milwaukee (2/2)… Recorded five double-doubles [points/rebounds]…Tallied a career-high nine assists vs. New Jersey (3/30)…Made a single-season career-high 81 three-point field goals, including a career-high six in one game vs. New York (12/1)…Scored in double-figures in 14 straight games (11/10–12/7), his longest stretch of the season, averaging 18.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 37.1 minutes.

2005-06 (Detroit): Appeared in 82 games (all starts) averaging 14.1 points (.455 FG, .350 3FG, .765 FT), 4.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.48 blocks in 35.3 minutes per game…In 18 playoff games (all starts), averaged 16.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 41.4 minutes…Scored a playoff career-high 29 points (11-17 FG) in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Miami (5/31)…Played a career-high 55 minutes vs. Washington (11/25).

2004-05 (Detroit): Appeared in 82 games (all starts), averaging career highs in points (14.7) (career-high .487 FG, .341 3FG, career-high .807 FT), rebounds (5.3), assists (3.0), blocks (0.87) and minutes (37.1)…Started all 25 playoff games for the club, averaging 13.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.04 steals in 40.9 minutes per game…Ranked fifth among small forwards in field goal percentage…Finished third in the NBA’s Most Improved Award voting, improving in almost every statistical catergory – including points, rebounds, assists, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and minutes played…Recorded his first 1,000-point season and finished with 1,206 total points…Scored in double-figures in 20 straight games (3/14 through 4/20), his longest stretch of the season…Scored 31 points (13-19 FG, 0-1 3FG, 5-6 FT) at Atlanta (3/14)…Recorded a career-high-tying four blocked shots twice (12/27 vs. New Jersey and 2/5 at New Jersey)…Recorded career highs in free throws made (10) and attempted (11) vs. Golden State (3/9).

2003-04 (Detroit): Appeared in 82 games (80 starts), averaging 10.3 points (.467 FG, .363 3FG, .766 FT), 4.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.77 steals, 0.84 blocks and 32.9 minutes…Averaged 9.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.09 steals, 1.35 blocks and 34.6 minutes in 23 playoff games (all starts)…Recorded a playoff career-high-tying four blocks three times, including the spectacular game-saving block of a Reggie Miller break away lay-up in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Indiana…Ranked 3rd among second-year forwards in scoring and 1st in field goal percentage…Dished out a career-high seven assists twice (11/28 vs. Cleveland and 1/13 at Chicago)… Recorded a career-high four blocked shots twice (11/23 vs. New Orleans and 12/9 vs. Philadelphia)…Was a starter for the sophomore team during the got milk? Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star 2004, scoring 18 points (7-10 FG, 3-4 3FG, 1-2 FT) with four rebounds, three assists and one steal in 27 minutes (2/13).

2002-03 (Detroit): Appeared in 42 games (five starts) averaging 3.3 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.6 assists and 10.4 minutes…Scored 10-plus points six times…Appeared in 15 playoff games, averaging 9.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 25.5 minutes…Scored game-tying bucket vs. Philadelphia in Game 2 of the conference semifinals with 4.2 seconds remaining and then scored seven of his then-playoffcareer- high 20 points in overtime to give the Pistons a 104-97 win.

COLLEGE:
Named Second Team All-America by The Associated Press as a junior and Third Team as a senior…Originally an early entry candidate for the 2001 NBA Draft, but withdrew his name from consideration… Three-time Kentucky Team MVP…Finished seventh in Kentucky history in scoring (1,775 points), second in three-point field goals made (204) and attempted (621) and fifth in blocks (142)…In 135 career-college games, averaged 13.1 points on 45.7% (648-1,419 FG) shooting, with 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists…As a senior, named First Team All-SEC and Second Team All-America by the NABC…Led the Cats in scoring (17.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg)…Scored a career-high 41 points against Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament, the highest single-game total in the 2002 Tournament…As a junior, made the 10-member Wooden All-America team and was named to NABC’s third team…Swept AP and Coaches 2001 SEC Player of the Year honors…Made first-team All-SEC in both polls…Became the 48th member of UK’s prestigious 1,000-point club…Earned SEC Tournament MVP honors…Was a Second Team All-SEC pick by league coaches as a sophomore.