The 2019–20 Detroit Pistons season was the 79th season of the franchise, the 72nd in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the third in Midtown Detroit. This was the second season under head coach Dwane Casey.

On March 11, 2020, the season was suspended by the NBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic after it was reported Rudy Gobert tested positive.^[1][2] On June 4, 2020, the season came to an end for the Pistons when the NBA Board of Governors approved a plan that would restart the season with 22 teams returning to play in the NBA Bubble on July 31, 2020, which was approved by the National Basketball Players Association the next day.^[3][4]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Team
1	15	Sekou Doumbouya	PF	France	Limoges CSP
2	45	Isaiah Roby	SF	United States	Nebraska

The Pistons held two first round picks and one second round pick entering the draft. The 30th pick was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, while the 45th pick was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for the 37th pick.^[5][6] They acquired the 57th pick from the Philadelphia 76ers.^[7]

Roster

2019–20 Detroit Pistons roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 18 Bone, Jordan (TW) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997–11–05 Tennessee SG 6 Brown, Bruce 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1996–08–15 Miami (FL) PF 45 Doumbouya, Sekou 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 2000–12–23 France PG 9 Galloway, Langston 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–12–09 Saint Joseph's PF 23 Griffin, Blake  6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1989–03–16 Oklahoma C 31 Henson, John 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1990–12–28 North Carolina SG 5 Kennard, Luke 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1996–06–24 Duke SF 14 King, Louis (TW) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999–04–06 Oregon PG 20 Knight, Brandon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 1991–12–02 Kentucky C 7 Maker, Thon 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1997–02–25 Orangeville Prep (CAN) SG 52 McRae, Jordan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–03–28 Tennessee SG 19 Mykhailiuk, Sviatoslav 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997–06–10 Kansas C — Patton, Justin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 251 lb (114 kg) 1997–06–14 Creighton PG 25 Rose, Derrick  6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–10–04 Memphis SF 17 Snell, Tony 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1991–11–10 New Mexico PG 13 Thomas, Khyri 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996–05–08 Creighton PF 35 Wood, Christian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–09–27 UNLV	Head coach Dwane Casey Assistant coach(es) Tim Grgurich Sidney Lowe Micah Nori Sean Sweeney Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: 2020–06–26

Standings

Game log

Transactions

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 4	Louis King	Two-way contract	Oregon Ducks	[10][11]
July 7	Derrick Rose	2-year contract worth $15 million	Minnesota Timberwolves	[12][13]
July 17	Christian Wood		New Orleans Pelicans	[14]
February 22	Donta Hall	10-day contract	Grand Rapids Drive	[15]
March 4	Jordan McRae		Denver Nuggets	[16]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason	New team	Ref.
July 9	Wayne Ellington	Unrestricted free agent	New York Knicks	[17]
	Ish Smith	Unrestricted free agent	Washington Wizards	[18]
July 10	Glenn Robinson III	Unrestricted free agent	Golden State Warriors	[19]
August 29	Zaza Pachulia	Retired	—	[20]
October 10	Isaiah Whitehead	Unrestricted free agent	BC Astana	[21]
October 21	Joe Johnson	Waived		[22]
November 4	José Calderón	Retired	—	[23]
February 6	Tim Frazier	Waived		[24]
February 15	Kalin Lucas	Unrestricted free agent	Crvena zvezda	[25]
February 18	Reggie Jackson	Waived	Los Angeles Clippers	[26][27]
February 21	Markieff Morris	Waived	Los Angeles Lakers	[28][29]
March 4	Derrick Walton	Waived		[30]

References