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With Cade Cunningham being selected to third-team All-NBA on Friday, May 23, he has snapped a long drought for the Detroit Pistons.
The last Piston to make an All-NBA team of any kind was Blake Griffin, who was named third-team All-NBA following the 2018-19 season.
As for the last second-team selection, you have to go all the way back to 2006, when both Chauncey Billups and Ben Wallace were handed the honor.
And a first-team selection? Believe it or not, the Pistons haven’t had one this century. The last Piston to be named to the All-NBA first team was Grant Hill in the 1996-97 season, and that broke a decade-long first-team All-NBA drought the Pistons previously had.
In other words, Cunningham’s selection to third-team All-NBA is a big moment for the franchise that has a strong winning history, but isn’t know for tons of star players.
Here is every player in Pistons history to be named to an All-NBA team, going back to the franchise’s founding in Fort Wayne in 1937.
In total, six Pistons have earned All-NBA first-team honors; five since the franchise moved to Detroit in 1957 and one when it was located in Fort Wayne.
Grant Hill: 1996-97.
Isiah Thomas (3): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86.
Dave Bing (2): 1967-68, 1970-71.
Gene Shue: 1959-60.
George Yardley: 1957-58.
Larry Foust (Fort Wayne): 1954-55.
Detroit Pistons All-NBA second team history
Twelve Pistons have been named to the All-NBA second team, with the six first-teamers also having received second-team honors at some point in their careers with Detroit.
Chauncey Billups: 2005-06.
Ben Wallace (3): 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06.
Grant Hill (4): 1995-96, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00.
Joe Dumars: 1992-93.
Isiah Thomas (2): 1982-83, 1986-87.
Dave Bing: 1973-74.
Bailey Howell: 1962-63.
Gene Shue: 1960-61.
George Yardley (Fort Wayne): 1956-57.
Andy Phillip (Fort Wayne): 1952-53.
Larry Foust (Fort Wayne): 1951-52.
Fred Schaus (Ford Wayne): 1949-50.
Detroit Pistons All-NBA third team history
Seven additional Pistons have been named to an All-NBA third team, with four players (so far) never being named to another All-NBA team as a member of the Pistons.
Cade Cunningham: 2024-25.
Blake Griffin: 2018-19.
Andre Drummond: 2015-16.
Chauncey Billups: 2006-07.
Ben Wallace (2): 2001-02, 2004-05.
Dennis Rodman: 1991-92.
Joe Dumars (2): 1989-90, 1990-91.
Detroit Pistons All-NBA selections by player
Nine Pistons players have received multiple All-NBA selections:
Grant Hill: 5.
Isiah Thomas: 5.
Ben Wallace: 5.
Dave Bing: 3.
Joe Dumars: 3.
Chauncey Billups: 2.
Larry Foust: 2.
Gene Shue: 2.
George Yardley: 2.
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