The NBA’s board of governors convened on Wednesday, and the Detroit Pistons’ move back to Midtown Detroit was on the agenda. As expected, the NBA voted unanimously in favor of the Pistons moving back home to Little Caesars Arena.
The Pistons will depart their home of almost 30 years, the Palace of Auburn Hills, in suburban Detroit. They won three NBA championships at the Palace, went to the NBA Finals five times and had a stretch of six straight Eastern Conference Finals appearances in the mid-2000’s.
Great players have called the Palace home over the decades, including guys like Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars (as both player and president of basketball operations), Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, Grant Hill, Jerry Stackhouse, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Rasheed Wallace and more.