Remember that Detroit sports survey? Well, the results are in, and the Pistons finished last among Detroit’s four professional teams in several categories:
- Follow regularly (17.1 percent)*
- Favorite team (12.8 percent)
- Venue with best overall experience (4.1 percent)
- Best front office (1.6 percent)
- Best head coach (1.9 percent)
- Win Detroit’s next championship (0.8 percent)
*Respondents could check multiple teams.
The Pistons “won” a couple categories, though:
- Worst front office (80.8 percent)
- Worst head coach (69.3 percent)
A few Pistons players also finished near the top of the individual categories:
- Most disliked Detroit player: Charlie Villanueva, second (behind Ryan Raburn)
- Most overrated Detroit player: Tayshaun Prince, third, Rodney Stuckey, fourth (behind Ndamukong Suh and Johan Franzen)
- Detroit sports figure who doesn’t get enough credit: Greg Monroe, fourth (behind Martin Mayhew, Jim Leyland and Matt Stafford)