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Top Ten Individual Seasons in Pistons History

By David Hoffman

Feb 10, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; (left to right) Vinnie Johnson and David Bing and Chauncey Billups and Isiah Thomas smile during a halftime retirement ceremony for Billups in the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Nuggets won 103-92. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 10, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; (left to right) Vinnie Johnson and David Bing and Chauncey Billups and Isiah Thomas smile during a halftime retirement ceremony for Billups in the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Nuggets won 103-92. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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#10:  Jerry Stackhouse (2000-01)

By trading Grant Hill to Orlando prior to the 2000 season, the Pistons left Jerry Stackhouse as the only true scoring threat on the roster. He eagerly took full advantage.

Stackhouse scored 29.8 points a game to go along with 3.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists. Numbers like that should get him in the discussion for a better ranking, but unfortunately Stackhouse came by those points very inefficiently. In a Kobe Bryant fever-dream, Stackhouse took 24.1 shots a game to score those 29.8 points. Only once in his career did Kobe eclipse that many attempts.

On his way to setting the team record for points per game, he stumbled into the team records for field goal attempts, field goals missed, and usage rate.

“In a Kobe Bryant fever dream, Stackhouse took 24.1 shots a game to score that 29.8 points per game. Only once in his career did Kobe eclipse that many attempts.”

However, blaming Stackhouse for taking so many shots may be unfair. Corliss Williamson, better suited for a bench role, served as Detroit’s next best scoring option. Calling the cupboard bare would be generous.

Stackhouse finished just a little over a point behind Allen Iverson for the league scoring title.  He did, however, have the highest scoring game of the NBA season by dropping 57 points in a late season contest against the Chicago Bulls.

He even put an exclamation mark on the evening by scoring points 50 and 57 with reverse transition slams.  Which apparently, he might still be capable of 15 years later.

Stackhouse was traded in a six player deal the next year that brought Richard Hamilton to the Detroit Pistons.

Next: #9: Andre Drummond (2015-16)