Top 5 shooting guards in Detroit Pistons history

Joe Dumars

It was a tough decision, but ultimately it was too hard to overlook Joe Dumars as the number one shooting guard in Detroit Pistons history.

Thanks to his hit and miss run as the Pistons’ president of basketball operations, many people have forgotten just how great Dumars was on the court.

He spent his entire 14-season career with the Pistons and formed one half of an extremely dangerous backcourt with Isiah Thomas.

Over his career he averaged 16.1 points, 4.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds while shooting 46 percent from the field and 38 percent from three.

In his prime years from 1988 to 1995, he went at a rate of 19.7 points, 4.8 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1 steal per game.

Dumars was a crucial part of the Pistons’ back-to-back championships, and he was named the Finals MVP for his efforts in 1989.

In the 1989 Finals he averaged an incredible 27.3 points and 6 assists while shooting the ball at 58 percent.

Dumars also holds a number of records for the Pistons.

He’s played the most games (1018), made the most three-point field goals (990), and is second all time for points with 16,401.

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Dumars was a superstar for the Pistons in the late 80s and early 90s, which unfortunately goes unrecognised sometimes because he drafted Darko Miličić second overall in 2003.