Top 5 small forwards in Detroit Pistons history

Grant Hill

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Grant Hill is number one on the list of best small forwards to ever play in Detroit.

Hill is always brought up as a big “what if?” because of the injuries he suffered.

While injuries cut him down in his prime, he was a superstar before them.

From 1995 to 2000 he averaged 21.6 points, 7.9 points, 6.3 assists and 1.6 steals for the Pistons.

He was named an All-Star in all but one of his seasons and without ever reaching his full potential he was still one of the best small forwards in the league at the time.

Hill also finds himself plastered across the career and season leaders for the Pistons.

He is fifth all time in assists (2,720), seventh in steals (694), ninth in points (9,393),  fifth in steals per game and fourth in points per game.

He’s also seventh in assists per game, putting him ahead of Chauncey Billups.

It was a real shame the Pistons were going through one of their worst periods in franchise history while Hill was on the team.

Timing is everything, and unfortunately Hill was too late for the Bad Boys era of success and too early for the success of the mid 2000s.

He was practically the complete package, apart from his three-point shot, which he developed into something that was somewhat reliable in his later years with the Phoenix Suns.

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Grant Hill could have been the greatest Piston all time if he had remained in Detroit and stayed injury free, but the service the team got from him still puts him in the upper echelon of players.