The Detroit Pistons announced a jersey patch partnership with Flagstar Bank on Wednesday in downtown Detroit. The patch will appear next season.
The Detroit Pistons announced Wednesday morning that they would be joining forces with Flagstar Bank in their first jersey partnership. Starting next season, the Pistons will wear jerseys with a Flagstar patch.
JUST IN: The @DetroitPistons have signed @flagstar to be the team's jersey ad sponsor. pic.twitter.com/FZR1R38bdZ
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 26, 2017
The Pistons are joining a growing group of NBA teams with jersey patch ads, including the Philadelphia 76ers (sponsored by Stubhub), the Cleveland Cavaliers (sponsored by Goodyear), the Orlando Magic (Disney, obviously), the Minnesota Timberwolves (sponsored by Fitbit) and more.
The Pistons and Flagstar announced the partnership at the Nike outlet store in downtown Detroit. Stan Van Gundy, Arn Tellem and Flagstar CEO Alessandro DiNello were on hand for the announcement, joined by Ish Smith.
Ish Smith, SVG, DiNello, Arn Tellum and @EarlTheTwirl #Pistons pic.twitter.com/Szu21JugYf
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) July 26, 2017
Stan Van Gundy expressed his pleasure at the new agreement between the Pistons and Flagstar.
“I’d like to express our enthusiasm for what we hope will be a mutually beneficial and long relationship with Sandro (Flagstar CEO) and Flagstar. Our team is really excited about the move downtown and understands the responsibility to go out every night and represent Tom Gores, the Detroit Pistons organization, our fans and now Flagstar Bank every time that we take the court. We want to have a team that plays hard every night, that competes with toughness, and that really plays together.”
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As for the jerseys themselves, fans can purchase authentic jerseys with the Flagstar Bank patch at Little Caesars Arena, the Pistons’ team store and Pistons.com. Any other outlet will sell the jerseys without the patch.