2026–27 Detroit Pistons season

The 2026–27 Detroit Pistons season will be the 86th season of the franchise, the 79th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the tenth in Midtown Detroit. This will be the Pistons' third season under head coach J. B. Bickerstaff. The Pistons will attempt to defend their division championship from the previous season.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Team 1 21 Karim López SF Mexico New Zealand Breakers The Pistons entered the draft holding one first-round pick from a swap with the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of a three-team trade in February 2026, as both teams' picks fell outside the top-19 protection. They had traded their original second-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2020, which ultimately conveyed to the New Orleans Pelicans following five subsequent trades.

On the first night of the draft, the Pistons used their only selection to draft Karim López, but later traded his draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies for Ebuka Okorie, who was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 17th overall pick. On the second night of the draft, the Pistons traded for Ugonna Onyenso, who was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 53rd overall pick, as part of a trade with the New York Knicks.

Roster

Standings Division

Conference

Game log Preseason

| October 10 | @ Washington

| Capital One Arena | –

| October 14 | @ Minnesota

| Target Center | –

| October 16 | Toronto

| Little Caesars Arena | –

Regular season

| 1 | October 20 | Boston

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 2 | October 23 | @ Miami

| Kaseya Center | –

| 3 | October 25 | @ Philadelphia

| Xfinity Mobile Arena | –

| 4 | October 27 | @ New York

| Madison Square Garden | –

| 5 | October 28 | Charlotte

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 6 | October 30 | @ Brooklyn

| Barclays Center | –

| 7 | November 2 | @ Charlotte

| Spectrum Center | –

| 8 | November 4 | Philadelphia

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 9 | November 8 | L.A. Lakers

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 10 | November 9 | Washington

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 11 | November 12 | @ Washington

| Capital One Arena | –

| 12 | November 14 | @ Miami

| Kaseya Center | –

| 13 | November 17 | @ San Antonio

| Frost Bank Center | –

| 14 | November 18 | @ New Orleans

| Smoothie King Center | –

| 15 | November 20 | Toronto

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 16 | November 22 | @ Atlanta

| State Farm Arena | –

| 17 | November 24 | @ Orlando

| Kia Center | –

| 18 | November 27 | Milwaukee

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 19 | November 29 | Orlando

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 20 | November 30 | Denver

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 21 | December 2 | Memphis

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 22 | December | TBD

| TBD | –

| 23 | December | TBD

| TBD | –

| 24 | December 13 | @ Indiana

| Gainbridge Fieldhouse | –

| 25 | December 14 | Brooklyn

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 26 | December 16 | Phoenix

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 27 | December 18 | Cleveland

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 28 | December 20 | @ Boston

| TD Garden | –

| 29 | December 22 | @ Oklahoma City

| Paycom Center | –

| 30 | December 23 | @ Atlanta

| State Farm Arena | –

| 31 | December 26 | @ Chicago

| United Center | –

| 32 | December 27 | Portland

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 33 | December 30 | New Orleans

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 34 | January 1 | Orlando

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 35 | January 3 | @ Denver

| Ball Arena | –

| 36 | January 5 | @ Sacramento

| Golden 1 Center | –

| 37 | January 7 | @ Golden State

| Chase Center | –

| 38 | January 8 | @ L.A. Lakers

| Crypto.com Arena | –

| 39 | January 10 | Utah

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 40 | January 12 | @ Toronto

| Scotiabank Arena | –

| 41 | January 14 | Dallas

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 42 | January 16 | @ Houston

| Toyota Center | –

| 43 | January 18 | @ Cleveland

| Rocket Arena | –

| 44 | January 22 | Indiana

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 45 | January 24 | Minnesota

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 46 | January 26 | Atlanta

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 47 | January 27 | @ Cleveland

| Rocket Arena | –

| 48 | January 29 | @ Dallas

| American Airlines Center | –

| 49 | January 31 | Sacramento

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 50 | February 2 | Chicago

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 51 | February 3 | New York

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 52 | February 5 | @ Philadelphia

| Xfinity Mobile Arena | –

| 53 | February 7 | Golden State

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 54 | February 9 | @ L.A. Clippers

| Intuit Dome | –

| 55 | February 10 | @ Phoenix

| Mortgage Matchup Center | –

| 56 | February 13 | @ Portland

| Moda Center | –

| 57 | February 15 | @ Utah

| Delta Center | –

| 58 | February 17 | New York

| 59 | February 25 | Miami

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 60 | February 27 | Oklahoma City

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 61 | March 1 | Chicago

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 62 | March 2 | @ Milwaukee

| Fiserv Forum | –

| 63 | March 5 | Boston

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 64 | March 9 | Cleveland

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 65 | March 11 | Milwaukee

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 66 | March 13 | Brooklyn

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 67 | March 14 | @ Toronto

| Scotiabank Arena | –

| 68 | March 16 | @ Indiana

| Gainbridge Fieldhouse | –

| 69 | March 18 | @ Milwaukee

| Fiserv Forum | –

| 70 | March 20 | Charlotte

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 71 | March 22 | @ Minnesota

| Target Center | –

| 72 | March 24 | @ Charlotte

| Spectrum Center | –

| 73 | March 25 | Houston

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 74 | March 27 | San Antonio

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 75 | March 29 | L.A. Clippers

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 76 | March 31 | Toronto

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 77 | April 2 | @ Chicago

| United Center | –

| 78 | April 4 | Miami

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 79 | April 6 | @ Memphis

| FedEx Forum | –

| 80 | April 7 | Indiana

| Little Caesars Arena | –

| 81 | April 9 | @ New York

| Madison Square Garden | –

| 82 | April 11 | @ Washington

| Capital One Arena | –

NBA Cup

East Group A

Transactions

Overview Players Added Via draft Karim López

Via trade John Collins Gary Harris Isaiah Joe Ebuka Okorie Ugonna Onyenso Taurean Prince

Via free agency Elijah HarklessPlayers Lost Via trade Caris LeVert Karim López Marcus Sasser Isaiah Stewart

Via free agency Tobias Harris Wendell Moore Jr.

Waived Gary Harris

Trades

Date Trade Ref.June 24, 2026 To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Ebuka Okorie (No. 17) To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Karim López (No. 21) 2029 second-round pickThe most favorable of the picks originally belonging to Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York.Detroit agreed to trade this pick to Memphis during the first round of the 2026 NBA draft for the draft rights to Ebuka Okorie. During the second round, Memphis agreed to send the pick back to Detroit for Isaiah Stewart. 2031 DAL second-round pick 2032 DET second-round pick To Detroit Pistons Draft rights to Ugonna Onyenso (No. 53) To New York Knicks Cash considerationsJuly 6, 2026To Detroit Pistons Isaiah JoeTo Oklahoma City Thunder 2030 MIN second-round pick 2031 DET second-round pick July 8, 2026Six-team trade To Dallas Mavericks Santi Aldama (from Memphis) Marcus Sasser (from Detroit) Draft rights to Tarik Biberović (2023 No. 56) (from Memphis)To Detroit Pistons John Collins (sign-and-trade) (from Los Angeles) Gary Harris (from Milwaukee) Taurean Prince (from Milwaukee) 2029 second-round pick (from Memphis) 2031 DAL second-round pick (from Memphis) 2032 DET second-round pick (from Memphis)To Los Angeles Clippers 2028 protected second-round pickLos Angeles will receive the pick if falls to No. 56–60. (from Detroit)To Memphis Grizzlies AJ Johnson (from Dallas) D'Angelo Russell (from Washington) Isaiah Stewart (from Detroit) 2029 HOU second-round pick (from Dallas) 2029 LAL second-round pick (from Washington) 2030 GSW protected first-round pickMemphis will receive the pick if falls to No. 21–30; if it falls to No. 1–20, Memphis will receive Golden State's own 2030 second-round pick. (from Dallas) 2032 second-round pick swap rightMemphis may swap the more favorable of their own pick and the pick originally belonging to Philadelphia for the pick originally belonging to Utah. (from Washington) 2033 WAS second-round pick (from Washington)To Milwaukee Bucks Caris LeVert (from Detroit) 2027 MIL second-round pickMilwaukee traded this pick away in a previous transaction. (from Detroit) 2027 second-round pickThe less favorable of the picks originally belonging to Brooklyn and Dallas. (from Detroit) Cash considerations (from Los Angeles)To Washington Wizards Khris Middleton (sign-and-trade) (from Dallas) 2033 DAL second-round pick (from Dallas)

Free agency Re-signed Date Player Ref. July 8 Javonte Green July 9 Kevin Huerter October 2 Jalen Duren

Additions Date Player Former Team Ref. July 8 Elijah Harkless Utah Jazz

Subtractions Date Player Reason New Team Ref. July 6 Tobias Harris Unrestricted free agent San Antonio Spurs July 28 Wendell Moore Jr. Unrestricted free agent Virtus Bologna September 28 Gary Harris Waived

Notes

References

2026–27 Detroit Pistons season

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