Detroit Pistons
1964-65 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Pistons 1964-65 Season Recap

As the Pistons continue to struggle, management decides to turn over the coaching reigns to 6-6 Dave DeBusschere, who was only 24 and playing in his 3rd NBA season. Under DeBusschere the Pistons would miss the playoffs for the 2nd straight season finishing in 4th place with a 31-49 record.

1965 Pistons

1964-65 Detroit PistonsPistons

Missed Playoffs

31-49 (.388)

4th place in NBA Western Division

Head Coach

Charles Wolf (2-9)
Dave DeBusschere (29-40)

General Manager

Edwin Coil

Team Owner

Fred Zollner

Arena

Cobo Arena

Attendance

121,239 total
4,041 per game

1965 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 3 Bill Buntin

2 14 Tom Van Arsdale

3 23 Ron Reed

4 32 Jim King

5 41 Ted Manning

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Recap

Missed Playoffs

1965 Draft Picks

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