Detroit Pistons
1979-80 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Pistons 1979-80 Season Recap

The Pistons decide to completely rebuild after getting off to another poor start which leads to the ouster of Coach Dick Vitale who would go on to become a popular television personality, with catch phrases like"diaper dandy"" and""dipsee do dunk aroo."" However the Pistons were hardly awesome with a capital A as they finished dead last with a franchise worse record of 16-66 under Vitale's replacement Richie Adubato."

1980 Pistons

1979-80 Detroit PistonsPistons

Missed Playoffs

16-66 (.195)

6th place in NBA Eastern Conference Central Division

Head Coach

Dick Vitale (4-8)
Richie Adubato (12-58)

General Manager

Jack McCloskey

Team Owner

Bill Davidson

Arena

Silverdome

Attendance

333,233 total
8,128 per game

1980 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 17 Larry Drew

2 45 Brad Branson

3 64 Jonathan Moore

4 70 Darwin Cook

5 93 Tony Fuller

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Missed Playoffs

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