The 2016–17 Detroit Pistons season was the 76th season of the franchise, the 69th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 60th in Metro Detroit. It was the Pistons' final season at The Palace of Auburn Hills in nearby Auburn Hills, Michigan, ending a 42-year history of professional sports in Oakland County. They moved to the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit for the 2017–18 season.
Draft picks
Roster
Standings
Division
Conference
Game log
Pre-season
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | October 6 | @ Brooklyn | | Morris & Drummond (17) | Andre Drummond (21) | Caldwell-Pope & McCallum (4) | Barclays Center8,782 | 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2 | October 10 | San Antonio | | Andre Drummond (17) | Andre Drummond (13) | Leuer & Smith (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills12,103 | 0–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | October 13 | @ Atlanta | | Harris & Smith (18) | Jon Leuer (9) | Ish Smith (8) | Philips Arena10,852 | 1–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | October 15 | @ Philadelphia | | Tobias Harris (18) | Andre Drummond (13) | Ish Smith (6) | Wells Fargo Center10,891 | 2–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 | October 17 | Milwaukee | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (23) | Andre Drummond (13) | Ish Smith (7) | Palace of Auburn Hills10,096 | 3–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 | October 19 | Toronto | | Andre Drummond (16) | Andre Drummond (13) | Lorenzo Brown (6) | Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 3–3
Regular season
|- style="background:#fbb;" | 1 | October 26 | @ Toronto | | Tobias Harris (22) | Morris & Leuer (9) | Ish Smith (7) | Air Canada Centre19,800 | 0–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 | October 28 | Orlando | | Tobias Harris (18) | Andre Drummond (20) | Ish Smith (8) | Palace of Auburn Hills19,122 | 1–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 3 | October 30 | Milwaukee | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21) | Andre Drummond (23) | Ish Smith (7) | Palace of Auburn Hills15,161 | 2–1
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 | November 1 | New York | | Tobias Harris (25) | Andre Drummond (13) | Ish Smith (8) | Palace of Auburn Hills13,087 | 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 | November 2 | @ Brooklyn | | Harris & Morris (23) | Caldwell-Pope & Leuer (7) | Ish Smith (7) | Barclays Center13,650 | 3–2 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 6 | November 5 | Denver | | Andre Drummond (19) | Andre Drummond (20) | Ish Smith (8) | Palace of Auburn Hills16,218 | 4–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 | November 7 | @ L.A. Clippers | | Andre Drummond (15) | Andre Drummond (12) | Smith, Udrih & Johnson (3) | Staples Center19,060 | 4–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 8 | November 9 | @ Phoenix | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (27) | Andre Drummond (10) | Ish Smith (7) | Talking Stick Resort Arena16,719 | 4–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 9 | November 11 | @ San Antonio | | Andre Drummond (20) | Andre Drummond (17) | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (7) | AT&T Center18,418 | 4–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 | November 12 | @ Denver | | Tobias Harris (19) | Andre Drummond (12) | Ish Smith (8) | Pepsi Center13,997 | 5–5 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 | November 14 | Oklahoma City | | Tobias Harris (22) | Jon Leuer (9) | Morris (5) | Palace of Auburn Hills14,172 | 6–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 | November 16 | @ New York | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (21) | Tobias Harris (10) | Ish Smith (8) | Madison Square Garden19,812 | 6–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 13 | November 18 | @ Cleveland | | Jon Leuer (15) | Andre Drummond (10) | Ish Smith (6) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 6–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 | November 19 | Boston | | Marcus Morris (24) | Andre Drummond (17) | Ish Smith (7) | Palace of Auburn Hills16,107 | 6–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 | November 21 | Houston | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (26) | Andre Drummond (16) | Ish Smith (8) | Palace of Auburn Hills13,632 | 6–9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 | November 23 | Miami | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (22) | Andre Drummond (15) | Marcus Morris (6) | Palace of Auburn Hills14,520 | 7–9 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 17 | November 25 | L.A. Clippers | | Marcus Morris (17) | Jon Leuer (11) | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (10) | Palace of Auburn Hills17,023 | 8–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 | November 26 | @ Oklahoma City | | Tobias Harris (21) | Andre Drummond (8) | Ish Smith (3) | Chesapeake Energy Arena18,203 | 8–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 | November 29 | @ Charlotte | | Tobias Harris (24) | Aron Baynes (8) | Caldwell-Pope & Udrih (7) | Spectrum Center14,266 | 9–10 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 | November 30 | @ Boston | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (25) | Andre Drummond (17) | Ish Smith (8) | TD Garden17,338 | 10–10