Detroit Pistons: Top 5 greatest one-season wonders in team history

5. Tracy McGrady — 2010–2011 season

Tracy McGrady had a unique run over the latter portion of his Hall of Fame career. Following his six-season run with the Houston Rockets, McGrady went on to play for five different teams over four years, including a lone season run in the Chinese Basketball Association.

During this period, McGrady spent the 2010–2011 season in Detroit. Under team executive Joe Dumars, Detroit was already years removed from being a perennial contender in the Eastern Conference. While they still had three key members from their 2004 title run in Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace, the Pistons had their sights on a short-term retooling period. This provided McGrady with a good opportunity to show what he had left.

Following multiple career-altering injuries, McGrady looked like a shell of himself in his Detroit tenure. He played in 72 games while averaging 8.0 points per game on 44.2 percent shooting. He logged only four 20-point games, a sheer surprise for a player of his caliber.

The age of 31 is where most players are in the midst of their prime years. For McGrady, the future Hall of Famer played as if he was on the back end of his 30s. But every so often, McGrady showed flashes of his revered form from the mid-2000s.

The Pistons finished the year off with a 30–52 record and a 107.7 offensive rating, which ranked 15th in the NBA. McGrady went on to sign with the Atlanta Hawks in the following season.