Back to the Detroit Pistons Newsfeed

Detroit Pistons’ introduction of Motor City Cruise the ‘next step’ in civic engagement

It wasn’t an original idea.

But it was the best idea.

Dylan Martin was the first of nine basketball fans to submit the winning entry of Motor City Cruise as the Detroit Pistons introduced the name of their G League affiliate on Friday.

“I wanted to stay away from using Detroit, use something different to try and differentiate it so Motor City is the other iconic name for Detroit. I thought of the Woodward Dream Cruise so I took the Cruise from that and paired it up with Motor City.

“There you have the name.