Sports
Mark Aguirre
born 1959 · basketball player
Three-time All-Star traded to Detroit for Adrian Dantley in 1989, becoming a key role player as the Pistons won back-to-back NBA championships.
- Born
Chicago, Illinois
age 66- Birth name
- Mark Anthony Aguirre
- Detroit years
- 1989–1993
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Aguirre had been a leading scorer for the Dallas Mavericks when a February 1989 trade sent him to Detroit in exchange for Adrian Dantley, a swap many saw as a gamble on team chemistry over raw scoring. It paid off immediately: the Pistons won the 1989 NBA championship that same season, with Aguirre accepting a smaller scoring role and delivering when it mattered most, including 25 points in a tight Game 3 loss to Chicago in the conference finals. In 1990 he helped Detroit repeat as champions, beating Portland in five games, before age and injuries, along with the emergence of Dennis Rodman, gradually reduced his playing time over two more seasons. The Pistons released him in 1993 after four seasons in which he won two rings as a complementary piece on one of basketball's most notorious teams. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016 for his earlier career at DePaul.
Highlights
- Traded to the Pistons for Adrian Dantley in February 1989
- Won the 1989 NBA championship in his first season with Detroit
- Won a second title in 1990 as the Pistons repeated as champions
- Averaged 13.7 points in the 1989 Eastern Conference finals against Chicago
- Played for the Pistons from 1989 to 1993
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1989–1993
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Demolished · 1988–2017
Home arena for both of his championship seasons with the Pistons; demolished in 2020.