Editing Dave Bing (section)

===Detroit Pistons (1966–1975)===
Bing was selected 2nd overall in the [[1966 NBA draft]] by the [[Detroit Pistons]], and wore the jersey number 21 because player-coach [[Dave DeBusschere]] already wore No. 22.<ref name=":0" /> Bing scored 1,601 points (20.0 points per game), and won the 1967 [[NBA Rookie of the Year Award]] while also being named to the [[NBA All-Rookie First Team]]. The next year, he led the NBA in scoring with 2,142 points (27.1 points per game) in 1968.

On November 23, 1968, Bing recorded a triple-double of 39 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in a 127–128 loss to the Baltimore Bullets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/196811230BAL.html|title=Detroit Pistons at Baltimore Bullets Box Score, November 23, 1968|publisher=Basketball-Reference|access-date=October 31, 2019}}</ref>

Bing sat out 2½ months of the 1971–72 season due to a detached retina incurred from a preseason game against the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], playing in only 45 games that season.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> While with the Pistons, he played in six [[NBA All-Star Game]]s (1968, 1969, 1971, 1973–1975), and was named to the [[All-NBA Team|All-NBA First Team]] in 1968 and 1971.