Editing Chris Webber (section)

===Detroit Pistons (2007)===
On January 16, 2007, Webber signed with the [[2006–07 Detroit Pistons season|Detroit Pistons]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2731833|title=Pistons win sweepstakes, will sign Webber Tuesday|website=ESPN.com|date=January 16, 2007|access-date=January 16, 2007}}</ref> He has stated throughout his career that he always wanted to play for his hometown team. His usual number 4 had been retired in honor of [[Joe Dumars]], so Webber donned the number 84, because his nephew had a dream of him making a buzzer beater with that number on. The Pistons were a much improved basketball team after Webber's acquisition, improving their record in the Eastern Conference and solidifying the first seed in the East. However, the Eastern Conference favorites failed to advance to the finals after losing to the [[2006–07 Cleveland Cavaliers season|Cleveland Cavaliers]] in six games in the 
Eastern Conference Finals, leaving Webber short of an NBA Finals appearance yet again. Indeed, Webber performed well in the [[2007 NBA Playoffs|2007 Playoffs]] despite receiving limited minutes. Webber still managed to average 10 points and 6 rebounds per game in the playoffs and shot an impressive 52.4% from the field. His efforts were highlighted by a game 5 performance in the Eastern Conference Finals in which Webber scored 20 points (including 5 points in the double-overtime period) on 9 of 13 shooting and grabbed 7 boards. Nevertheless, Detroit still lost what turned out to be the key game in the series in double overtime and Webber ended up averaging a career low 11.2 PPG in his run with the Pistons. During the off-season, Detroit did not re-sign Webber. Despite receiving a lucrative proposal from [[Olympiacos B.C.]] in Greece, he was in free agency at the beginning of the regular season.<ref>{{cite news |last= Sheridan|first= Chris|date= September 28, 2007|title= Webber has offer from Olympiacos of Greece|url= https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3040997|work=[[ESPN]] |location= |access-date=January 20, 2024}}</ref>