Tayshaun Prince Action Statue Kicks Off 2003-04 Bobblehead Sundays on November 9, 2003

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – On Sunday, November 9th, the Detroit Pistons will continue the legacy of their most popular giveaway in history– the bobblehead – with an improved Tayshaun Prince statue given to the first 10,000 fans who enter The Palace. Game time for the Pistons vs. New Jersey Nets match-up is 6:00 PM and doors open at 4:00 PM.

Sporting his #22 home white Pistons jersey and posed in a “triple threat” position, the new Tayshaun bobblehead has a sleeker, more athletic look than last year’s statues. Sponsored by Co-Op Optical and The Detroit News, the Tayshaun bobblehead is the first of eight bobbleheads that will be given away on Bobblehead Sundays this year.

“The bobbleheads are back!” said Tom Wilson, president and CEO of the Detroit Pistons. “When we saw our schedule, we decided to tweak things a bit and changed the bobblehead giveaways to Sunday nights. For me, the most exciting part of the night is seeing the faces of kids, big and little, as they get their bobbleheads. They just light up as they pull the bobbles out of the boxes and admire their own small piece of their favorite team.”

Last season, the Pistons sold out every bobblehead giveaway night. This season, based upon the enormous popularity of the giveaway, the Pistons changed Bobblehead Saturdays to Bobblehead Sundays in an effort to give fans more opportunities for bobblehead statues.

The Pistons are the only team in the NBA to give away eight bobbleheads and in a quantity of 10,000 per night during the regular season. Last season, the average time for the supply of bobbleheads to be distributed before each game was “less than 75 minutes.”

After Prince’s Sunday, the Pistons have planned for a Ben Wallace All-Star bobblehead (Nov. 23rd), a Rip Hamilton Santa bobble (Dec. 21st), a Darko Milicic rookie bobblehead (Jan. 11th), a Big Ben “Gong” bobble (Jan. 25th), a Chauncey Billups talking bobblehead (Feb. 22nd), a Mehmet Okur action bobble (March 14th) and a Corliss Williamson bobblehead (April 4th). Also given away this year will be mini-bobblehead ornaments on December 3rd (Rip Hamilton), December 9th (Ben Wallace) and December 17th (Chauncey Billups).

For more information regarding bobblehead giveaway nights or to purchase tickets for any upcoming home game, please contact the Palace at (248) 377-0100 or log on to the Detroit Pistons Web site at www.pistons.com.