Back Motor City Cruise German Motor City Cruise Spanish Motor City Cruise Finnish Cruise de Motor City French מוטור סיטי קרוז HE Մոտոր Սիթի Քրուզ Armenian Motor City Cruise Italian モーターシティ・クルーズ Japanese 모터시티 크루즈 Korean Bakersfield Jam Occitan
| Motor City Cruise | |
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| Conference | Eastern |
| League | NBA G League |
| Founded | 2003 |
| History | Long Beach Jam ABA: 2003–2005 Bakersfield Jam D-League: 2006–2016 Northern Arizona Suns 2016–2021 Motor City Cruise 2021–present |
| Arena | Wayne State Fieldhouse |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Team colors | Royal blue, red, grey, black, white[1][2] |
| President | Vacant |
| General manager | Ben Carloni |
| Head coach | Jamelle McMillan |
| Ownership | Detroit Pistons |
| Affiliation(s) | Detroit Pistons |
| Championships | ABA: 1 (2004) D-League/G League: 0 |
| Division/Conference titles | ABA: 1 (2004) D-League/G League: 1 (2013) |
| Website | Official website |
The Motor City Cruise are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Detroit, and are affiliated with the Detroit Pistons. The Cruise play their home games at Wayne State Fieldhouse. The franchise began play as the Long Beach Jam in 2003 under the revived American Basketball Association and moved to Bakersfield in the D-League in 2006 as the Bakersfield Jam. After ten years in Bakersfield, California, the franchise was moved to Prescott Valley, Arizona, in 2016 by the Phoenix Suns and were subsequently renamed the Northern Arizona Suns. In 2021, the team relocated to Detroit after being purchased by the Pistons.
- ^ "Detroit Pistons NBA G League Affiliate To Be Named 'Motor City Cruise'". Pistons.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. October 30, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
The colors – red, white, blue and gray – and lettering align with the Pistons' current font and color scheme.
- ^ "Motor City Cruise Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved May 10, 2021.