DETROIT - Anthony Tolliver has crisscrossed the country, playing for nine teams in his 10-year NBA career, and nowhere has he felt more at home than with the Detroit Pistons.

Tolliver, at age 32, just completed one of his best seasons.

What's next for the 6-8 free-agent power forward? He'd love to return but knows it's a business, so several factors will determine his future this summer.

"This is where I call home. I've been here longer than anywhere else in my career and would love to keep that going," Tolliver said near the end of the season. "But at the end of the day, got to see what's up this summer. You never know what teams are going to do, what organizations are going to do. So much unpredictable stuff that between now and then you never know. My heart is definitely here in Detroit."

Opportunity will be a key factor in Tolliver's decision. He's valued for his leadership - coach Stan Van Gundy called him "one of the highest character guys in the NBA" - but Tolliver wants to play an important role. Will he get the same opportunity when Jon Leuer, who missed most of the season with an ankle injury, is healthy? Will the Pistons give 2016 top pick Henry Ellenson a bigger role?

Much could depend on who is coaching the team, as well as who is in change of personnel. Van Gundy, who's had both roles the past four seasons, will meet with owner Tom Gores this week to determine his future.

Tolliver left the Pistons in 2016, not wanting a reduced a role after the club signed Leuer to a four-year, $42 million deal. He returned last summer, signing for one year at $3.29 million after the Sacramento Kings waived him.

Tolliver posted career-bests in field-goal percentage (46.4) and 3-point percentage (43.6), which ranked seventh in the league.

"Shooter's shoot," Tolliver said. "I just let it go, whenever I feel like I have a little bit of space, enough space to get the shot off, I try to be aggressive. This mindset hopefully is never going to change. It hasn't changed for a long time."

Van Gundy said Tolliver was outstanding this season.

"He always could shoot the ball," Van Gundy said. "His defense is a big reason why we wanted him. He can really guard, plays very good team defense and then he's gotten better as time's gone on.

"Even two years ago he wasn't nearly as good at putting the ball on the floor as he is now. So now you come closing out hard on him, he's going to drive the ball and be able to finish or make a play. That's something that he didn't do much of even two years ago. So, his improvement at this stage of his career has been really good to see. I think this idea that players can't get better at certain ages, I think he's proved that wrong."

Tolliver finished with a flourish, averaving 17.2 points and 4.4 rebounds, while shooting 58.5 percent, including 55.1 percent from beyond the arc, in the final 10 games. He started the last eight games, when Blake Griffin was idled by an ankle injury.

Tolliver said his mindset as a shooter is to pursue perfection.

"It's a combination of opportunity, confidence, timing and everything else," Tolliver said. "I feel like I had the ability to produce like this on this level for a long time. Just different situations called for different roles. Not playing as much or whatever, you just have to fit in as a team guy. You don't complain, you don't talk about how much more you can do. You just play your role and do what you can do to help the team win.

"This year I've had a great opportunity to play a lot more and be a bigger part on the offensive end. Teammates finding me, it's been a great year for me."