Detroit Pistons 2014 media day

Aaron Gray was released by the Detroit Pistons today.

(Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

AUBURN HILLS -- The Detroit Pistons pared their roster to 15 by requesting waivers on center Aaron Gray today, one day in advance of the league deadline for reaching that maximum number.

Gray signed a two-year contract as a free agent this summer, fully guaranteed, with a second-year player option, to be a backup center with the Pistons.

But the former Chicago, New Orleans, Toronto and Sacramento player was not able to participate in training camp or preseason after suffering what the team termed a "cardiac episode" in late August.

The Pistons covered Gray's loss on Oct. 18, when they traded point guard Will Bynum to the Boston Celtics for center Joel Anthony.

Gray, 29, played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh.

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