The Detroit Pistons hold the No. 5 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, following the results of Tuesday’s lottery. It was the worst possible outcome for the franchise, missing out on a draft with a consensus top-three prospects. Yet there is always plenty of talent to be found at the fifth pick this year,
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CHICAGO — It may be hard to believe, but I can attest firsthand — it wasn’t rigged. The Detroit Pistons endured their worst possible outcome during Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery in Chicago, falling to the No. 5 overall pick despite finishing with the league’s worst record — their 17 wins were three fewer than the
Well, here we are. The Detroit Pistons, the worst team in the NBA last season, will pick fifth in the 2023 NBA Draft. It’s the worst-case scenario for Detroit, who dreamt of the top pick and Victor Wembanyama even if most of us expected something worse. The DBB crew dove into the fall and what
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Chicago — There was shock and awe throughout a large ballroom inside McCormick Place Convention Center — the site of the NBA Draft Lottery — once deputy NBA commissioner Mark Tatum began to reveal the top five picks of next month’s draft. The gasps were sharp and brief and they were directed towards the announcement
Detroit − No golden ticket, no game-changer, no franchise-maker. No surprise. The Pistons landed the worst-case scenario, even though it was the most likely scenario. With the worst record in the NBA, they dropped to fifth in the draft lottery Tuesday night, and if it feels like a shafting, well, it sort of is. Except
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Associated Press Chicago – Victor Wembanyama is now set to begin his NBA career with the San Antonio Spurs, after they won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday night. The Spurs were one of three teams with the best odds – 14% – to land the No. 1 pick,
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The Detroit Pistons will have a top-five pick for the third season in a row. But they didn’t leave Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery with the grand prize. Detroit will have the fifth pick in this year’s draft, which will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York on June 22. The Pistons won’t be
Yes, our Detroit Pistons got hit with the worst possible draft outcome they could have, dropping all the way to the fifth overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Yes, there are perfectly fine prospects that can be selected at five. But the Pistons’ best chance at an impact player now comes in a trade,
The Detroit Pistons are picking No. 5 in next month’s NBA draft, which means only one thing. No Victor Wembanyama. Actually, it means more than that. A lot more. It means there’s little hope for the Pistons to be much better next season. And it means what we all suspect: Detroit just can’t have nice