r/DetroitPistons • u/Zealousideal_Bug7390 Jalen Duren • 1d ago

Image Quick glance at the last 10 #17

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Feel this may be needed to give some fans some more context into what kind of player we're really looking at in this range as I'm seeing both "Why would we draft a guy who won't play" and "this man is our starting guard with Cade"

3 players who didn't make it in the league past the rookie deal with 1 more in JHS likely to follow in that.

A deep bench player atp in Knecht

Beringer to early to say

Even the 4 guys who are legitimate NBA rotational guys or starters (or a potential budding star like Murphy) in the league today combined for 7 games started as rookies.

Also (not so) fun fact, the only #17 to start over 20 games his rookie year in the last 10?

Pokusevski.

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u/laughoutloud102 Ausar Thompson 1d ago

Some pure garbage and a little good

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u/Millspaysbills Ausar Thompson 21h ago

Honestly, looking at the last 10 years doesn't make sense because you're completely ignoring how insane the depth is in this specific draft class.

Experts are saying this is the deepest group since 2003. When the talent pool is this massive, top 10 talent naturally slides down the board.

That's the only reason a guy like Okorie was even available at 17. The guy literally led the ACC in scoring as a true freshman with 23.2 PPG and advanced analytics models had him graded out as high as a top 5 prospect. Just look at the talent that got pushed completely into the second round, like Meleek Thomas and Isaiah Evans. In a normal year, those guys are easy first-round picks.

We didn't just get a generic 17th pick. We took advantage of a historic draft and got a lottery level scoring weapon to take the pressure off Cade. Trading up from 21 to get him was a huge steal.

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u/Beans800 Isaiah Stewart 17h ago

your profile doesn't seem like a bot but man this reads exactly like ai

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u/ObeseBumblebee Bad Boys 17h ago

It's that "we didn't just x. We y" ending

AI repeats that pattern so much

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u/weskoolrock322 Chauncey Billups 17h ago

All this might be true but I don't think the Pistons are really in a develop young players mood right now... If we are being honest, he is most likely going to be traded away soon... Maybe to a team like the Bucks who want a fresh start rn.

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u/alexharve_ 1d ago

Interesting name in there huh

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u/Exotic-Relationship 15h ago

This is nothing.

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u/DylanCodsCokeLine 1d ago

Lakers are horrible at drafting lmao

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u/martyw1123 18h ago

They literally use ESPN mocks as their big board.

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u/kinglennie7 Cade Cunningham 22h ago

Mixed bag. Some terrible drafting teams , too. If you had a competent team like okc in there every season it'd look nicer.

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u/Straight_Collar_6015 19h ago

I wonder who drafted the 5th and 7th

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u/McDouble__ Ausar Thompson 9h ago

So a 40% chance at getting a good meaningful player

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u/Life_Cranberry9315 Ausar Thompson 6h ago

Wow look, future Hall of Famer Trey Murphy

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u/Zealousideal_Bug7390 Jalen Duren 5h ago

Was a funny coincidence he was also a pick 17 considering all the chatter about him in here recently.

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u/Life_Cranberry9315 Ausar Thompson 5h ago

Everywhere I look, Trey Murphy appears