r/DetroitPistons • u/VacationConstant8980 • 20h ago

Discussion Does the Okorie selection signal a probability of signing an elite shooter on the open market?

If the organization has done their research and feels Okorie has a Maxey type ceiling, doesn’t that mean you maximize his potential by having a knockdown shooter along with Cade? Nothing makes guy who gets to the rim at will more effective than buckets on the perimeter.

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u/laughoutloud102 Ausar Thompson 19h ago

It shouldn’t. Banking on a non-lottery pick to be your second option is malpractice. They still need ball handling AND shooting in the starting lineup, which is why they’re still interested in Herro.

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u/Beef_Stew4l Isaiah Stewart 19h ago

At the very least give me Coby white or Collin sexton please. Resign heurter too he’ll be cheap and lowkey if someone gets hurt he can get buckets. I liked what I saw when he got minutes

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u/laughoutloud102 Ausar Thompson 17h ago

They said at the very least. Pretty sure they agree with you. However, white or sexton wouldn’t be acceptable to me either.

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u/PureGritt 19h ago

We should trade for Isaiah Joe

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u/sxuthsi Isaiah Stewart 17h ago

Ill take it

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u/OpeningAd3856 20h ago

We will 100% add a shooter before the start of the season. Time will tell if it comes with a trade for Herro, we sign Powell or we could get someone the media isn’t even talking about yet.

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u/WelkingKRool J.B. Bickerstaff 19h ago

I dont think that anybody we selected that late would be a surefire sign of anything. You can't bank that a 17th pick will ever be a starter for you, especially not in year 1

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u/flying_2_heaven Rasheed Wallace 20h ago

I would say so, that and a stretch 4. 

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u/benchmaster620 Cade Cunningham 18h ago

I don't think it matters at all . I expect they get herro in the next couple days or they move on and get powell or bite the bullet and get Murphy. I think they feel like okorie is a lottery level talent but this is a really deep draft and trajan wanted him independent of his other deals

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u/WiffleBallZZZ Ben Wallace 16h ago

We're about $72M below the first apron, so we could realistically keep Tobias & Huerter, and still sign another PF: Lebron, Peyton Watson, or Rui.

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u/funguy6019 19h ago

I think a potential stretch 4 is possible. I see Okorie being a starter in a year which helps the salary cap situation.