Detroit Pistons 2023-24

[thekman]

How long has the NBA draft been a two day event? Seems unnecessary...

I believe this is the first year it has been a 2-day affair.

[SD45]

Reports this morning have Pistons hiring J.B. Bickerstaff.

[Rate This]

Cade Cunningham got a max rookie extension it sounds like. 5 years.

[SD45]

James Wiseman is signing a 2-year contract with Indiana.

[MasterB]

I like the hire of J.B. Brickerstaff as the Cavs did him wrong I hope he crushes Dan Gilbert Cavs every time they face the Pistons and I'll love every moment of it.

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[Bobbert]

WTF was Joe Dumars thinking when he drafted this guy in summer 2003?

https://athlonsports.com/nba/ex-pistons ... -admission

Here's what MItch Albom wrote in the Detroit Free Press on May 23, 2003, after the Pistons won the number 2 pick in the draft:

Earlier in the day, the Pistons had worked out a young man named Darko Milicic. From Serbia. He is not yet 18. He is 7-feet. He was so impressive during the workout that several Pistons players, having finished their shootaround, hung out and peeked as he went through his drills.

What did they think? Put it this way. They didn't believe he was 17. More like 25. You ask Dumars about Darko as he refers to him and you see his eyes light up. He talks about a big man who is still growing, who has all the fundamentals, who can post, who can shoot, who is mature beyond his years, and who already has played several seasons of professional ball in Europe, which means, as Dumars says, "he's done road trips, he's been to other countries, he doesn't have to learn all that."

Ironically, the lottery moved the Pistons from the sixth pick to the second pick. The sixth pick that year was Chris Kamen from CMU, who had a solid NBA career, and might have helped the Pistons continue their success longer.

https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft ... sults/2003

https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Ch ... Summary/57