Detroit will soon know its fate when it comes to their draft position when the order will be announced (tonight) May 18th 2010.
ESPN will air the lottery live prior to Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. with the drawing itself to start around 8.
Here is a little info you should know before tonight’s big news. Via NBA.com
The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 18, 2010, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):
| TEAM | RECORD | LOTTERY CHANCES |
| New Jersey | 12-70 | 250 |
| Minnesota | 15-67 | 199 |
| Sacramento | 25-57 | 156 |
| Golden State | 26-56 | 104 |
| Washington | 26-56 | 103 |
| Philadelphia | 27-55 | 53 |
| Detroit | 27-55 | 53 |
| LA Clippers | 29-53 | 23 |
| New York (To Utah via Phoenix) | 29-53 | 22 |
| Indiana | 32-50 | 11 |
| New Orleans | 37-45 | 8 |
| Memphis | 40-42 | 7 |
| Toronto | 40-42 | 6 |
| Houston | 42-40 | 5 |
Second Round Draft Choice order 36/37 – Detroit
So The Pistons have a 18% chance of drafting o top three pick, it could happen right?
Let’s cross our fingers for good balls Pistons fans!
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Sadly but some way Joe D will find a way to screw this pick up…just a feeling thats all
Can’t believe how upset some people are here. Etd is the only one to have made sense, had we won the tiebreaker with Philly, then that changes the way the rest of time plays out. That is like saying, had I made that three pointer in the first quarter we would have won. No! Had you made that three pointer the game would have gone much differently.
There is no guarantee with a higher pick, and there is still a good chance to find a great player lower down. I really hope we get Greg Monroe; I think in a couple of years he will be as good if not better, than Cousins and Favors.
Aside from Darko being ranked second in the draft, Kwame Brown was selected the number 1 pick! I’ve been saying all along that just because a player is ranked high in the draft doesn’t necessarily mean that they will have a stellar NBA career. Relax and see what actually happens before you go off the deep end!
I still completely think the Pistons f**ked up their chances of getting a great, and not just role player, in this draft
BUT you guys need to stop blindly bashing Joe D. His batting average for decisions is MUCH better than all the other GMs in the league, and I’m glad he’s the one that has to steer us out of this sh*t hole, rather than some stupid GM like the Timberwolves David Kahn rofl
im sad we cant be players in the free agency and i dont really follow college ball so i dont know the good players but i think 7 is just bout the perfect draft position for joe dumars he does well with finding gems in the middle of the pack and if joe d doesnt like the spot he could always trade the pick for someone nice. So not worried here.
Amer-ican Prince
May 20, 2010 at 4:27 am
im sad we cant be players in the free agency and i dont really follow college ball so i dont know the good players but i think 7 is just bout the perfect draft position for joe dumars he does well with finding gems in the middle of the pack and if joe d doesnt like the spot he could always trade the pick for someone nice. So not worried here.
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and what gems did dumb ass find?.. please dont say gayshaun or maxiell.. they both suck.. please dont say amir johnson or walter sharpe or arron afflalo.. they all suck.. dumars CANT DRAFT.. get off his jock youngster!
stuckey jonas daye just to name a few recently
When evaluating drafts you have to consider the value you get at the slot your in. Getting legit starters like Tay and Afflalo in the 20′s is a great value. Finding 2nd rounders that can stick in the league is about the best you can hope for. Amir might be the best 56th pick in the history of the draft. There a lot of players selected way ahead of Amir in ’05 that aren’t in the league anymore or that are barely hanging on… Julius Hodge, Ike Diogu, Sean May, Wayne Simean, ect.
I definitely have issues with Dumars’ draft record, but its not nearly as bad some people are making it out to be.
Dumars is not an awful drafter. He’s just subpar.
Found some good guys in the late first, some not-so-bad guys in the second, and blew a 2nd pick with 3 or 4 future all-stars available.
That’s the way things go.
I think Greg Monroe can be a better pick than, say, Cousins.
From my point of view, Favors is the only safe pick regarding big men. Cousins have issues, and the other are just not that great.
But Monroe can be good or even great. I sure hope that he gets drafted.
I want the Pistons to take Ryan Richards from England:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAS9QPs3kN0
He’s not even on the draft radar, but the guy is 6’10″ and athletic. Handles the ball like a 6’6″ SG. He was at the draft combine and the ESPN guys were loving him.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010/news/story?id=5205268
He is only 19 as well, so still growing and learning.
I hope it will be Monroe, I’m rooting for this pick since long ago, I wrote it zillion of times – it would be great to get Monroe here
Dumars drafting ability will always be tarnished by 2003 when he drafted a project player, who many thought was the second best player in the draft. If you could remove June, 2003, Dumars would be known as one of the best drafters around – Prince (Steve, he is an NBA champion, all-defense team regular, olympic gold medallist – he may not be LeBron, but he is a Piston great), Stuckey, Maxiell, Johnson, Jerebko, Summers, Okur, etc. Every GM has made a draft selection that in hindsight he wishes he hadn’t, but that is the nature of the draft.
daddy
May 20, 2010 at 10:13 am
stuckey jonas daye just to name a few recently
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stuckey is a shooting guard horrible point guard.. austin daye is god aweful and weights 90lbs wet… and jonas is a hard worker but no talent.. got any other joe d supporters? ill bash u all day..
Who is this steve guy? Completely inappropriate and classless.
Don’t argue with idiots, they will wear you down and beat you with experience.
Wow nat you suck at updating this site you fair weather bandwagoner
Stene-o – shouldn’t you be setting your head on fire or stapling your nipples together. You suck Stevey boy. We love Nat for bring us this kick ass site.
There are people with shitty nature, we call them rats in Russia. So Steve is one of those rats, always want to spread his shit everywhere.
Steve, if you like this team – stop talking like a dull beggar, stop trolling. It seems like you think you’re the most clever guy, always tryin’ to be smart.
But all I see as a fan is your shit spreading from your shitty nature, you cry like is 2012 end of the world, no smart ideas, no dialogues, just stinky shit from you, fella.
And if you don’t like this team and all you want is have fun of us, because we are poor homers, leave us alone and go spread shit to the toilet, because now it’s officialy the best place for you to lшму with your thoughts and comments.
As a supporter of this wonderful site, one of my faves, I don’t have to read your shit, man. I’m better than that. And if you mind, stop fuckin my brain with your “very funny comments we all know are 100% correct and smart”
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can we get a post goin about the possible trade with philly?
rip for brand and the 2nd pick?
i say do it
Bye Bynum.. can’t wait to see you lighting us up next year for 20/20.
If Joe D is a terrible drafter than so is damn near every GM in the NBA. No one has had a perfect draft record, but Joe has been pretty good in my opinion. The problem has been with the coaches’ willingness to play them and risk losing. When given minutes all most to a man Joe’s former picks have shined, even if for another team. Coach Q doesn’t seem to have a problem playing rookies, though that may have been the record amount of injuries he had to deal with. Another strong suit for Joe has been his ability to make good trades (Chauncey Billups is arguable), so I expect him to pull off something respectable for Rip despite all the his-contract-makes- him-untradeable nonsense. Look for that when the free agency sweepstakes losers are more willing to make reasonable deals. Dumars has already said he was resigning Bynum so I don’t know were that comment is coming from Chad. You piston fans are becoming totally emo.
and why are are some of yall bashing Joe D cause the Pistons won the last game? It’s not like he put on a uniform and hit the game winning three or something. That’s just dumb.
Steve, you’re an idiot. Stuckey made the all-rookie second team, has been Eastern Conference player of the week twice – a position usually reserved for LeBron James – and is arguably the second best rookie out of that ’07 draft. Jerebko made the all-rookie second team – only the Pistons record stopped him from making the first team IMO – was Eastern Conference rookie of the month, and you are saying he has no talent. I question whether or not you know anything about basketball.
Terry, great comment, mate, seriously. Joe D is rubbished because of Darko – whom he turned into Rodney Stuckey – but every GM has had at least one bad draft. That is the nature of the draft, it is very hit and miss.
Joe D wants to resign Bynum; Bynum wants to stay in Detroit. Why do we think we are going to lose him?
I’ll finish with this. I wouldn’t mind seeing a trade with the T-Wolves to get their number 4 pick and Big Al in exchange for the number 7 pick and either Rip or Tay. The Wolves want to get rid of either Jefferson or Love, and they need perimeter players. We could get Jefferson and Cousins in the draft – that just about solves the frontcourt problems.
If we needed to add Daye or Summers to that trade I would do that.
James, if the pistons could swing a deal like that they would be a force in the nba again. With atlanta falling apart and the possible demise of Cleveland waiting to happen, not to mention Boston getting ever more closer to a retirement aged roster I can’t wait to see Detroit coming in with a chip on their shoulder and a fire in their bellies. Should be interesting.
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