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Detroit Pistons history: Re-drafting the 2011 NBA Draft

2011 NBA Draft (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

The Detroit Pistons have had a sketchy history in the NBA Draft and that is being kind.

The draft that most people focus on is 2003, when the Pistons selected Darko Milicic instead of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade or well, anyone else really.

You could point to Stanley Johnson over Devin Booker or Luke Kennard over Donovan Mitchell, and you’d be right, as those ended up being awful choices.

Booker and Mitchell are now superstars who have led their teams on long playoff runs while Johnson is barely in the league and Kennard is an overrated role player.