Serbia's Darko Milicic (R) shoots against Greece's Dimosthenis Ntikoudis. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
The Detroit Pistons are relying on the development of their draft picks to bring them back to NBA prominence. That is not a fool-proof strategy. In a review of the past 30 drafts, what appeared to be sure things at the time, turned into busts.
It might be fun for fans this season to not mind losing as the Detroit Pistons ‘Tank for Cade’. but it does not guarantee anything.
The theory is, if the Pistons have one of the worst records in the NBA (which are they are on track to achieve), they are guaranteed to have a high draft pick.