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Detroit Pistons will likely have to rely on internal development again

The Detroit Pistons have drafted Stanley Johnson, Henry Ellenson, and Luke Kennard in the first round under Stan Van Gundy.

Stanley Johnson has had a roller coaster career thus far, but looks to have finally development into a consistent role player/starter.

Henry Ellenson has been in the NBA nearly three seasons and hardly played at all, and Luke Kennard, while looking spectacular at times, has been given the Van Gundy treatment* throughout his rookie season. (*Inexplicably bench rookie/young player for multiple games throughout various points in the season).

And now, with the financial landscape being what it is for the Pistons, the team must lean on the development of its young players, along with the health of its core, to reach the contending status it has so desperately coveted.