If there is any way to turn the nightmare of falling to the fifth pick in the NBA Draft for the third consecutive into a dream scenario for the Detroit Pistons, it is Donovan Clingan falling to No. 5 in Wednesday’s NBA Draft.
It is the pick we made with the No. 5 pick in the SB Nation Community Mock Draft.
It’s not just that Clingan the player represents a potential elite rim defender on a team sorely in need of a defensive identity, it is that his availability opens up opportunities for the Pistons to trade the rights to Clingan to the highest bidder and net a bounty of future assets in return.