There is less than one week to go before Thursday’s NBA Draft, and, hopefully, this is also the Detroit Pistons’ last big shot at a difference-making talent with a top-five lottery selection before new coach Monty Williams has them winning plenty more games than they have in recent years.
With some top-end talent already seemingly in place in Cade Cunningham, and last year’s two lottery picks in Jaden Ivey (No. 5) and Jalen Duren (No. 13), there is an open question about whether it makes sense to be more comfortable with Detroit getting a high-end contributor with a lower ceiling but a much higher floor or whether they should take one big mammoth swing on a star.