If you dig deep enough, you’ll find the Pistons’ preparations for this summer’s NBA Draft may have started a few decades ago. And you’ll discover some of the groundwork for what comes next in a critical offseason for Detroit’s pro basketball revival was laid at the home of Quinn Buckner, one of the game’s true champions who is now a broadcaster and business executive in Indianapolis.
At least that’s the way Buckner’s son, Jason, the Pistons’ director of draft scouting, views it in hindsight. All those conversations at family meals where opinions turned into debates, or a simple question ended with the younger Buckner and his siblings trudging upstairs to search for the answers.