Finally, good news for the home team: The Detroit Pistons won the lottery for the No. 1 pick in July's draft.
Cade Cunningham (Photo: Wikipedia)
The lottery luck puts the Pistons in position to draft Cade Cunningham, the consensus top projected player in this draft. which will take place on July 29 at Barclay Center in New York. The addition of Cunningham, a 6-foot-8 multi-faceted wing, would expedite the Pistons’ rebuild under general manager Troy Weaver, who enters his second season with an ambitious plan to restore the franchise to its championship glory years.
...Although he didn’t commit to drafting Cunningham with the pick, Weaver insisted that the Pistons would sort through the options and make the best decision for their rebuild.
..After a dismal 20-52 season, the Pistons entered the draft lottery with the best odds (14%) of getting the top pick, tied with the Rockets and Orlando Magic. In the history of the draft lottery, the Pistons never had improved their position with their own pick. The only time they moved up was with the Vancouver Grizzlies’ pick in 2003, when they selected Darko Milicic at No. 2, behind LeBron James and ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
Cunningham, 19, played one season for Oklahoma State before announcing in April he would enter the 2021 NBA draft.
Twitter reaction was divided between ecstatic Pistons boosters and the usual Detroit haters. Ho-hum, losers, you'll never know:
How the Pistons drafting Cade Cunningham pic.twitter.com/aOXotGltpY
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) June 23, 2021
