2020 NBA Draft Night Thread

[SamFlow]

I don't know why but the Stewart pick make me some unhappy...

Hayes bey at 16 and Xavier at 19 would be better.

Mark my words. Tillman will be one of the steals of this draft

Xavier has peaked. I don't think he's going to be good at all in the pros.

[stylesofpunk]

lets buy a pick or 2 now full youth movement

[DBC10]

And let's not forget, this is the first draft in maybe a decade since we had multiple 1sts and basically cleaned house in favor of a somewhat rebuild

This is definitely a swing in the long term

[tmorgan]

I’ll be surprised if Hayes and Bey don’t succeed. If Weaver is right on Stewart, he totally killed it.

[Pharaoh]

Woke up today hoping for a decent Draft pick at 7.

Really happy with the moves thus far...

Is Weaver done? Who knows?

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[whitehops]

i know almost nothing about isaiah stewart but for those calling him undersized, he's 6'9 250 with a 7'4 wingspan so he has enough bulk and length to match up with most centers in the league.

[tmorgan]

By the way, this is what Coach Casey is actually good at.. molding young players. He may not want to be here for an ugly rebuild, but he’s good at it.

[foolinc]

Dude... Kennard for Bey is a good deal, especially with all the additional cheap years. I love two of the three picks, and I’m giving Weaver leeway on the third.

A full rebuild. Finally. So happy.

That Stewart @ #16 is such a stunning (not in a good way) move.

Otherwise, this has been a very good draft for the Pistons.

Gave up 7M in cap space, locked ourselves from trading our pick for the next 4 years, and gave up a future 1st so we could draft Stewart

What exactly did the Pistons do to get cursed like this?

Why would the protected draft pick be a thing we would worry about? We are rebuilding, so it's not like we would make a deal with our draft pick in the middle of a season.

[flow]

We gonna suck next year. See, that’s good. Get ready.

Get ready? When's the last we didn't suck?
We're ready by default.

[440BB]

Hayes, Bey and Stewart. Much more of a surprise than I expected and I'm good with it.

[tmorgan]

We gonna suck next year. See, that’s good. Get ready.

Get ready? When's the last we didn't suck?
We're ready by default.

Not “compete for the 8th seed” for no reason suck. Full suck, the right way.

[A_dub06]

I wonder if folks would be reacting like this if we got Bey at 16 and Stewart at 19? I have to imagine Weaver had a reason for the order, likely some intel on interest in Stewart at 17 and 18.

And what if we took Pok @ #16 and Bey @ #19? I think you are missing the reason as to why most of us are pissed, we don't like Stewart the player and there was so many higher upside players to take which is what we NEED while we rebuild.

[rmfc]

Really impressed with what Troy Weaver did today.
I am not sure what to make of the Stewart pick at this point, though. Is he some sort of a hidden gem type prospect?

[sfballa13]

That Stewart @ #16 is such a stunning (not in a good way) move.

Otherwise, this has been a very good draft for the Pistons.

Gave up 7M in cap space, locked ourselves from trading our pick for the next 4 years, and gave up a future 1st so we could draft Stewart

What exactly did the Pistons do to get cursed like this?

Why would the protected draft pick be a thing we would worry about? We are rebuilding, so it's not like we would make a deal with our draft pick in the middle of a season.

It's an asset and the trade prevents us from moving our 1st round pick for the next four years

Let's say we dont make a trade - couldn't Weaver have gotten more creative - took some bad contracts on to get a young player?

Rose/Sekou/Snell/Kennard/the 7M given up in the trade all could have been used in other trades or one big trade for a rotation player on a bad deal

That being said if he is making these types of moves then Snell/Rose/Blake all need to be traded ASAP

[mercury]

Waiting for the other shoe to drop... Keeping 3 picks in the 1st rd?

[guldakot]

We gonna suck next year. See, that’s good. Get ready.

Get ready? When's the last we didn't suck?
We're ready by default.

LOL, as true as this is, its finally looking like we are embracing the youth movement. We could have traded kennard and a pick for Westbrook..

[zeebneeb]

This night has gone better then I ever expected. I mean I'm good if this is it, but can you imagine of Rose and or Blake also get flushed?

[joeposh]

Context matters here too -- next year is supposed to be the most talented class in recent memory. So trading up in 2021 will be much harder.

If you have players you like and the price is right this year, grab young talent and go all in on getting the best draft position possible in 2021. If you hit paydirt and wind up with a future superstar, you've got young, cheap, tradeable pieces to surround them with -- a good foundation for a rebuilding mid-market team, and the bait you might need to bring in additional superstars when it's time to contend.

Holding onto players like Brown and Kennard doesn't get you closer to that.

[flow]

By the way, this is what Coach Casey is actually good at.. molding young players. He may not want to be here for an ugly rebuild, but he’s good at it.

If he were good at being a basketball coach, that would be even better.

[whitehops]

i've had this avatar for three years and just realized i have to change it now

at least we took bey, i was hoping we took him at 16 after guys like nesmith and kira lewis were off the board.