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I'm going to be ending the next couple of polls an hour or so early to get their end times in a better spot. Hopefully I won't forget to get them up ASAP again.

With that said Denzel Valentine won the spot for the #14 player on Detroit's big board. I'm really hoping the concerns about his knee are more smoke than substance since I think the Pistons could sorely use a guy like him in the rotation... as long as defense is addressed elsewhere.

Who's your pick for the #15 player on Detroit's big board?

1. Ben Simmons
2. Brandon Ingram
3. Dragan Bender
4. Jamal Murray
5. Kris Dunn
6. Buddy Hield
7. Marquese Chriss
8. Wade Baldwin
9. Deyonta Davis
10. Jakob Poeltl
11. Jaylen Brown
12. Domantas Sabonis
13. Skal Labissiere
14. Denzel Valentine
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20.

Was voting Ellenson a few picks back. No reason to stop now. FWIW, I've seen Baldwin everywhere from mid-lottery to mid-second round.

Laimbeer wrote:Was voting Ellenson a few picks back. No reason to stop now. FWIW, I've seen Baldwin everywhere from mid-lottery to mid-second round.

I've been reading for a while now that Baldwin is a pretty polarizing prospect. It doesn't seem to be mostly related to his ability on the court either, teams just don't agree on his character/mentality.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--fourteen-prospects-invited-to-draft-191735213.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma

He was one of 14 (could be up to 17) players invited to the green room though so the NBA at least thinks his chances of going in at least the top 20 are good.

As for this vote, I don't really know where to go. Ellenson is perceived to be the BPA left on the board by a good bit but like I said in the other thread I'm not high on him at all. Luwawu is as close to a pure SF (in terms of game, not frame) as you can get with the prospects in this range and that would make getting him minutes with the Pistons pretty hard. I think Prince could at least play PF in smaller lineups and do very well there. Korkmaz is iffy, a great shooter but kind of a project otherwise.

So I guess I'm going with Demetrius Jackson. Tremendous athlete, can be a good shooter, has experience playing PG and off-ball which helps if you want someone that can play with Reggie, and in the conversation for BPA anyways. I would just hope that Van Gundy could teach him some defense.