If we have our pick, who might be a Dre/Monroe type slide?

Laimbeer · Post #1 » by **Laimbeer** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:15 am

We got lucky when Dre and Monroe slid in their respective drafts. Realistically, who might slide to us at, say, eight that would be another such gift?

The Penguin · Post #2 » by **The Penguin** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:18 am

Julius Randle is my best guess. That would be fitting.

ImHeisenberg · Post #3 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:18 am

Tough to say. A lot of team's boards will re-organize after the NCAA tournament. Marcus Smart would be my off hand guess, but I don't think I'd want him after his last outburst, along with his shooting woes.

Natopher · Post #4 » by **Natopher** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:19 am

Marcus Smart

Natopher · Post #5 » by **Natopher** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:22 am

ImHeisenberg wrote:Marcus Smart would be my off hand guess, but I don't think I'd want him after his last outburst, along with his shooting woes.

Marcus Smart is really interesting to me because I can see him both being really good, or extremely average. I don't really care about his outburst against the fan. Not saying I condone it in any way, he definitely did the wrong thing, but from everything I've heard it was completely out of character for him, and he's supposed to be a really good teammate. If he can get a reliable jumper then I think he'll be a great PG. His handles look really good to me and I've seen him make some pretty spectacular passes.

imagump1313 · Post #6 » by **imagump1313** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:24 am

Nik Stauskas.... **runs away giggling**

Notanoob · Post #7 » by **Notanoob** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:47 am

There was a lot of people talking crap about Wiggins. They were saying that he didn't have elite bball skills and was just an athlete. I could see him sliding if he has a poor tournament and doesn't nail the interviews. Randle and Gordon have both already begun to slide, although neither of them are fits next to Drummond. If Smart blows up the tournament to 'redeem' himself, he could keep himself in the company of Embiid/Parker/Exum.

Of course the chance that Wiggins falls to us, with the 8th pick presumably, is slim.

Even worse, Embiid and Gordon might not declare, so chances of a stud falling to is is slimmer. I think that we're looking at Ennis, Young or Hood if we stay at 8, if they DO declare. We could also consider Jerami Grant.

ComboGuardCity · Post #8 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:56 am

Wiggins is top 3. We need top 3. Not sold on Jabari.

Piston Pete · Post #9 » by **Piston Pete** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 1:58 am

Hoping Wiggins has a terrible March and he figures out a way to slide to us.

Sheeeeed · Post #10 » by **Sheeeeed** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:06 am

At this point I'm not at interested taking guys who might slide because of trouble with the mental side of the side of the game.

DetroitPistons · Post #11 » by **DetroitPistons** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:08 am

My hope is that we can draft Smart so we can have a defensive-minded PG again. We can then focus on trading Dumars mistakes Jennings, Smith, Bynum, and Jerebko. Maybe sign Deng?

Smart
Caldwell-Pope/Stuckey
Deng/Singler
Monroe
Drummond

That's the type of direction I'm hoping for in the offseason.

Natopher · Post #12 » by **Natopher** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:12 am

DetroitPistons wrote:My hope is that we can draft Smart so we can have a defensive-minded PG again. We can then focus on trading Dumars mistakes Jennings, Smith, Bynum, and Jerebko. Maybe sign Deng?

Smart
Caldwell-Pope/Stuckey
Deng/Singler
Monroe
Drummond

That's the type of direction I'm hoping for in the offseason.

Pretty much how I feel.

DetroitDon15 · Post #13 » by **DetroitDon15** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:15 am

DetroitPistons wrote:My hope is that we can draft Smart so we can have a defensive-minded PG again. We can then focus on trading Dumars mistakes Jennings, Smith, Bynum, and Jerebko. Maybe sign Deng?

Smart
Caldwell-Pope/Stuckey
Deng/Singler
Monroe
Drummond

That's the type of direction I'm hoping for in the offseason.

I don't see Marcus Smart at the one in the nba. More of an undersized 2.

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princeofpalace · Post #14 » by **princeofpalace** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:16 am

Jesus Christ, I will be too through with Dumars if he drafts Brandon Knight pt.2

Notanoob · Post #15 » by **Notanoob** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:19 am

Smart is closer to Stuckey than he is to Knight. He's big and strong but a poor shooter and distributor.

Piston Pete · Post #16 » by **Piston Pete** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:19 am

princeofpalace wrote:Jesus Christ, I will be too through with Dumars if he drafts Brandon Knight pt.2

Who is BK7 2.0?

I personally want nothing to do with Smart.

Natopher · Post #17 » by **Natopher** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:22 am

What about Tyler Ennis? He's a solid PG.

Spider156 · Post #18 » by **Spider156** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:24 am

We won't get a pick this year. We will probably try to trade Smith and try to sign some role players with our cap space. Go hard for Stephenson.

princeofpalace · Post #19 » by **princeofpalace** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:25 am

Piston Pete wrote:
princeofpalace wrote:Jesus Christ, I will be too through with Dumars if he drafts Brandon Knight pt.2

Who is BK7 2.0?

I personally want nothing to do with Smart.

I am talking about Smart.

Piston Pete · Post #20 » by **Piston Pete** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 2:28 am

princeofpalace wrote:
Piston Pete wrote:
princeofpalace wrote:Jesus Christ, I will be too through with Dumars if he drafts Brandon Knight pt.2

Who is BK7 2.0?

I personally want nothing to do with Smart.

I am talking about Smart.

I don't see the Smart/Knight comparison