20234-24 14-68. Now what? (The 2024 Offseason thread)

[Deleterious]

Never been less excited for the lottery when my team was in it.

 

[Deleterious]

Tayshaun still looks like he could get on the court.

[Deleterious]

lol 5th

[KL2]

The never ending cycle continues. Not picking high enough to get good. Not good enough to get out of thr lottery.

[Deleterious]

So correct me if I am wrong.  But they have dropped to 5th three years in a row now?

[MichiganCardinal]

Just relocate. Come back when the curse is broken.

[KL2]

3 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

So correct me if I am wrong.  But they have dropped to 5th three years in a row now?

Correct. But not a problem system at all.

[Toddwert]

8 minutes ago, KL2 said:

The never ending cycle continues. Not picking high enough to get good. Not good enough to get out of thr lottery.

I want to like and follow them but they are stuck in this cycle they never seem to get better I mean come on the Hawks won 22 games more then the Piston they need to weight the odds better

Edited May 12, 2024 by Toddwert

[Deleterious]

 

[Shinzaki]

An absolute joke of a system...if there's a mechanism in place to prevent teams form winning the lottery multiple times there needs to be a  cap on how many times you can fall the maximum

[Betrayer]

I mean, we all knew the Spurs were moving up. After they were given Wemby last year the league needs to make sure he becomes the face of the league as fast as possible and you can’t do that on a bad team. 

[Deleterious]

That also takes a little of the shine off the pick if they plan to trade it.

[KL2]

Play in team gets number 1.

 

Team that has had the word record over a three year span hasn't picked higher than 5.

 

I mean it's not like winning this lottery would have been all the great, but this is why many casual pistons have ditched the nba. Are terrible and there is no hope whatsoever of getting better. At least when the Lions and tigers sucked they picked high.

[buddha]

4 minutes ago, KL2 said:

Play in team gets number 1.

 

Team that has had the word record over a three year span hasn't picked higher than 5.

 

I mean it's not like winning this lottery would have been all the great, but this is why many casual pistons have ditched the nba. Are terrible and there is no hope whatsoever of getting better. At least when the Lions and tigers sucked they picked high.

it is a really terrible, terrible system.

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I don't get wanting to discourage tanking. I'd be more apt to want to watch my team if I knew they were tanking for an exciting, young player that could give you hope for the future versus watching the endless cycle of mediocrity the Pistons are in.

[buddha]

20 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

lol 5th

bwaaahaaahaaahaa

this would be really upsetting if there was anyone worth drafting high this year.

between the pistons and the red wings, detroit teams must have dropped more spots in the lottery than any other city's teams.

[NYLion]

Haha, what a joke. All these years of suffering for 4 straight #5 picks. 

[buddha]

the real interesting news is that the pistons have already been awarded the 5th pick in the 2025 nba draft.  

[Deleterious]

lol

 

[Motor City Sonics]

Come on man.     Did you think the NBA would let the Pistons get a #1 or #2 pick again?     They squandered the last one and the owner doesn't even care.      (I don't think the lottery is legit).     You have an owner who STILL hasn't fired Troy Weaver - why would you let him near a young star again?   

Ship them out of town.   The team is dead.  

[Motor City Sonics]

13 minutes ago, buddha said:

it is a really terrible, terrible system.

because it's rigged.   Always has been.   

[casimir]

No worries.  I’m sure Weaver and Drunk Uncle Tommy will have everything under control this off-season.

[Deleterious]

Sam Vecenie has Clingan #5 on his big board.  Givony has Matas Buzelis going to the Pistons in his post lottery mock.  Sam has him #6.

Before you rush to look up Matas Buzelis stats.  He shot 27% from three last year.  

[casimir]

So, ok, here’s the rainbow around this pile of lottery crap.  The Pistons won’t improve enough to stay out of the lottery next year, and welcome to Detroit Cooper Flagg.

[Deleterious]

Just now, casimir said:

So, ok, here’s the rainbow around this pile of lottery crap.  The Pistons won’t improve enough to stay out of the lottery next year, and welcome to Detroit Cooper Flagg.

Also, we might never have to send the Knicks a first rounder to complete the Stewart trade.

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2025 first round draft pick to New York
Detroit's 1st round pick to New York protected for selections 1-13 in 2025, 1-11 in 2026 and 1-9 in 2027; if Detroit has not conveyed a 1st round pick to New York by 2027, then Detroit will instead convey its 2027 2nd round pick to New York (via Houston to Oklahoma City) [Detroit-Houston, 11/24/2020; Houston-Oklahoma City, 7/30/2021; New York-Oklahoma City, 6/23/2022]