Pistons Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Posted on | Thursday, February 24, 2011 | No Comments

The losses are piling up for the Pistons, and they're headed for another trip to the draft lottery. Considering that the Pistons don't have attractive pieces to make blockbuster deals like some of their Eastern Conference peers, that's not such a bad thing. They have no choice but to build through the draft.

Joe Dumars, Detroit's president of basketball operations, will never live down his colossal blunder of drafting Darko Milicic in 2003 with Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade waiting in the green room. The Pistons have paid dearly for that mistake, but their recent selections are the basis for any future optimism.

In 2007, they found a starting guard from obscure Eastern Washington—Rodney Stuckey—with the No.

Karl Malone Moses Malone Pete Maravich Kevin McHale George Mikan

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