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Keeping in mind the NBA draft is still more than a month away, here's how things could shake out in the first round....

Trying to figure out Stan Van Gundy’s first moves, the disappointment of losing their lottery pick and what the Pistons might look for wi...

A look at all of the second round mock drafts and who the Pistons might take at No. 38, because it's the only pick they have. All was not lost on Tuesday night at the 2014 NBA draft lottery. Despite the fact the  Pistons were forced to give up their first round pick to the Charlotte Hornets , the Pistons still have the 38th overall pick! [I'll give you a moment to bottle your excitement.] As Matt...

Talks never got far, according to Detroit Free Press writer Vince Ellis. Make a deal with the Bobcats , get stung by the Hornets. That was the story of the Detroit's draft night as the Pistons slid to the ninth slot and were forced to surrender their draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets to finalize the ill-fated Ben Gordon trade. It was a dumb decision at the time and it was apparently a decision the...

A change of name finally led to some lottery luck for Charlotte. Thanks, Joe Dumars! If you thought the Bobcats name was cursed, you may have been on to something. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA lottery for the second straight year in a row. As a result, their jump moved the Pistons back to the ninth spot in the lottery. However, that pick was only top-8 protected against the Hornets' claims...

Charlotte got a great asset aided by Detroit's unlucky ping-pong balls, giving them a good pick in a deep draft and even more flexibility. It feels weird to be on the receiving end of a lucky ping-pong ball bounce. The original Hornets had their fair share -- jumping to third overall in 1999 from 13th on a 0.73 percent chance, and top-2 picks in 1991 and 1992 -- but 10 years of Bobcats lottery history...

Pistons No. 1 priority is to add shooting to its roster. Here are 10 players that might be available for the Pistons in the NBA Draft. Stan Van Gundy has a lot of work to do this offseason to remake his Pistons roster in a way that matches his style of play. And while Van Gundy has always matched his schemes to his talent, he has already gone on record and said that the team will look to add perimeter...

SBNation.com's Tyler Lashbrook ranked the top 60 prospects in the 2014 NBA draft. The  Detroit Pistons are down (like, way down) after losing their first-round pick in Tuesday's  NBA draft lottery, but they still have a pick in the second round at No. 38 overall. But, if you're like me, you're an NBA fan who doesn't immediately know which prospects are worth considering once the first three dozen...

LeBron James scored six straight points to spark a decisive 12-2 run, and the Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers, 87-83, on Tuesday night to leave the Eastern Conference finals tied at a game apiece....

Yes, everyone is bummed out the Detroit Pistons won't have a lottery pick in next month's NBA draft, perhaps the deepest crop of players in a generation....

Well, that stung. At least it must have for the 30 people who attended Pistons games this season. You hike all the way to Auburn Hills to watch bad basketball, you figure your reward is a lottery pick. If you don't have the future, what else is there?...

Will Stan Van Gundy, the Pistons new coach and team president, have a first-round draft pick to work with as he tries to rebuild the once-proud franchise? We'll find out shortly after 8 tonight....

Charlotte got the Pistons' first-round pick, ninth overall, as part of the trade two years ago that brought Corey Maggette to Detroit in exchange for Ben Gordon....

It probably won’t make anyone feel significantly better in the here and now, but it stood to reason even before the Pistons lost their lo...

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The Detroit Pistons did not have luck on their side during the NBA draft lottery. The Ben Gordon era officially ended tonight, delivering one final blow to the Pistons organization as the team was forced to send its 2014 NBA draft pick to the Charlotte Hornets to finalize 2012's Gordon-Corey Maggette swap. The Pistons entered the night with better than an 82-percent chance of keeping their pick, which...

The Detroit Pistons entered the NBA draft lottery with a greater than 82 percent chance of keeping their first-round pick. As they soon learned, though, 82 is less than 100. The Detroit Pistons experienced the worst-case scenario at the NBA draft lottery, losing their top-8 protected pick to the Charlotte Hornets after the dastardly Cleveland Cavaliers leapfrogged all the way from No. 9 to first overall....

Barring a trade, the Detroit Pistons must wait until the second round before they make their first pick in the 2014 NBA Draft on June 26. When the Cleveland Cavaliers jumped from No. 9 to first overall at the NBA draft lottery, the Pistons forfeited their top-eight protected first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets, finally completing the ill-advised Ben Gordon salary dump of 2012. The Ben Gordon...

The Detroit Pistons were ousted from the first round at the NBA draft lottery, forfeiting their top-8 protected pick to the Charlotte Hornets when the Cleveland Cavaliers made the leap all the way from No. 9 to the very top. But they will still pick in the second round with the 38th overall pick. The Detroit Pistons lost their 2014 first-round pick, but the team is still optimistic of finding a solid...

Of course the focus is always on the first round when it comes to the NBA draft, including tonight's NBA draft lottery (8 p.m., ESPN). But the Detroit Pistons hold a valuable second-round pick as well for next month's draft. With the 38th overall selection, the Pistons should be able to land a good young player....