NBA Draft Lottery: Detroit Pistons’ surprising playoff run costs them first-round pick in 2025
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CHICAGO – The NBA draft lottery is here, and for the first time in a very long time, the Detroit Pistons do not have a first-round pick.
Detroit traded its 2025 first-round pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which was protected top-13.
This meant the pick would transfer to the T-Wolves if the Pistons made the playoffs, which, surprisingly, they did.
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ThetradewaspartofalargerdealinvolvingtheTimberwolvesandNewYorkKnicksrelatedtoKarl-AnthonyTowns.
ThePistonsalsotradedguardMonteMorristotheTimberwolvesinexchangeforShakeMilton,TroyBrownJr.,anda2030second-roundpick.
Additionally,thePistonstradedWendellMooreJr.andthe37thoverallpickinthe2024drafttotheTimberwolvesforthe53rdoverallpickin2024.
So,thePistonslosttheirfirst-roundpickintheblockbusterdealinvolvingKAT,whichhelpedeliminatethemfromthefirstroundoftheNBAplayoffsin2025.
Oddlyenough,the2025first-roundpickwastradedtotheP
