The NBA Lottery will take place on May 16th. The Lottery 2023, an event already identified as one of the most important in the recent history of the NBA, because it is on this day that we will know which franchise will be able to select first in the Draft, on June 22nd. It is therefore on that day that we will know, quite logically, which team could field Victor Wembanyama, a French phenomenon of over 2m20 that your aunt also talks about during Sunday meals.
Is it too early to talk about it? Perhaps. So are we gonna talk about it every day from now on? Obviously. And to get to the heart of the matter, here is a small projection of the 2023-24 season, imagining what Victor Wembanyama could sell in … the 30 franchises of the League. For some it is a utopia, for others it is entirely possible and it is also the project, but no jealousy so let’s talk about everyone. Today ? We enter the Detroit Pistons mode, an already fiendishly exciting franchise and full of young cracks, so imagine the delirium by adding the French UFO.
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The current situation of the Pistons
No playoffs since 2019 and, more generally, no playoff wins since … 2009. Victor Wembanyama was 5 years old. Blake Griffin’s move had given fans a bit of a voice but has since been complicated, and the arrival of Cade Cunningham a year ago via the first pick in the Draft places the Michigan franchise in the “team of the future”. Many cracks in all positions but the goal is obvious: lose, lose and lose again to recover a good boy in June 2023 and complete a squad that will have to play tough in a few years. .
The five majors expected (and highly idealized) if Victor Wembanyama moves to Detroit this summer
- Cunningham falls
- Jaden Ivey
- Saddiq Bey
- Victor Wembanyama
- Jalen Duren
Sounds great this five huh? And after imagining the five of the other 29 franchises, we assure you that you have one of the most reliable and exciting lineups there in the medium to long term. Cade Cunningham is already an All-Star when he has only 80 NBA games in his paws, Jaden Ivey has dynamite in his calves, Jalen Duren impresses when he is only 18, and Saddiq Bey sent a big game to 50 pawns in the second season. .. Add the big Vic to this whole mess and you get a contractual obligation to stream and a young core that clearly drives you crazy, that you will still have to find … a coach, because Dwane Casey thanks but no thanks.
Sportively, for Victor? The whole issue revolves around hierarchy, as the current draft seems to revolve around Cade Cunningham. Full of talent, sophomore year is an outstanding creator, but he and Jaden Ivey (Draft 2022 pick 5) need the ball to live. It is in this idea that the Pistons have drawn up recently, and quite logically when you see the NBA today. I have ball handler, in priority. Alone, Cade and Ivey need to have the ball in hand to exist, and in danger from a distance we’re pretty hungry. So if we’re going to use Wembanyama like Jarrett Allen with 10 hits per game and 1 post-up per century, we’re pretty cool. Now Victor could also upset all of Troy Weaver’s plans in Detroit by simply landing in Michigan. And with a recently extended Bojan Bogdanovic, we know who Wemby would turn balls to in the corners in case of a double team.
A must visit place for Victor
The ruins or what remains of the Palace of Auburn Hills. Palace of Auburn Hills, 6 Championship Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326. Nothing remains of the legendary Pistons hall from February 2020, a shopping complex will soon see the light, but you can probably still smell the legendary smell of its fights. Fights that have seen the Detroit franchise win three rings and knock out hundreds of opponents, fights that have featured local legends such as Isaiah Thomas, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, Rasheed Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace or Rip Hamilton, and sadder fights like that of Malice at the Palace in 2004, which left more traces in local memory than one would like to believe. More than enough to immerse yourself in the local culture, although in 2022 the Little Caesars Arena is a more benevolent arena than its illustrious elder.
Probability of the scenario: between 10 and 14%
Odds table for the lottery draw
If Cade Cunningham and he were drinking leave all the balloons to Killian Hayes They are doing nothing, one of the three worst records of the League in April is largely in the strings of the Pistons. Casey’s young band seems a little tight to play a play-in and frankly what’s the point, so let’s get the shackles out and start losing with a smile? Come on, it’s for a good cause.
So much for this Detroit Pistons edition of our great Victor Wembanyama Draft series. Yes, seven months before the draft. And you, would you like to see it land where the big Vic?
