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The internet is awash in NBA mock drafts and big boards as we are hours away from the 2020 NBA Draft tonight. But what do the fans think and, more specifically, what do Pistons fans think?
We originally asked that question months ago in a series of daily polls to figure out who the Pistons should pick at No. 7. In exploring a more dynamic way to collect the information we added a few new wrinkles during this odd NBA hiatus.
We had the DBB staff members submit their own draft boards and aggregated the results into a final listing of who the best players are for Detroit. Next, we asked fans to contribute to a crowd-sourcing project to help build a fan-created big board.
Fans were shown two prospects from the NBA Draft and simply had to pick which of the two was the better prospect. Once they voted, they’d see two new names and do that over and over.
And fans did it. Over and over. Again and again, to the tune of more than 54,000 votes.
Based on current consensus and the previous DBB Big Board the biggest winner was Patrick Williams, who didn’t make the original top 8 but now holds down the fifth spot overall. The biggest lower was Aleksej Pokusevski who popped up at No. 6 on the original but fell to No. 15 in Big Board 2.0. Hayes is a longtime fan favorite among DBB readers and staff, but he seems to be tumbling a bit on mock drafts into the 10-12 range.
Here are the full results:
Detroit Bad Boys Big Board 2.0 — Voted on by the fans
- Anthony Edwards
- LaMelo Ball
- Killian Hayes
- James Wiseman
- Patrick Williams
- Onyeka Okongwu
- Deni Avdija
- Tyrese Haliburton
- Isaac Okoro
- Obi Toppin
- RJ Hampton
- Devin Vassell
- Kira Lewis
- Tyrese Maxey
- Aleksej Pokusevski
- Cole Anthony
- Aaron Nesmith
- Saddiq Bey
- Precious Achiuwa
- Tyrell Terry
- Cassius Winston
- Jalen Smith
- Jaden McDaniels
- Desmond Bane
- Tre Jones
- Devon Dotson
- Theo Maledon
- Tyler Bey
- Josh Green
- Daniel Oturu
- Paul Reed
- Nico Mannion
- Leandro Bolmaro
- Isaiah Stewart
- Vernon Carey
- Cassius Stanley
- Immanuel Quickley
- Grant Riller
- Malachi Flynn
- Jahmius Ramsey
- Udoka Azubuike
- Isaiah Joe
- Zeke Nnaji
- Elijah Hughes
- Payton Pritchard
- Jordan Nwora
- Reggie Perry
- CJ Elleby
- Nate Hinton
- Ashton Hagans
- Karim Mane
Doe anything stand out to you as a surprise? At first blush, I’m going to say our loyal voters are greatly underselling the prospects sitting in the 34-44 range. Stewart, Carey, Quickley, Flynn, Joe, Nnaji and Hughes are all prospects it seems like it is worth keeping an eye on.
And if this is how the first round actually played out, I’d say it’s important for the Pistons to trade back into the second round and scoop up one of these players.