Pistons Draft History Since Joe Dumars: Leaves a Lot To Be Desired

Mehmet Okur, Tayshaun Prince, Jason Maxiell, and Rodney Stuckey, the list stops there of notable or good players that have been drafted by the Pistons since Joe Dumars took over. The rest of them were lucky if they lasted a year.  Here's a review of players that the Pistons took and a look at who they could of gotten instead. Starting in 2000 which I believe was Joe Dumars first year being with the Pistons.  2000: Mateen Cleaves(14), and Brian Cardinal(54) Mateen lasted a year with the Pistons, never living up to his potential and college success. He was traded for Jon Barry and a first round pick which would end up being wasted.  Should of drafted: Hedo Turkoglu or Quentin Richardson Brian at least made it 2 years with the Pistons, averaging 2.1 points with his career high then being 9 points. Something decent did come of him though, he was packaged with Stackhouse to bring in Rip. They waived him after 5 games. Should of drafted: This is hard he was used to get ...