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The Pistons selected 21-year old small forward DaJuan Summers with the 35th pick of the NBA Draft on Thursday Night. Summers played in 101 games in three seasons at Georgetown and he averaged 11.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Summers will have to battle Austin Daye for minutes this season and that could be a losing battle for him. Still, this was a good pick for the Pistons as Summers does have some game.
The Detroit Pistons have selected 21-year old forward Austin Daye with the 15th pick of the NBA Draft last night. Daye is a very skinny guy at 6′11″, 200 pounds and his game closely resembles that of Tayshaun Prince. He is a good defensive player and he can hit the three pointer frequently. Daye played in 67 games in his two years at Gonzaga and he averaged 11.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.9 blocked shots per game. Unless Prince gets traded before the season starts it appears that the Pistons might not have a lot of minutes available for Daye as a rookie.
The Pistons selected another very polished, experienced player in the 2nd round in forward Deron Washington. Washington is 6′7″, 225 pounds and he’s a pretty tough guy. He played in 128 games at Virginia Tech and he averaged 10.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He will have a hard time getting much playing time as a rookie but he will likely help the Pistons out down the road.
The Pistons acquired center Trent Plaisted in a draft day trade with the Sonics. Plaisted is 6′11″, 245 pounds and he’s a very polished, experienced player. Plaisted played in 103 games (95 starts) at BYU and he averaged 13.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game. Expect the Pistons to take it slow with Plaisted unless they suffer injuries along the front line.
The Pistons acquired forward Walter Sharpe along with center Trent Plaisted for forward D.J. White on Thursday Night during the NBA Draft. Sharpe is 6′9″, 245 pounds but he doesn’t play as big as his size says he should. Sharpe played in 40 games (10 starts) with UAB, Mississippi and Mississippi State. In those 40 college games, Sharpe averaged 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. Look for Sharpe to have a hard time breaking into the playing rotation unless the Pistons move some forwards in trades before the season starts.