There's a reason people are sleeping on the monstrous sophomore season Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is putting together—a few of them, actually.
From the bad free-agency bets taken on Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings to the upcoming departure of longtime Pistons executive Joe Dumars, the Pistons have dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Drummond would be the exception if the hulking 20-year-old could just get some well-deserved press coverage thrown his way.
If the term "project pick" was in the dictionary, it might have Drummond's mug right below it. Between his menacing frame (6'10", 270 pounds), Marvel Comic-like athleticism (33.5" vertical, per Draft Express) and mediocre college stats (10.0 points, 7.6 rebounds), he was the definition of a high-risk, high-reward prospect.
The Pistons weighed the risks, fantasized about the potential rewards and snagged the big man with the No. 9 pick.
It's been all reward ever since.
"We're talking a scary amount of appeal," Bleacher Report's Stephen Babb wrote of Drummond's upside. "This guy could be the game's next dom ...
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Andre Drummond’s Spectacular Sophomore Season Demands More Respect
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