During the NBA draft, most teams have to decide between the best available player and the one who best fills a need.
But the Detroit Pistons feel the eighth overall selection, Stanley Johnson, gave them a third option: both of the above.
The former Arizona Wildcat can slide his chiseled 6'7", 242-pound frame right into Detroit's massive void at the small forward slot. The Pistons will still need to address the position in free agency, but with Johnson, they are on the way to scratching that itch.
Johnson isn't expected to start as a rookie, according to Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press, who added that the team "plans to target a small forward during the free-agency period."
But that roster hole isn't what led the Pistons to Johnson.
"We thought he was the best player on the board," Van Gundy said, per Pistons.com's Keith Langlois.
Are you excited yet, Pistons fans? You should be. The league's annual talent grab is always a fertile source of optimism, and Johnson's per-game marks from his lone season of college ball do nothing to curb that enthusiasm: 13.8 poi ...
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Article written by Zach Buckley