Detroit Pistons lucked out with No 1 pick in NBA draft

NBA playoffs are going on in full swing with just four more teams left in the season battling for the NBA title. While the rest of the teams are heading toward the offseason preparations. Pistons won the NBA Draft Lottery with the No.1 pick, on Tuesday, they now enjoy the first overall selection in the next month’s draft. Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers would get the second and third draft pick which is scheduled for 29th July this year. When it comes to the No.1 overall pick Rockets, Pistons and Orlando Magic enjoyed a 14 percent chance of winning the lottery while thunder and Cavaliers had 11.5 percent.

The last time Pistons drafted first pick in 1970 where they selected Hall of Fame forward Bob Lanier in 1967, they selected All-Star Jimmy Walker as the No.1 pick. Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic got the fourth and fifth pick as per the lottery.