At #21, do we take Carr's spacing or Lendeborg's defense?
The two cleanest Pistons Targets at the pick. Carr is the cleaner Cade-spacing answer. Lendeborg is the more versatile defender and the better bet to play meaningful minutes in year one.
The Pistons Draft Room.
Vote on the week's pick, argue the tough calls, and submit questions for the next Intel mailbag.
Who should be higher on Detroit's board: Cameron Carr or Isaiah Evans?
One board decision. Two sides. Make the call.
- Cleaner off-ball fit next to Cade
- More size and athletic pop
- Less on-ball overlap
- Fits Detroit's biggest roster need
- Tougher shot diet
- Better microwave scoring profile
- Can punish second units
- More self-created shooting
Why should your pick be higher on the Big Board? Drop the full take below.
Submit Your CaseHelp sort the messy part of the board.
Compact matchups across positions and archetypes. Vote, and we'll surface the room's pattern.
The Duren decision is lurking in the background, because of course it is.
How much extra ball-handling does Detroit actually need behind Cade?
Useful is good. Redundant is not.
Backup-guard sanity check — which one gives Detroit playoff juice?
Detroit needs the archetype. The room needs to decide the flavor.
Bench shot-making is the unsexy need. Pick your flavor.
The questions the room is still arguing.
Every "Three Questions" panel on a prospect page lands here. Drop your answer, upvote the takes you trust, reply when you disagree.
The calls the room is still arguing.
Carr keeps winning movement-shooter debates. If the room has a type, apparently it's "can shoot, has size, doesn't make Cade's life harder." Revolutionary stuff.
View Carr ProfileFans like the stretch-five idea, but the Duren overlap question is real. This one needs more argument.
Vote on VeesaarThe shooting is real, but the testing concerns are making the room nervous.
Make the CaseThink the Big Board is wrong? Prove it.
Tell us which prospect is too high, too low, or being misunderstood through a Detroit lens.
- "Cameron Carr should be above Allen Graves because the movement shooting fits Cade better."
- "Henri Veesaar only makes sense if Detroit is willing to play five-out bench units."
- "Another non-shooting athlete next to Ausar is how you lose your mind by December."
- "At #21, take the year-one role player over the upside swing — Detroit is too good to babysit a project."
- "The Duren extension question means a stretch four matters more than another rim-runner."
- "Pull-up shooting off the bench is the skill Detroit actually misses when Cade sits."
- "An elite shooter who tanks Detroit's defensive identity isn't worth the spacing."
Where the board stands after this week's votes.
The room is still prioritizing shooting, but not all shooting is being treated equally. Movement wings are beating small guards. Stretch bigs are gaining support. Pure upside swings are getting less patience than expected.
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