In 2021, the Pistons won the NBA Draft Lottery after a 20-52 record and took Cunningham No. 1 overall in that year's draft. After the Dallas Mavericks defied the odds and won the lottery with just a 1.8% chance, Pistons forward Tobias Harris delivered a message.

Once again, several teams in the NBA’s tanking category got stiffed—a feeling the Detroit Pistons know too well. This year, it didn’t matter for the franchise f

Detroit Pistons fans didn’t have to watch the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery on Monday with nearly as much intrigue as the past few seasons. Five straight seasons of being a lottery team and three consecutive years of ending up with the No. 5 pick despite being in the top-three for positioning left quite a sour taste.