While fielding a number of questions about the Pistons’ No. 1 pick, Keith Langlois of Pistons.com also addressed the future of 2019 draft pick Sekou Doumbouya. Langlois anticipates Doumbouya, who wasn’t drafted by current general manager Troy Weaver, will play in the summer league where he can show greater consistency and effectiveness. The Pistons must decide this offseason whether to pick up the forward’s fourth-year option at $5.5MM for the 2022/23 season.
We have more on the Central Division:
- Bucks forward Khris Middleton is focused on the Finals but he’s also a minority owner with the Brisbane Bullets in Australia’s NBL. Middleton told Marc Spears of The Undefeated many players are looking into similar ventures. “Being a part of an ownership group is something I wanted to do, for sure,” Middleton said. “As a player it could be tough. But I realize the responsibilities I had wasn’t going to really affect my basketball career right now. But it’s something I think a lot of players are starting to trend towards is finding ways to invest their money, finding things to do with their money that can grow, and it’s something I’m interested in.”
- Giannis Antetokounmpo and Middleton are the two main building blocks that made the Bucks a championship-level team. Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today examines the lengthy partnership between the two teammates. Middleton was acquired in 2013 from Detroit in the same year the two-time MVP was drafted. “At first, friendly competition, a guy like him from Detroit and I just got drafted,” Antetokounmpo said. “We just tried to get on the floor, going at one another in practices. But throughout the time, there was a lot of times that he proved that he’s going to do whatever it takes to help the team win. That’s the type of guy that you want next to you.”
- Draft-and-stash prospect Marko Simonovic is expected to sign with the Bulls this summer and from what K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago hears, he can be a rotation player at least. Simonovic was a second-round pick so the team’s fans should set their expectations for the 6’11” big man accordingly, Johnson adds.
Which Bucks great would’ve been a better complementary star to play with Giannis… Michael Redd, Bobby Dandridge, Khris Middleton or Paul Pressey?
Redd all day
Best lefty shooter I’ve ever watched personally outside of Chris Mullen
Reds was awesome! Would’ve really fit this spread offense well as an outside marksman. Too bad the team wasn’t better back then for that dude.
Yea Milwaukee truly sucked during the Michael Redd era, him & DMason & TJ Ford (for a short time) were fun to watch tho
Salim Stoudamire was probably my favorite lefty shooter
Which young frontcourt trio would you rather have on your team for the next 5-10yrs… Saddiq Bey/Sekou Doumbouya/Isaiah Stewart (DET), Romeo Langford/Grant Williams/Moses Brown (BOS), Cam Reddish/DeAndre Hunter/Onyeka Okongwu (ATL), Aleksej Pokuševski/Darius Bazley/Isaiah Roby (OKC) or Jaren Jackson Jr/Brandon Clarke/Xavier Tillman (MEM)? top 2 if ur bold…
Atlanta guys easy
Definitely gotta go with OKC. That trio will be the next Parish/McHale/Bird.
OKC’s… Poku is projecting to be a superstar, Bazley is improving a lot & Roy has a good potential…
ATL’s if you take out Hunter or OO & you put JC instead, without JC there is not much special in there, right?
So ATL would be the 2nd with JC in it, otherwise no 2nd for me!
Poku projects to be a superstar but Hunter & Okongwu is nothing special? I gotta highly disagree with that. I def like that OKC trio tho
Poku as a superstar?? I found Kevin O’Connor guys!
OKC trio or mem trio. I would of picked the Atlanta trio but Reddish and hunter are too injure prone.
They both had 1 injury. I wouldn’t call that injury prone. Actually JJ & Clarke had more injuries than Cam & Dre
I wouldn’t sleep on that Detroit trio either. While Doumbouya’s been a bit disappointing thus far, he still has plenty of room for growth. Stewart and Bey looked extremely promising in their rookie seasons and their contrasting skill sets complement one another nicely
If Wilt Chamberlain and Ty Cobb got in a bar fight, who would be the first one to break a bone?
Draymond Green who would Have to get in on it
Neither: Cobb only frequents segregated Bars so it would never happen