For 10 glorious seconds, George David, the Detroit Pistons assistant general manager and the team’s rep inside the sequestered lottery room, got to dream of the very real possibility of pairing Cade Cunningham with any of the draft’s elite prospects.
The Pistons had struck gold on the first three lottery balls selected in the four-number combo. Out of 1,001 number combinations, the Pistons were one of the last teams to still have a chance at the first overall pick. They just needed the fourth ball to be a 10, 11 or 12 and it would be two consecutive No.