Lotto Evaluation
The bottom line is that owning a future first-rounder from Detroit gives beneficial leverage to Stone and the Rockets. In addition, the Pistons earning the No. 1 draft choose in 2021 only adds to the list of possibilities and the likelihood of it eventually offering true value to Houston. Detroit could potentially get around this roadblock by acquiring a future initial-round choose from a further team, but it is not as if they have a roster loaded with veteran assets…