‘These are the guys we’re building with’ – Why the Pistons made the call to keep the No. 1 picks together as starters — nba.com

At some point over the off-season – some time after the Pistons won the lottery in June and likely before they gathered for Summer League in August – Dwane Casey had made the decision. Two decisions, really. The Pistons were going to keep their trove of recent No. 1 draft picks – Cade Cunningham this year, Killian Hayes, Isaiah Stewart and Saddiq Bey from last year – together as a unit. And they weren’t going to be protected by coming off the bench.

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