NBA 2011, Pistons ; Kentucky selectd brandon knight with #8

 
The Pistons chose Kentucky guard Brandon Knight with the eighth pick in the NBA draft Thursday night. Enes Kanter, Tristan Thompson, Jonas Valanciunas and Bismack Biyombo – considered some of the draft's top frontcourt players – were gone by the time Detroit's turn came around.

 "We had targeted big guys initially. We said if those guys were gone, then we're going to take the guy with the best value," team president Joe Dumars said. "At the point of the eighth pick, the guy with the best value, the best talent on the board, was Brandon Knight. At that point, it was a talent that we didn't think we could pass up."

Knight is the smartest of all three, even if he's not the most athletic. He's a going to be a great player, a heady leader for team that needs help.