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Detroit Pistons: 5 dream free agency targets in 2017

By Karintha Styles

Nov 14, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) battles with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and center DeAndre Jordan (back) for the loose ball during the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 101-96. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 14, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) battles with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and center DeAndre Jordan (back) for the loose ball during the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 101-96. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 14, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) battles with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and center DeAndre Jordan (back) for the loose ball during the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 101-96. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /

The Detroit Pistons need to clear some cap space if they want to use free agency to break free from the middle of the pack, but for now, here are five dream targets if the salary cap weren’t an issue.

The Detroit Pistons‘ plans for the 12th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft garnered a lot of speculation.

That pick wasn’t going to propel them to the top of the Eastern Conference. In fact, without a trade, one could have argued the draft would’ve given the Pistons just enough of an edge to stay consistently mediocre.

Per ESPN‘s Marc Stein, the Pistons toyed with the idea of dealing their first round pick in this year’s draft.

However, no such trade could be found on draft night, and with the Pistons being so close to the salary cap, all they can afford to do this year is dream.  In a perfect world, teams wouldn’t have to contend with annoying details like salary caps and luxury taxes. In a dream world, the Pistons could assemble another version of the Bad Boys.

Here’s a look at five veteran players Detroit could use to return to prominence in free agency. Since this is a dream scenario, luxury taxes, salary caps and star players with “no-trade clauses,” weren’t factored in.

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