<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">[IMGL]http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7853/stuckeyfn6.jpg[/IMGL]AUBURN HILLS -- As it worked out, two of the players the Pistons had ranked highest on their board were available when their 15th pick rolled around Thursday. Both Nick Young and Rodney Stuckey were available. Joe Dumars and his staff had gone round and round all week about which player they would take if both were there. In the end, the Pistons chose the tougher, harder-edged more versatile player over perhaps the more polished player. They chose Stuckey, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound scoring guard from Eastern Washington. "We had Rodney rated pretty high the whole time," Dumars said. "It really wasn't a hard decision. With his versatility, his talent, his athleticism and the fact that he can play both (guard) positions, it made it an easy choice to take him." With the 27th pick, Dumars continued to stockpile perimeter players, selecting Arron Afflalo, a 6-5 shooting guard from UCLA. "He's a tough guy, a fighter, a guy who competes and is a winner. That's what appealed to me," Dumars said of Afflalo. "This is a guy who can defend all three perimeter positions and he's a flat-out tough guy. And he can score. He's been on that big ." The Pistons now have Billups, Richard Hamilton, Flip Murray, Will Blalock, potentially Alex Acker and these two draft picks at the two guard positions. Dumars indicated a couple of those players probably would be dealt before training camp, but it was his aim to bolster the backcourt. "Our struggles in the playoffs have been on the perimeter," he said. "Either we didn't make shots or we didn't defend well from the perimeter like we needed to. I have never felt we were outplayed in the paint in the playoffs."</div> <div align="center">Source: DetNews.com</div>
