Congrats, Trent! Thanks for 3 great years @ BYU. Detroit is an exciting place to go with their recent success. Nice to have you continue BYU's tradition of moving players to the NBA, even tho we will miss you, but your success will show upcoming prospects that BYU is a great training ground for the ultimate goal of playing in the NBA.

Plaisted went hiking? In this altitude?

Naw, I saw them at a Provo Canyon picnic ground just hanging around. He was nice and excited, and spoke to me and my buddies, but he was there pretty much all afternoon. I had him in a Econ class once and is a good guy, and wish him luck.

The hiking bit was, I'm sure, to make up for his weak workout and excuses with the Jazz.

All of you BYU haters out there who were so sure Plaisted would NEVER be drafted...what have you got to say now? I suppose that's why you're on here commenting rather than working in an NBA organization that actually knows how to evaluate talent and potential. Trent, congratulations! I am glad you get to prove yourself in the league and get away from Provo early, where you and your wife were unfairly and unkindly treated after her motor vehicle incident. A lot of people open their mouths before knowing all the facts and spoke harshly against her, and they should be ashamed. Likewise many disparaged you all season long whenever you had a down game. None of these haters could ever make a D-1 roster (or a city league roster either, I'm guessing), but they sure think they know a lot about the game and about you. Good job ignoring them and having good workouts that led to your drafting by the Pistons. I wish the Jazz had picked you instead of a weak Croatian project in the 2nd round, but I have to have faith that they did what was best for you and the Jazz. Best Wishes!

Here's your Ute fan, right here.

He was drafted by Seattle and traded to Detroit. Yes, as of recent, you are correct Detriot does have a good nose for drafting talented big men (i.e., Darko Milicic) so you are absolutely correct, we were all wrong. Trent skills remind me of a combination of Shaq, Timmy-D, Dirk, and Dwight-Superman-Howard. We should have known after watching how well Trent played against the powerhouse gym-rat Nevill that he was bound for the NBA. Geez, we were all wrong, we should have known better.

GO UTES!

Congrats to Plaisted on getting drafted by the Pistons! I wish him the best of luck in his pro career. His game/skills are a good match with Detroit style of play.

ummm yeah he will play like 1 game , then be sent to the d league, and then finaly over to play ero ball with your beloved travis hansen lol. history repeats it self. hes not going no where

Nice work Trent. You gave us some great games. Good luck in the NBA.

The doubters are right here and ready to comment on your abusurd comment. Trent has NOT ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING BY BEING DRAFTED IN THE SECOND ROUND. Most second round picks don't even make the team....that is why they don't have an automatic contract like first rounders get. Face it, Plaisted is a joke, he'll be lucky to make it in Europe. Have fun playing with the Piston D-league team making $25K a year.

Trent who?

There was never really an argument that he wouldn't be drafted, he just will never play an actual NBA game. That's the issue.

It cracks me up about all the people who thought it was bad for trent to go pro..I'm sure he is cool with the paycheck!

We all know Detroit wanted plaisted for his tough as nails wife who throws down with the best of them. They want the bad boy image back

And Jimi, how many games are you going to play in the nba OR a Euro league? I love the "lol" comment too. Poor Trent only got drafted into the nba and might end up making tons of money internationally.

He never claimed to be the best power-forward/center in the draft, but he was done with school and left to go make some money. Why don't you compare your current salary with his future salary and then see who's laughing?

Trent and his brother and sister were in our singles ward. They are very kind and a little shy. Trent's wife started coming while they were dating, she is very nice. They are very humble. I feel bad that there are so many people ready to criticize. I think it has been hard to come into the public eye and be treated so rudely. I wonder what it would be like to have a family member become famous and have to get thick skin. God Bless Trent and his family.

How many of the above commentors were drafted into the NBA? That's all we need to know...

I'm glad Trent is getting a shot, but if he doesn't learn to shoot free throws and improve on his short range jumpers, then he won't last very long.

He will be in the Hall of Fame within two or three years. He's that good.

Trent won't make it in the NBA. Remember Rafael Araujo?
Araujo was a 1st rounder and didn't cut it.

How's life in Russia anyway Araujo? Are you happy to have Trent join you in the very near future?

I think that most Ute fans agree that Trent was premature in looking to go to the NBA. As it stands he is guarenteed nothing and the fact that he went to the Pistons will make it all the more difficult to even make the team.

What I love is how Dick Harmon goes off about BYU's prowess in getting players drafted. Afterall they are number 2 in number of draftees after UNLV. Then as evidence he brings up the last few draft picks from BYU. The funny thing is most of them were MAJOR DRAFT BUSTS!

If you are a player and wanted to go the the NBA what does BYU have to offer? People will say MW championships (when traditional power houses like UTAH, NM, and UNLV are rebuilding.) Name one BYU player that is currenty on an NBA roster.

Best of luck to Trent even though he has a upward battle. Maybe he should have stayed in school. He could have always gone to Europe (where he is going to end up anyway) after he senior season.

BYU's tradition of moving players to the NBA? BYU is a great training ground for the ultimate goal of playing in the NBA? Now I as big a Cougar fan as they come, but that is a pretty big stretch since we only send one every 5 years or so and only half of them even make it.

...I'll admit, was stupid to go into the draft without completing his senior season first; however, we all make mistakes. Give the guy some credit, he actually got drafted, and although the Ute fans cry outrage because of his abysmal performance against Luke Neville, I'm sure that if he actually works hard and plays like he CAN, he'll have a career in basketball. It's not like he doesn't have any talent, just has some work to do. What do you think training camp is for? None or very few of those draftees are ready work-wise for what the NBA requires, so let's quit trying to predict the future when we have no idea what the future holds for the guy. As long as he continues to try to excel, nothing but success can be expected from him. It's a pattern of human existence. Quit raggin on the poor guy. He'll get enough in Detroit.

I can tell you must have graduated from Utah. "he's not going no where" nice double negative just like your attitude. Go get them Trent and GO COUGARS!

How many yewts got drafted?

Plaisted has done very well. He has a college degree, he is one of the 60 drafted players. Good luck to him.

Lots of hate still out there. Please all of you haters take some time and tell us about your team and the players who were drafted.

Funny how a BYU story draws many many hate comments yet when stories appear about teams who the haters most likely support, the haters disappear. They only write hate, don't even support their own school.

By the way, Mr Hansen is making the kind of money most of us dream about. He is doing very well thank you. I believe some of you haters have players from your schools still playing overseas. Please tell us about them and what they are doing.

Good day to all!

He will make a great 12th man for Detroit.

Uh, I'm pretty sure they give 2nd round rookies more than $25K a year, even when they get assigned to the D-League. So, even if Trent never steps foot on an NBA court, he'll likely make more playing basketball somewhere in the next 2 years than most of you loser Ute fans have made your whole life. Not bad for a slightly above average player.

By the way, is Luke Nevill and Jaycee Carroll still holding out for round 3 of the draft????? Oh wait, there ISN'T a round 3...

If Trent is "not going nowhere" does that mean he is going somewhere??

He should have stayed another year and worked on his free throw shooting and add a few more post moves to his repertoire other than driving the middle and doing a jump-stop hook shot. I was impressed he can do it with both hands, but it was his only move and was too easy to defend. He has some great talents, namely his quickness getting up and down the floor. I'd like to see him take his big, slow defender off the dribble and slam one home.
If he would have stayed and had another good year, he could have been a first round pick and maybe a lottery pick with guaranteed money.

I still wish him success in whatever he decides to do.

Yea, it's too bad Trent didn't go sooner, he had to wait for all the super talented yewtes to get drafted before he was taken. Oh wait, I didn't see any yewtes get drafted. How can that be, didn't win the MWC regular season and play for the tournament championship, and go to the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons? Can't believe yewte fans still pop off after being totally dominated in Foothball and basketball by the Cougars the last two seasons. Yes, dominated as in the won/loss column. Add them and you can only draw one conclusion, DOMINATED!!!

There must have been a conspircy because T.P. and his brawling Mrs. do not deserve to be in the NBA. I dunked on him once in Junior High.

Considering how many basketball players there are out there, just getting drafted by the NBA is saying something. Very few players become superstars, but there are many players who can make good money playing a game they enjoy, whether in a backup role for an NBA team or in Europe.

I hope Trent has a successful career.

You Ute fans are funny. No "congrats Trent. We hope you represent the MWC well." Just "BYU-NBA-BUST" comments. Since we're talking about inevitable disappointment from MWC draftees, how's Alex Smith working out for the forty-whiners, and Andrew Bogut is really hall of fame material for being a #1 draft too. Prediction: Trent Plaisted AND Shawn Bradley retire with more $$$ than the average Yewt poster to the Cougar hate blogs.

Hey V.C. (Voice of Support):

You out there? Did you see how detroit just wasted a draft selection. That is totally too bad. The pistons continue to go down hill.

I wish Trent the best and all but unless he can learn to shoot freethrows, dribble, pass, and ... play basketball in the next year or so I see him in the European D-League.

You Yewt whiners are probably the same fans who were just sure the LA Fakers would take Boston in 4

Provo loves Trent. We loved his athleticism. His skills on the break. His dunks. We loved how he drew double teams. The U of U hardly owned us during Trent's years. In fact, what we love most is the last two MWC titles. For the record, BYU is plenty happy with all the players we have sent to the NBA (More than Utah), because what they did in Provo is what counts in our league. (What has Neville done for Utah? Handled Trent, you think, but who won those games? What counts? Where was he drafted?). I'm laughing more and more at the Utah posters who continue to open their mouths. Pathetic, really.

Trent's detractors are silly, even crazy. Why should he care one bit what any of you think? He doesn't. In reality, we all knew he would get drafted. And we all know he will be making more money outside of Utah than the majority of people in Utah. Utah cracks me up. U say stupid things, eat your words, and then say more stupid things. Then you get mad at the reality of someone being (not acting) better than you. Jokes on U.

So, you dunked on Trent in Junior High huh? And which NBA team drafted you?

Trent Plaisted won as many NCAA tournament games as I have....O
LOL

Chances are he will not make the Piston's roster. A second round pick does not usually make the roster. He will play in Greece or somewhere for a few years.

I am a BYU fan, but I don't understand where this, "we're better than you because we have had more guys get into the NBA than you" arguments. Who has done well in the NBA besides Danny Ainge? This is basically a truce because you have Ainge for the Cougs and Andre Miller is the best the Utes have had because Van Horn did as much as Shawn Bradley did.

This Plaisted thing is egregiously stupid. he should have stayed at BYU. Good luck being a bench player in europe, I feel like we won the MWC titles in spite of Trent, not because of him. I hold no credence to what he did against Louisville and UNC because he couldn't be consistent against the MWC.

Good luck to JR Giddens!

Wow! You remind me of Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite. You're still living in 1982. Junior high was ten years ago. Get over it and find your soul mate.

"somewhere in the next 2 years than most of you loser Ute fans have made your whole life."

I'll agree with you on that. But you forgot to mention that Trent will make more money in 1 year than most of you sorry Cougars will make in his whole life. But it's typical for Cougars to face the truth.

No one is surprised that Jaycee Carroll and Luke Neville didn't get drafted. It was common knowledge. So you're not hurting anybody with that jab. But while I'm speaking of Carroll I believe he will have the better career. I see Carroll playing in a summer league and making it into the NBA undrafted.

Kewger's last decent NBA player was Ainge.

I am totally shocked he got drafted. But I noticed he was drafted at about the same time as the two second round Jazz picks. Both of these Jazz picks are expected to stay and play in Europe for a few years because they are nowhere close to being ready for the NBA. I imagine that is the case with Trent P.

Detroit will put him in the D-League to see if he can improve and if not, then Detroit was at least able to use him as Trade Bait.

You kewgar fans are funny!! You have a guy go late in the second round and proclaim that a major victory. "Were number one!" "Trent is Hall of fame material!" You all need a little reality check!!. He hasn't even made the team yet!!!

Check! Check!

to you and your wife for being great friends of BYU. Good luck in your pro basketball career.

Despite what all the clueless, naysaying, jealous Utah fans are saying, you'll do great!

We'll miss you. Drop by once in awhile to see us when you're in town.

I hope Trent has more goals than just to be drafted. With no guarantees, I doubt that he will ever play in the NBA. How many Paul Milsaps show up on NBA rosters?

As an NBA "franchise player", picked number one in the first round, you would expect that former Ute Andrew Bogut would be turning around the Milwaukee Bucks after three seasons. Instead, Bogut has made no difference at all. In fact the Bucks won only 26 games last season, after winning 28 games the season before. I hoped he would have a great impact, but up till now, he has been mediocre at best, especially considering he was the number one draft pick.

There are no guarantees in the NBA, even for first round picks. I wish both Utah and BYU players well in the NBA. It is not an easy road.

Congratulations to Trent Plaisted from a Ute fan. Getting drafted by an NBA team is a great accomplishment. I wish him well.

Detroit already has 14 players under contract for next season, Plaistead was a 2nd round pick, which means he isn't guaranteed a contract, if he does get one, he will most likely be playing in the D-League. So basically he can choose between Europe or the D-League. He wasn't going to get any better in college, and BYU doesn't have a reputation of sending NBA ready players(Mike Smith, Hoffa, Travis Hansen, Shawn the Mantis Bradley). But at least he'll be playing for money next year.

You're not a realist, just a mouth with a hateful, clueless brain cell attached.

He's gotta earn that paycheck first! I'm not sure what the stipulations for guaranteed contracts are for going in the second round, anyone know?