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BYU center Plaisted going to Detroit Pistons

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?

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

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.

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.