Detroit had the rights to that pick, Seattle makes more sense than a veteran laden team like Detroit that has Rasheed Wallace backed up by Jason Maxiell. (unless Detroit thinks that Trent can play the 5.....)
Actully this smells like a "Straight to the Dleague" pick
Hope that a very athletic big man can develop some NBA skills while using a relatively worthless pick.
Seattle did the same with Sasha Kaun (Russian born player with a 2 million$ deal waiting for him from CSK Russia) Should Kaun improve dramatically, Seattle would have his rights in the future.
This is on ksl.com. "Seattle took Plaisted with the 46th overall pick, but he is not headed for the SuperSonics. Plaisted's rights instead were to go to the Detroit Pistons to complete an earlier trade that sent forward D.J. White to Seattle."
