Speculating about whom the Pistons will draft is good fun, but first, we must identify which players will most likely be available for their No. 8 pick. I’ve compiled several mock drafts (listed at the end of this post) and charted how often each player is taken before No. 8. I plan to update the chart as the draft approaches.
The sections of the bars are color-coded by pick number. The darker the section, the higher the pick. So, the darker a player’s bar, the less likely he slips to No. 8, according to the mocks.
- ESPN (Chad Ford)
- Draft Express (Jonathan Givony)
- NBA.com (David Aldridge)
- NBA.com (Scott Howard-Cooper)
- NBADraft.net
- Sports Illustrated (Sam Amick)
- CBSSports.com (Matt Moore)
- CBSSports.com (Dave Del Grande)
- CBSSports.com (Ben Golliver)
- SportingNews (Sean Deveney)
- InsideHoops.com (Jeff Lenchiner)
- SBNation (Tom Ziller)
- NBA Draft Insider (Kristofer Habbas)
- Hoopsworld
- The Hoops Report (Ryan Feldman)
- MyNBADraft.com
- HoopsHype (Aran Smith)
- WalterFootball.com (Paul Banks and David Kay)