PistonPowered debuts its first NBA mock draft of the season with all 30 teams finally locked into their draft positions.
Welcome to PistonPowered’s mock draft version 1.0. Before we jump in here is the ground rules:
The mock draft will only go 18 spots deep. This is a Detroit Pistons blog and who really cares how the draft plays out after 18 if we aren’t doing a mock for the second round?
Secondly, picks are not made in a way that favors the Pistons. The idea here is to try to get a realistic sense of who’s going to be on the board by the time the team picks.
Finally, there will be no projected trades. While it seems likely that a few teams could look to move out of their current positions (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz), there’s no point in trying to predict what’s going to happen on draft night this far out.