Detroit Pistons: 4 NBA Draft prospects who could help rebounding woes

The Detroit Pistons hope to pick in the top-five of the NBA Draft and can fall no further than sixth after finishing with the second-worst record in the NBA.

The Pistons won’t be drafting for need, as they still need to amass as much talent as possible, so will take the best player available with their first-round pick regardless of position or “fit.”

The Pistons also have three second-round choices, which they could use to move up to the first round, to take a shooter, or to try and fill one of their other organizational needs.

One of those needs is rebounding and the Detroit Pistons can find some help in this year’s NBA Draft.

Detroit Pistons: Rebounding is a problem

I identified two issues the Pistons must fix if they want to make a leap as a team next season.

One of them is rebounding, as the Pistons were just 23rd in rebounds per game this season and just 20th in rebounding percentage.

This is big considering they are just 24th in field goal percentage, as there are plenty of misses floating around that the Pistons are not converting into rebounds.

It also hurts their defense, as rebounding is the last step of a defensive possession and grabbing rebounds is how you keep other teams from getting second chances.

The Pistons could certainly try to find a veteran in free agency who can help this issue, but they also might be able to get some help from different parts of the draft.

Here are two prospects from the lottery and two from later in the draft who might be able to help the Pistons’ rebounding woes.