NBA Mock Draft 4.0: Detroit Pistons drop to 6th, Bulls and Kings move up

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Day’Ron Sharpe #11 of the North Carolina Tar Heels (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Detroit Pistons: NBA Mock Draft 4.0 pick No. 23-26

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Center. North Carolina/ Houston Rockets. Day'ron Sharpe. 23. player. 169

Sharpe projects as one of the better rebounders in the 2021 NBA Draft and could be nice bench option at some point who could blossom into more if he ever develops a shot.

Sharpe’s issue will be switching on the perimeter, but he should be a good interior defender who will grab rebounds.

Scouting Report. Texas / Houston Rockets. Greg Brown. 24. Pick Analysis. Power Forward. player. 169

Brown is a 6-foot-9 power forward who projects as a potential stretch four in the NBA. He is a good rebounder and will be one of the younger players in the draft.

He’d be another project for the Rockets, but after missing out on their chance at the lottery, they will be looking for high-ceiling talent to develop.

Filip Petrušev. player. Pick Analysis. Mega Bemax (Serbia) / Los Angeles Clippers. Power Forward. 25. 77. Scouting Report

The Clippers could be a very different team next season if they lose in the first round of the playoffs, as Kawhi Leonard could potentially flee in free agency, which could cause a domino effect the leads to a rebuild.

Either way, I could see the Clippers try to move Zubac for an asset, and if so Petrusev could potentially replace some of his rebounding and interior defense.

He is a lanky power forward who can block shots and hit the 3-point shot, so he’d be a nice complement to the bigs they already have.

Pick Analysis. Guard. Ayo Dosunmu. 26. player. Scouting Report. Illinois/ Denver Nuggets. 73

The Nuggets don’t have a glaring need, so I could see Dosunmu being a nice fit, as he is a versatile player who could provide some of what they lost when they were unable to retain Jerami Grant.

Dosunmu is a long, athletic perimeter defender with a raw offensive game. He will be a “glue guy” in the NBA who can defend all over the place, which is what the Nuggets need, as they already have a superstar and two star scorers.