2022 NBA Mock draft: Detroit Pistons land #1 pick again
2022 NBA Mock Draft: Pick #11
Scouting Report. Shooting guard. player. 211. Pick Analysis. Arizona / Memphis Grizzlies. Bennedict Mathurin. 11
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the best-run organizations in the NBA, as they are one of the top teams in the Western Conference yet will still get this lottery pick from the Lakers as long as it falls outside of the top 10 of the 2022 NBA Draft.
The Detroit Pistons can learn a lot by how the Grizzlies have managed to be good and add assets at the same time.
This pick came via the New Orleans Pelicans in the Jonas Valanciunas deal and if it does not convey, it turns into a second-rounder, so the Grizz are desperately hoping the Lakers don’t continue their free fall into the top 10.
Either way, the Lakers stink and won’t have a draft pick this season, so that is fun.
Mathurin is a 6-foot-7 shooting guard who projects as a 3-and-D type wing who will fit right in on the Grizzlies.