2022 NBA Mock Draft: Detroit Pistons choose 3rd but get best player
2022 NBA Mock Draft: Pick #2
Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Auburn / Houston Rockets. player. 169. Forward. Jabari Smith. 2
Jabari Smith is another guy whose skillset would fit with almost any roster, as he is a 6-foot-10 forward who can defend and shoot the lights out from long range.
He and Jalen Green would instantly be a dynamic pairing in the pick-and-roll and he’d give the Houston roster an interesting combination of size, skill and defense.
The Rockets won’t draft for need, but they do need 3-point shooting, so Smith would immediately fill a need as well as give them another high-ceiling player to build around.
Like the Magic and Detroit Pistons, Houston is building something nice with young talent and people had better not sleep on Jalen Green next season, as he has come on of late and played more like the guy that some people felt should have been the number one pick. (How’d that turn out btw?)