2022 NBA Mock Draft: Pistons trade shakes up the lottery
2022 NBA Mock Draft: Detroit Pistons trade for pick #7
This would put an end to the long standing rumor that the Portland Trail Blazers want to trade for Jerami Grant.
7. player. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Detroit Pistons / Arizona. Bennedict Mathurin. 64. Guard
After taking Murray with the 5th pick, the Detroit Pistons now have their starting lineup of the future and will head into free agency with one of the best and most exciting young cores in the NBA.
- Cade Cunningham
- Bennedict Mathurin
- Saddiq Bey
- Keegan Murray
- Isaiah Stewart
If you added someone like Deandre Ayton to this team, they are suddenly very frisky next season and could make the leap sooner rather than later though they would be extremely young.
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This would be a long, switchable defense in which all five guys can guard both the post and perimeter. It would give Cade Cunningham two more shooters to work with, and suddenly the Pistons’ offense could be very good.
I know there are fans who are going to be unhappy no matter what, but if the Detroit Pistons are going to trade Jerami Grant for a pick, this might be the best possible outcome, as they get his replacement and still nab a high-ceiling, explosive guard to put with Cade Cunningham.