AUBURN HILLS – The question on the minds of Pistons fans today – “Who are they taking with the 12th pick?” – is one that needs to be bumped to second in line.
Before we can begin to address that question, we must attempt to answer this one: “Who’s going 1 through 11?”
The Pistons, after all, can’t take someone already drafted by another team. To be sure, general manager Jeff Bower and his team will be attempting to figure out for Stan Van Gundy who’ll be available to him when the Pistons’ time on the clock rolls around.
Here’s an early attempt – five weeks and a day before the June 22 draft – to figure out who’s going ahead of their pick.