The second installment of our “Pistons Tankathon” series includes a special guest: The Athletic’s NBA Draft and college hoops guru Sam Vecenie — who, if you ask me, is the go-to source for prospect coverage in the country.



If you missed 1.0 of this series, here’s how it goes: Tankathon.com is a website that simulates draft positioning based on records and odds. Detroit currently has a 10.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick. The three teams that end the season with the worst records all have the same odds (14.0 percent) of landing the top pick, and the Pistons, if the regular season continues, are approaching bottom-three territory. I jumped into Tankathon and did five draft-position simulations for the Pistons. After that, I let Vecenie make the picks based on his insight and expertise. Then, after that, we had dialogue about the selections and why Vecenie chose the route he did based on how the board played out ahead of...