After an NBA Finals that more often than not resembled a pickup game in its lack of regard for the five positions, maybe the Pistons will show the same level of deference to their depth chart and draft a shooting guard despite the absence of small forwards on their roster.

The presence of Devin Booker at Thursday’s predraft workout suggests they’re at least considering the possibility.

“You can never have enough shooters,” Booker said. “Golden State showed that in the Finals. Someone told me a stat that the last five teams in the NBA playoffs were the top five leading 3-point shooting teams. It says a lot about shooting. I think the game’s evolving to the way I play right now.”

The Pistons have Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who led them in minutes played last season, and Jodie Meeks behind him. At small forward, all they have right now is Cartier Martin, who got a few chances to crack last season’s rotation but shot less than half his career norm from the 3-point line (.182) and never made a mark.

But Stan Van Gundy won’t force a fit if he feels the small forward crop is picked over after seven picks. And Booker knows one thing about Van Gundy.

“Everyone tells me Stan loves shooters. I guess I have the title of being a shooter, so I guess I fit.”

The Pistons were the last scheduled workout for Booker, who’s visited Denver (picking at No. 7), Charlotte (9), Miami (10) and Phoenix (13). The Kentucky freshman is the youngest player in the draft; he won’t be 19 until Oct. 30. Besides his shooting stroke, that makes him as intriguing as anything – the promise of even more room to grow, physically and developmentally.

“Hopefully, I’m still growing,” he said. “I know my body is still going to mature, but I know some people that still grow at 18. It would be nice to get a couple more inches, but definitely maturity and just my physical ability, just having a grown-man body. You see the players in the NBA, how they’re built. I’m not quite there, but I’m working on it. I think it’s going to come over time.”

Booker’s draft stock sure wasn’t hurt by eyebrow-raising testing numbers at last month’s NBA draft combine. He ranked among the fastest in sprints and agility drills and even had a 34½ -inch vertical jump. For comparison’s sake, that was the identical vertical jump that Caldwell-Pope registered as a 20-year-old at the 2013 combine.

Booker was happy, not surprised, those numbers ranked him among the most athletic at the combine. But he’s also not caught up in them.

“I know what I’m capable of,” he said. “I think people get confused on just the way I play. I make the game simple, just make the easy, simple play. People who actually know who I am, my coaches, everyone knows I’m athletic enough. At the end of the day, how would Larry Bird do in an NBA combine testing? You have to look at it like that. I’m more of a fundamental type of guy.”

The positional logjam doesn’t scare him off of the Pistons and, in fact, there would be an emotional appeal in getting picked by them. Booker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, where his father – former Missouri star Melvin Booker – spent time playing with the CBA Hoops in a career that eventually took him to Europe. Booker played at Grandville High as a freshman, then moved to Mississippi to finish high school while living with his dad.

But he still has vivid memories of visiting The Palace as a kid and watching the 2004 title team when he was 7.

“I was a big follower of the Pistons growing up. I actually came to a couple of games at The Palace,” he said. “The Pistons are a part of my childhood. So growing up, watching a team and just loving the dynasty they had here and being able to be a part of it, I think I would understand the meaning of having a Detroit Pistons jersey across my chest. It would be a great thing for me.”

If Stan Van Gundy thinks it would be a great thing for the Pistons, depth chart aside, it just might be a marriage.