NBA Draft 2020: Shakeup among frontcourt players in January mock draft

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 21: Trendon Watford #2 and Emmitt Williams #5 of the LSU Tigers defend Onyeka Okongwu #21 of the USC Trojans as he grabs a rebound in the second half of the game at Staples Center on December 21, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI – MARCH 14: Tyrese Haliburton #22 of the Iowa State Cyclones (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

No. 10 Detroit Pistons – Tyrese Haliburton, 6’5″ 185lbs, PG, Iowa State

The Pistons need to find a point guard who they can build around for the future, they can find it in Haliburton with the tenth pick.

Derrick Rose has been a renaissance and an awesome story to follow this year for the Pistons, but he is not the answer in Detroit. What he could be is a wonderful mentor to Iowa State’s Tyrese Haliburton.

Haliburton offers great size as a point guard, he’s a tough defender, and he’s one of the best passers in the country right now. Averaging 7.4 assists per game is no joke, and Haliburton shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc on over six threes a game is a super impressive number. The Pistons could benefit greatly from having a facilitator like Haliburton on the court.

Detroit will have decisions to make: whether or not they should extend Andre Drummond, what do they do with Blake Griffin, and should they retain Rose through the deadline or trade him/buy him out instead. No matter what the answer to those are, adding Haliburton gives the Pistons a player they can build around for years to come.

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