(Editor’s note: The Pistons won the NBA draft lottery for the first time in franchise history last month and general manager Troy Weaver said there were five players who were legitimate candidates to be the top pick. Pistons.com today continues a five-part series looking at the consensus top-five prospects in the draft with an examination of the G League Ignite’s Jonathan Kuminga.)
No one would have batted an eye a year ago if Jonathan Kuminga had been anointed the presumptive No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA draft. No one would have argued much after the first few weeks of the G League bubble season back in February if Kuminga had been slotted first in mock drafts.