LAS VEGAS – Louis King’s first draft workout came with the Pistons on May 20. He could envision himself being their pick at No. 15.
“I’m expected to be drafted 10 to 20 right now,” he said that day.
That seemed mildly optimistic, though it wouldn’t have been an upset if King had been taken in the 20s. At the time of that May visit, exactly one month before the June 20 draft, King was most often pegged to go somewhere in the 30s by credible mock drafts. The Pistons had the 45th pick in the second round.