Auburn Hills — As he’s progressed in basketball, Henry Ellenson has been something of an anomaly, with his size and varied abilities.
In eighth grade, he was an oversized point guard and in high school, he often looked out of place at 6-foot-10, playing out on the perimeter instead of in the paint. But because his father was the coach, Ellenson didn’t get much pushback in trying to expand his versatility.
All the disparate skills came together to make a package that the Pistons picked No. 18 overall in Thursday night’s NBA draft — and made Ellenson vastly different than any of the other picks around him in the first round.