LAS VEGAS – What are the Pistons getting in Jordan Bone? In their view, a first-round pick.
“Our scouts saw him all year. For us, we thought he was a first-round talent,” said Gregg Polinsky, Pistons director of player personnel. “It happens every year. There’s guys that I’m shocked (go late or undrafted). No knock at any other team because they might look at us and say the same.”
Bone, 21, blew away the competition in athletic testing at the NBA draft combine in May. He was No. 1 among all athletes in lane agility, shuttle run and standing vertical; second by one-half inch in maximum vertical; and fourth, four one-hundredths of a second off of first, in the sprint.