2024 NBA Draft: Getting to know lottery prospects

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver PostWith the NBA trade deadline in the rear view and still needing solutions for the Detroit Pistons moving forward, it may be a good time to take a look at the bigger picture.

Now the draft isn’t a sure thing by any means — whether that means the difference between a No. 1 pick or a No. 5 pick, or the difference between picking the right prospect or wrong prospect — it is a chance to add talent with team control for a long time.

That’s why it’s important to cash in when the opportunity is there. And in a draft that’s so wide open at the top, there’s room for interpretation.

Here are the guys in my lottery right now (regardless of team fit), plus one thing…