(Editor’s note: The Pistons won the NBA draft lottery for the first time in franchise history last week 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 Jalen Green.)
Before he turned 15, Jalen Green was collecting Division I scholarship offers the way his peers might clamor for basketball cards of their NBA idols. At 16, he was MVP of the FIBA U-17 Basketball World Cup while leading the United States national team to the gold medal.