Even at No. 8 overall, Detroit Pistons' rookie Stanley Johnson had been undervalued throughout the NBA draft process.
He was never quite viewed as one of the ultimate prizes or must-have prospects. Those labels were handed out to Karl-Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell and Jahlil Okafor. Johnson, who led Arizona to a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, saw less-accomplished players like Kristaps Porzingis (11 points per game for Sevilla), Mario Hezonja (5.9 points per game for Barcelona) and Emmanuel Mudiay (12 total games in China) get taken before him.
It now looks like the Pistons landed one of the draft's best bets, following an eye-opening performance in summer league.