Pistons Interested In Moving Up, Potentially For LaMelo Ball
The Detroit Pistons have gone on the record to indicate an interest in moving up in the draft from No. 7 with LaMelo Ball considered one possible target.
\"I love the draft. I love it every year. I always look at the draft with a glass half full. Yeah, you may not have a Zion Williamson or a Ja [Morant], but there\'s guys in the draft that we really like,\" Troy Weaver said. \"The draft is always great because you have a chance to bring these young men in your program and help shape your culture from day one. So we really like the draft. Yeah, moving up is definitely an option as well, but I\'m excited about the draft.\"
Weaver says the Pistons plan on scheduling an interview with Ball soon to get to know him. Ball\'s mentor and manager, Jermaine Jackson Sr., is a former member of the Pistons and a native of Detroit.
\"I\'m always happy to hear players embrace our organization, our city. That never goes unnoticed. I know people around him. His trainer is a Detroit native, so I\'m sure he\'s been here for a while working out,\" Weaver said during Thursday\'s pre-draft media availability. \"I\'m sure he\'s well versed in the city from traveling around, being with his trainer and hearing different things, so no, that doesn\'t go unnoticed and that\'s always a positive when prospects speak highly of the city and the organization.\"
