With the NBA Draft rapidly approaching, I went through 50 recently updated mock drafts (with some help from the DC Pro Sports Report) to compile a master list of opinions from all over the internet.
A total of nine different names appeared in our Detroit Pistons mock draft database but which names appeared most often? Take a look:
| Mock Draft | Updated | Pistons Pick | Pos. | From |
| Draft Tek | 6/18 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| Declared | 6/18 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| NBA-Draft.com | 6/18 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| InsideHoops.com | 6/18 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| NBA Draft Guru | 6/18 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| Detroit Jock City | 6/17 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| MIDAMPUB | 6/17 | Chris Singleton | SF | Florida State |
| Pro Basketball News | 6/17 | Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego St. |
| Jumpshot (Hoopistani) | 6/17 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Hoops.Blink | 6/17 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Game Day With Brady | 6/17 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Rotoworld | 6/17 | Alec Burks | SG | Colorado |
| Crossover Mock | 6/17 | Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego St. |
| NBA Draft Net | 6/17 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Hoops Hype | 6/17 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Hoops World | 6/17 | Tristan Thompson | PF | Texas |
| Real Hype Sports | 6/17 | Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego St. |
| NBA Draft Room | 6/17 | Marcus Morris | PF | Kansas |
| JohnJohnSaidIt | 6/17 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| The Big Mitt | 6/17 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Sports Tears in our Beers | 6/17 | Tristan Thompson | PF | Texas |
| The Basketball Post | 6/17 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| Doin Work | 6/16 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Recliner GM | 6/16 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| CBS Sports (Del Grande) | 6/16 | Alec Burks | SG | Colorado |
| Hoops Addict | 6/16 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| Huffington Post | 6/16 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| NBA Soup | 6/16 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Beat the Spread | 6/16 | Tristan Thompson | PF | Texas |
| Sports Blayze | 6/16 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| MyNBADraft | 6/16 | Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego St. |
| Swish Scout | 6/16 | Kawhi Leonard | F | San Diego St. |
| Yahoo Sports | 6/15 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| ESPN (Ford) | 6/15 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| CBS Sports (Moore) | 6/15 | Alec Burks | SG | Colorado |
| Court Visionaries | 6/15 | Alec Burks | SG | Colorado |
| College Hoops Update | 6/15 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| The Hoops Report | 6/15 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Football Fan Spot | 6/15 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| NBA.com (Howard-Cooper) | 6/14 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| CNNSI | 6/14 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Chuck and Vince | 6/14 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| Draft Express | 6/14 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| Dime Magazine | 6/14 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
| Walter Football | 6/14 | Tristan Thompson | PF | Texas |
| NBA Draft Insider | 6/14 | Kemba Walker | PG | Connecticut |
| Hoopstuff | 6/13 | Tristan Thompson | PF | Texas |
| Fantasy Ninjas | 6/13 | Jonas Valanciunas | C | Lithuania |
| JeremyKent | 6/13 | Jan Vesely | F | Czech Republic |
| Sports Bank | 6/13 | Bismack Biyombo | F/C | Congo |
The database names Bismack Biyombo as the most likely to become a Piston at pick number eight (26% of mocks) while Kemba Walker (16%), Jonas Valanciunas (14%), Jan Vesely (12%), Kawhi Leonard (10%), Tristan Thompson (10%) and Alec Burks (8%) also appear on the list as viable selections. Chris Singleton and Marcus Morris were each named in one of the 50 mocks in this database.
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