The 2021 NBA Draft is set to take place on July 29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and very soon, the Detroit Pistons will be on the clock with the first overall pick of this year’s draft!
Every year, the talk of the draft is about the top-tier talents, but every single draft through the years, we can easily look back to guys who have outplayed their draft position.
Just this year in fact, Nikola Jokic won the league-MVP award and he was drafted 41st overall in 2014. All the time, we see guys fly under-the-radar and end up becoming stars in this league. Not just second-round guys, but even players drafted low in the first-round end up making a name for themselves!
This year, there are plenty of guys rated as end of the first-round and second-round talents who could very well end up being the next big things coming out of the 2021 NBA Draft class.
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Just because you are not selected in the lottery of the draft does not mean you cannot go on to have a great career or win a championship.
With this said, let’s take a look at three under-the-radar draft prospects with major potential in the 2021 NBA Draft and what makes each of these three players special in their own right.
