Chaz Lanier did not have a long wait Thursday night in the second round of the NBA draft.
The former Tennessee shooting guard was the seventh selection of the round and the 37th overall pick when he was taken by the Detroit Pistons. Lanier led the Volunteers in scoring this past season with 18.0 points per contest and played in all 38 games for a team that went 30-8 and reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.
“Detroit is getting an excellent shooter,” ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said during the draft broadcast after Lanier was selected. “He made the most 3s in Tennessee history in a single season with 123. Out of those, 98 were catch-and-shoot, but he can shoot it on the move.
“He’s an excellent cutter and moves without the ball and gets it off quickly.”
It was a longer wait for Jahmai Mashack, who became the 59th and final pick of the draft when he was selected by the Houston Rockets. The 6-foot-4, 202-pounder from Fontana, California, was a part of nine NCAA tournament victories during his four seasons at Tennessee, more than any other player in program history.