Henri Veesaar

Veesaar is the rare seven-footer whose swing skill — outside shooting — has already cleared the bar. He's putting up 17 and 8.7 on 60.8% from the floor and 42.6% from three at North Carolina, and the way he gets there isn't catch-and-stand: he's punishing drop coverage with quick-trigger pick-and-pops, posting up smaller switches with soft hooks off either shoulder, and finishing on rolls with above-the-rim touch when the angle is there.

The shot is the headliner. The release is high and quick for a 7-footer, and the volume (3.5+ 3PA) plus the percentage (42.6%) is one of the more efficient floor-spacing profiles in this class. The free-throw number (61.5%) is the one mechanical asterisk — scouts will want to see if that drifts up to validate the three over the long haul. Around the rim he's an above-average finisher (60.8% FG) with real touch on floaters and runners that survives length contests.

Defensively the projection is more drop-coverage anchor than switch-everything five. He's mobile enough to hold up in short windows on the perimeter and his weakside instincts are real (1.2 BPG, 3.8 BLK%), but the frame at 230 still gets moved by physical NBA fives and the vertical pop is average — he's a positional rim deterrent more than an eraser. Foul trouble pops up too: he's quick-twitch with his hands but hasn't always found the verticality discipline.

For Detroit, Veesaar solves a specific problem: the bench-five rotation behind Jalen Duren, and the closing-time floor-spacing five Cade Cunningham has rarely played alongside. Drop him next to Duren in two-big looks or close games with him stretching the elbow and arc. Not a primary defender, not a primary creator — but the kind of complementary skill profile that ages into a 12-year career.