1986 nba draft | in basketball at power forward. Despite often being matched at a height disadvantage, he became one of the most dominant rebounders in NBA history, and was also a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. After a strong NBA pre-draft workout, the Detroit Pistons took sufficient notice of him to select him in the second round of the 1986 NBA Draft. Earlier in the same draft, they selected John Salley. At that time, the Pistons were an up-and-coming team led by Isiah Thomas at point guard, ... [More] [Less]