Pistons select Chaz Lanier with No. 37 pick in NBA draft
Published in Basketball
DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons selected guard Chaz Lanier with the No. 37 pick of the 2025 NBA draft Thursday night.
Lanier, 23, adds depth to the Pistons' backcourt, averaging 18.0 points on 39.5% shooting from behind the arc in his only season at Tennessee. He finished the 2024-25 season ranked fourth in 3-point shooting percentage in the nation.
Lanier came into the draft with five years of college experience. Before transferring to Tennessee, the 6-foot-4 guard played four seasons at North Florida. He appeared in 104 games with 49 starts for the Ospreys.
Lanier's best season came during the 2023-24 campaign, when he notched a career-high 19.7 points on 51.0% shooting from the field and 44.0% from behind the arc, along with 4.8 rebounds.
Lanier, a native of Nashville, Tenn., was named First Team All-SEC in 2025 and First Team All-Atlantic Sun in 2024.
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