While EPSN.com projects Waiters as the No. 8 selection, CSNPhilly.com's mock draft has Waiters going one pick later – to the Pistons."Waiters has been shooting up draft boards thanks to impressive workouts in the past few weeks," CSNPhilly.com wrote. "He's one of the best pure athletes in the draft and (is) able to get to the basket at will and a very good finisher. Waiters' mid-range game is solid, but he'll need to improve his three-point shooting. "The biggest knock on Waiters is his character, something he began to address by agreeing to come off the bench last season at Syracuse. The Dwyane Wade comparison is a popular one, but Waiters is much more raw than Wade was when he entered the league."NBA.com thinks Waiters will be taken with the 14th pick, DraftExpress.com projects him going at No. 17, NBAdraft.net thinks he'll be taken with the 20th selection and SwishScout.com has him near the bottom of the first round at No. 27.SwishScout.com said the worst-case scenario is that Waiters will be a "poor man's Ben Gordon."Another reason for the uncertainty surrounding Waiters is his size. Some feel he's not big enough to be a true shooting guard but at the same time isn't capable of being a point guard in the NBA."The sophomore guard is the X factor at his position, drawing this kind of praise – 'I'm a huge Waiters fan,' gushed a Southeast exec – that might precipitate a big jump in draft postion," wrote NBA.com's David Aldridge, who ranks Waiters fourth among shooting guards behind Bradley Beal, Austin Rivers and Jeremy Lamb. "Teams think he will be a great pick-and-roll guard in the pros."'The wild card is Waiters,' said a Pacific Division scout. 'He's a little bit of hybrid. He's not a point guard but he's not a two guard. He's explosive – the most explosive by far. Can make play plays for people but it's not the number one thing on his agenda. He's someone that people see could really rise up – maybe top 10."In 71 career games – none of which he started – Waiters averaged 9.7 points, 2.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.