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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today the team has signed Jordan Bone to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Bone will be added to the Pistons’ 2019 Summer League roster currently competing in Las Vegas.

Bone was acquired in a draft-night trade which saw the Pistons send a future second-round pick and cash considerations to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Bone’s draft rights, 57th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft.  Bone, 6-3, 180, played three seasons at Tennessee before declaring for the NBA Draft. Bone had a standout junior season, averaging 13.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 37 games. He finished second in the SEC in assists and led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9 to 1), while also setting the best assist-to-turnover ratio in school history for a career (2.72 to 1).

A native of Nashville, Tenn., Bone garnered All-SEC Second Team honors and was one of 10 finalists for the 2018-19 Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s top point guard. He nearly doubled his scoring average from his sophomore season as a junior, shooting .465 from the field which ranked eighth in the SEC. Bone became just the third player in school history to have three point/assist double-doubles in a single season.

The Pistons dealt Miami’s second-round selection in 2024 in order to complete the deal. That pick was previously acquired in an earlier trade on draft night with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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Detroit Pistons Sign Jordan Bone To Two-Way Contract

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today the completion of a draft-night trade that sent a future second-round draft pick and cash considerations to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the draft rights to Jordan Bone, selected 57th overall in the 2019 NBA Draft.

Bone, 6-3, 180, played three seasons at Tennessee before declaring for the NBA Draft. Bone had a standout junior season, averaging 13.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists in 37 games. He finished second in the SEC in assists and led the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.9 to 1), while also setting the best assist-to-turnover ratio in school history for a career (2.72 to 1).

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Detroit Pistons Acquire Jordan Bone In Draft Night Trade With Philadelphia

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. ¬– The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has signed free agent forward Markieff Morris. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Morris, 6-10, 245, played in 58 games (16 starts) last season with the Washington Wizards and Oklahoma City Thunder and averaged 9.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 21.9 minutes per game. In 34 games (15 starts) with the Wizards, Morris averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists in 26.0 minutes. He averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 24 games (one start) with the Thunder.

An eight-year NBA pro, Morris was drafted 13th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He’s appeared in 579 career games (331 starts) averaging 11.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 26.0 minutes per game with Phoenix, Washington and Oklahoma City. Morris has averaged double-digit scoring in five of his eight NBA seasons, including a career-best 15.3 points per game in 2014-15 with the Suns.

As a collegian at the University of Kansas, Morris was named All-Big 12 Second Team, Honorable Mention AP All-American and Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team as a junior in 2010-11. He improved his scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage in all three seasons as a Jayhawk and averaged career highs of 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds as a junior.

A Philadelphia, PA native, Morris’ twin brother, Marcus, played two seasons with the Pistons from 2015-17.

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Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Markieff Morris

DETROIT, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has executed the signing of free agent guard Tim Frazier. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Frazier, 6-1, 170, averaged 5.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 19.0 minutes in 59 games (17 starts) with the New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks in 2018-19. Frazier was signed by the Bucks on March 19 after he was waived by the Pelicans on Feb. 28.  Frazier holds career averages of 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 18.2 minutes in 245 games (70 starts) through five NBA seasons with Philadelphia, Portland, New Orleans, Washington and Milwaukee. He also has three postseason appearances with the Trail Blazers (2014-15), Wizards (2017-18) and Bucks (2018-19), tallying 1.4 points, 0.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 3.3 minutes in 15 career postseason games.

A Houston, Texas native, Frazier played collegiately at Penn State where he set the school record for career assists (641) and became just the second Big Ten player with at least 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 600 assists. Frazier made his NBA debut on a 10-day contract for the Philadelphia 76ers on February 6, 2015.

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Detroit Pistons Sign Free Agent Tim Frazier

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.– The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has acquired forward James Ennis III from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for forward Brice Johnson and a 2022 second-round draft pick.

                Ennis, 6-7, 210, is in his fourth NBA season and has averaged 6.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 20.4 minutes in 193 career games with Miami, New Orleans and Memphis.  The 50th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, Ennis is averaging 6.9 points, career-high 3.5 rebounds, career-high 1.1 assists and 23.4 minutes per game this season.  Ennis has also averaged 8.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in six career postseason games.

                A 27-year-old native of Ventura, CA, Ennis played his junior and senior collegiate years at Long Beach State University after playing his freshman year at Oxnard Junior College and his sophomore season at Ventura College.  As a senior, he averaged 16.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.3 blocks and 33.1 minutes in 33 games (32 starts). He shot .491 from the field and .834 from the free-throw line and led the team in scoring and rebounding.  Ennis was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year, an Associated Press Honorable Mention All American and earned All-Big West First Team honors while leading the team to the Big West Conference regular season title. 

                Acquired from the Los Angeles Clippers on January 29, 2018, Johnson did not appear in a game with Detroit. The 6-foot-10 forward has appeared in nine games this season, averaging 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds and 4.2 minutes per game all with the Clippers. He was drafted by the Clippers out of North Carolina with the 25th selection in the 2016 NBA Draft.

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Detroit Pistons Acquire Forward James Ennis III

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has acquired guard Jameer Nelson from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for center Willie Reed and future second-round draft considerations.

Nelson, 6-0, 190, has averaged 11.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 28.0 minutes in 871 career NBA games with Orlando, Dallas, Boston, Denver and New Orleans.  A 13-year NBA veteran, he’s played in 44 career playoff games and averaged 15.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists.  Selected 20th overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Nuggets, Nelson was part of a draft-day trade that sent him to the Magic where he played 10 seasons, including from 2007-12 for head coach Stan Van Gundy. A 2009 NBA All-Star, he averaged a career-best 16.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.2 steals during the 2008-09 season and helped the Magic reach the 2009 NBA Finals.

A native of Chester, PA., Nelson played collegiately at Saint Joseph’s University where he was named the Consensus National Player of the Year as a senior (2003-04) by earning the Associated Press, Wooden, Naismith, Rupp, Robertson and Chevrolet Player of the Year Awards, after leading the Hawks to a perfect regular season (27-0), the school’s first #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a trip to the Elite Eight.  Nelson averaged 20.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.0 steals as a senior in 32 games.  He was also chosen as Player of the Year by The Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com and Foxsports.com and garnered First Team All-America selection and Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

Reed, 27, was acquired from the L.A. Clippers on January 29, 2018.  He saw action in three games with the Pistons and averaged 0.7 points and 0.3 rebounds.  The 6-foot-11 center has career averages of 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 152 games with Brooklyn, Miami and Detroit.  The former Saint Louis University product averaged 5.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.66 blocks and 14.5 minutes in 71 games with the Miami HEAT last season while shooting 56.8 percent from the field.

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Detroit Pistons Acquire Veteran Guard Jameer Nelson

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons General Manager Jeff Bower announced today that the club has signed guard John Lucas III for the remainder of the season following two consecutive 10-day contracts. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 The 5-foot-11, 166-pound guard has averaged 5.0 points, 3.3 assists and 12.2 minutes in eight games with Detroit.  He scored a season-high 10 points at Indiana (2/4) and has dished out a season-high six assists twice.

 Originally signed on February 2, he was signed to a second 10-day contract on February 12.   Lucas joined the Pistons following a stint with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association where he averaged 26.6 points, 7.1 assists, 4.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 43.5 minutes in 26 games.

 The Washington, DC native has spent parts of six seasons in the NBA with the Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz.  He holds career averages of 4.8 points, 1.4 assists, 1.0 rebounds and 12.2 minutes in 216 games (eight starts) and is a career 34.7-percent shooter from three-point range. 

 Lucas has also spent time in the NBA’s Developmental League and played internationally in Italy, Spain and China.  He played collegiately at Oklahoma State University.

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Detroit Pistons Sign John Lucas III For Remainder Of The Season

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Detroit Pistons General Manager Jeff Bower announced today that the club has signed forward Quincy Miller to a 10-day contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 The 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward joins the Pistons after spending parts of the 2014-15 season with the Sacramento Kings and the Reno Bighorns of the NBA Developmental League.  In six games with the Kings, he averaged 2.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 steals in 10.2 minutes.  He had his best game with Sacramento at Golden State (1/23), recording season-highs in points (13) and rebounds (6).

 The North Chicago, IL native averaged 25.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.6 blocks, 1.9 assists, 1.6 steals and 28.9 minutes in 15 games with the Reno Bighorns this season.  Miller was named to the D-League All-Star Prospects team where he scored 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 24 minutes.

 The three-year pro holds career averages of 4.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 13.5 minutes in 65 career games (16 starts) with Sacramento and Denver.  He has also spent time with the Iowa Energy of the D-League.