PISTONS ACQUIRE DRAFT RIGHTS TO EBUKA OKORIE

The Detroit Pistons have acquired the draft rights to Ebuka Okorie, the No. 17 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. In exchange, Detroit sent the draft rights to Karim Lopez (No. 21 overall) and three future second round picks to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Okorie, 6-1, 186, led the ACC in scoring as a freshman averaging 23.2 points per game for the Stanford Cardinal, becoming the first Cardinal to do so since Landry Fields in 2009-10. Okorie also averaged 3.6 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 35.1 minutes per game across 31 appearances as a freshman. He ranked third among all freshmen in scoring and tied for the most 30-point games of any freshman nationally with eight, matching the ACC freshman record previously held by Duke’s Marvin Bagley III. His 719 points last season marked the second-most in Stanford history for a freshman and third-most overall in a single season in program history.

A native of Nashua, N.H., Okorie broke Stanford’s freshman single-game scoring record three times, capped by a 40-point performance against Georgia Tech that made him one of just six freshmen in ACC history to score 40 in a game. After originally committing to Harvard, Okorie stepped into the Cardinal’s starting lineup and earned First Team All-ACC and ACC All-Freshman Team honors.

Okorie will be the second player in Stanford program history to join the Detroit Pistons franchise, along with former NBA scoring champion George Yardley.