PISTONS ACQUIRE GUARD ISAIAH JOE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
The Detroit Pistons have acquired guard Isaiah Joe from the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for two future second-round draft picks.
Joe, 6-4, 165, a six-year NBA veteran, posted a career-best campaign in 2025-26, averaging 11.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 46% from the field and 42% from three-point range across 71 games. Joe ranked fifth among all NBA players in 3-pointers off the bench last season, knocking down 157 threes.
A native of Fort Smith, Ark., Joe was selected 49th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers out of Arkansas in the second round of the 2020 NBA Draft. He spent two seasons with the 76ers before arriving in Oklahoma City ahead of the 2022-23 season. In four seasons with the Thunder, Joe averaged 9.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
Joe has appeared in 55 career playoff games across five postseasons, including Oklahoma City’s 2025 championship run, while averaging 4.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in playoff games.
PISTONS SIGN GUARD EBUKA OKORIE AND CENTER UGONNA ONYENSO
The Detroit Pistons have also signed rookie guard Ebuka Okorie and center Ugonna Onyenso. Onyenso was signed to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Okorie, 6-1, 186, was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. He 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.
Onyenso, 6-11, 237, was selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. He averaged 6.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.9 blocks across 36 contests while shooting 56.8% from the field and 72.7% from the free throw line for the Virginia Cavaliers last season. Onyenso led the ACC and ranked second nationally in blocks (2.9 per game) last season in 18.6 minutes per game. His efforts earned him a spot on the ACC All-Defensive Team and the ACC All-Tournament First Team as the Cavaliers advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
A native of Owerri, Nigeria, Onyenso became the youngest player ever to suit up for the Nigerian national team at 17-years-old. The Owerri-born center spent three years at the NBA Academy Africa in Senegal before relocating to Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut, where he averaged 13.2 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. Following high school, Onyenso committed to Kentucky as a five-star recruit. After two seasons in Lexington and one year at Kansas State, Onyenso committed to Virginia for his senior year.