THE Detroit Pistons and big man Isaiah Stewart have agreed to a four-year, $64 million rookie extension, ESPN and The Detroit News reported Monday night.
Stewart, 22, had career-high averages in minutes (28.3) and points (11.3) and posted a career-high 13 double-doubles. He also averaged 8.1 rebounds per game last season, his third in the NBA. He started 47 of 50 games before a shoulder injury in March cut his season short.
The Detroit News reported that the first three years of the deal are guaranteed with a fourth-year team option.
According to ESPN, it would be the Pistons‘ First rookie expansion since 2008 and the first under the ownership of Tom Gores. Gores’ private equity firm bought the club in 2011 before taking sole ownership of the team in 2015
Pistons General manager Troy Weaver and Stewart’s agent Drew Gross completed the deal in Las Vegas during the NBA Summer League, ESPN reported.
The Portland Trail Blazers drafted Stewart No. 16 overall from Washington in 2020, but quickly traded him to Detroit. Other players drafted in 2020 who also signed rookie extensions this season include first pick Anthony Edwards (Minnesota), LaMelo Ball (Charlotte), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana) and Desmond Bane (Memphis), although unlike the Stewart agreed, they were all peak recruits. expansions.
–Field-Level Media
