"I'm going to try to use this as an opportunity to learn as much as possible. "I'm definitely excited for the opportunity to use this and slingshot myself into a longer basketball career, whatever that may be," Ellis said after his first team meeting Friday in Detroit. 5 overall pick Ausar Thompson, a 6-foot-7 guard, also is on its summer roster. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard will play for the Pistons' summer coach, former NBA guard Jarrett Jack, and be reunited on the team with Buddy Boeheim, his high school teammate for a year, and Jaden Ivey, who grew up in the South Bend, Indiana, area at the same time as Ellis. Grand Canyon was a really cool steppingstone to this whole opportunity."Įllis is dipping his toes into the periphery of the NBA, where his father, LaPhonso, was an 11-year veteran and ranked among the league's top 10 scorers in 1996-97 for Denver. Capping off our year with the run to the (NCAA) tournament and playing pretty heavy minutes has been a blessing at Grand Canyon to prove that I can be one of those most efficient shooters in the country. "The largest reason why I'm here is being able to shoot the ball at a really efficient clip," Ellis said. That came with this year's sizzling finish, when he went 21 for 42 on 3s over his final 12 games as a Lope.Įllis will take that picture-perfect, quick-trigger release to Las Vegas as part of the Pistons' NBA Summer League team, which will play five games between July 8 and 16 on national television. Ellis' late-season push was critical for a GCU run to the NCAA tournament and create his path to a NBA Summer League roster spot with the Detroit Pistons.įor players who took at least 125 3-point shots over the past two seasons, Ellis had the fourth-best 3-point shooting percentage in the nation at 45.7%. Last year's hip surgery increased his mobility on defense and an expanded role heightened the impact of his elite 3-point shooting ability for Ellis to burst out in March. And he seemed to be on board the team plane to Las Vegas.Story Links Walter Ellis came to Grand Canyon with a 3-and-D prospect building inside of him. A 6-foot-7 wing, Procida was recently in Detroit working with the Pistons, per his Instagram page.
The Pistons filled one of those open slots by adding former Motor City Cruise center Nate Roberts.Īnother player who might secure one of Detroit’s roster spots is Gabriele Procida, who the team drafted in the second round of 2022. Without a contract in hand, it looks like Omoruyi might look to catch on with another NBA team.Īlso no longer listed on Detroit’s summer league roster is forward Xavier Brewer, an undrafted player out of Alabama A&M. While the Morris deal is official, the Harris deal is still pending, and might not be finalized for a while as the Nets look like a potential landing spot for Damian Lillard. However, his deal was non-guaranteed, and Detroit opted to release Omoruyi to open up the cap space needed to trade for Monte Morris and Joe Harris. Omoruyi impressed with the short-handed Pistons to close last season and had his option picked up by the Pistons in the offseason. Forward Eugene Omoruyi is no longer listed on the roster. The Detroit Pistons summer league team has seen some updates since first being released last week.
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