Team Sends Forward Simone Fontecchio to Miami
DETROIT, Mich. (July 7, 2025) – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has acquired wing Duncan Robinson via sign-and-trade with the Miami Heat. As part of the trade, Detroit sent forward Simone Fontecchio to Miami.
Robinson, 6-7, 215, is a seven-year NBA veteran and has appeared in 423 career games (283 starts), all for Miami, and holds career averages of 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.8 assists while shooting 43.4% from the field and 39.7% from 3-point range. In 70 career playoff games, Robinson has averaged 8.5 points (.436 FG%, .399 3FG%), 1.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 19.9 minutes per game.
A native of York, Maine, Robinson has spent seven seasons with the Heat (2018–24), where he became one of the league’s premier long-range shooters. Robinson’s 39.7% career 3-point field goal percentage ranks 18th among all active NBA players. Robinson helped the Heat reach the NBA Playoffs in each of the past six seasons, including trips to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023 and the Eastern Conference Finals in 2022.
Undrafted out of college, Robinson signed with the Heat in 2018 after a standout collegiate career that began at Division III Williams College and concluded at the University of Michigan. He became the first Division III transfer in modern NBA history to appear in an NBA game. At Michigan, he helped lead the Wolverines to the Final Four and NCAA Championship game in 2018.
Fontecchio, 6-8, 209, appeared in 91 games (nine starts) for Detroit across two seasons, holding averages of 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assists while shooting 42.8% from the field and 36.3% from 3-point range in 18.9 minutes per game.
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