| DETROIT – July 6, 2022 – The Detroit Pistons announced today the club acquired the draft rights to Gabriele Procida, the No. 36 selection in the 2022 NBA Draft, along with a 2025 first-round pick and two future second-round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Jerami Grant and the drafts rights to Ismael Kamagate, the No. 46 selection in this year’s draft. Procida, 6-7, 194, averaged 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 18.5 minutes through 26 games with Fortitudo Kigili Bologna of Lega Serie A in 2021-22. In his last three seasons in Italy with S.Bernardo-Cinelandia Cantu and Fortitudo Kigili Bologna, Procida averaged 6.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 15.5 minutes in 61 career games. Along with Procida, Detroit also received a 2025 first-round pick from Portland via Milwaukee along with a 2025 second-round pick originally belonging to the Pistons and a 2026 second-round pick that will be conveyed as the earlier pick between the New Orleans Pelicans and Portland. Grant, 6-8, 210, appeared in 101 games (all starts) for Detroit from 2020-22, posting averages of 20.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 blocks in 33.0 minutes. Grant was the leading scorer for the Pistons each of the last two seasons. Kamagate, 6-11, 230, tallied clips of 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 27.1 minutes through 34 games with Paris Basket of the LNB Pro A league in France a season ago. He was taken with the 46th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. -pistons.com- |
