DETROIT – March 30, 2024 – The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has signed forward/center Chimezie Metu to a contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Metu, 6-9, 225, signed a 10-day contract with Detroit on March 20. In six games (two starts) he’s averaged 7.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 26.0 minutes.
A five-year NBA veteran, Metu has appeared in 252 career games (33 starts) for San Antonio, Sacramento, Phoenix and Detroit. The 49th overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Metu holds career averages of 5.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.4 blocks in 13.1 minutes per game. Metu appeared in 37 games (five starts) for the Phoenix Suns earlier this season and averaged 5.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 12.1 minutes.
A native of Los Angeles, CA, Metu played collegiately at the University of Southern California from 2015-18 where he was named First-Team All-Pac-12 in 2018 and Second-Team All-Pac 12 and Most Improved Player in 2017.
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