PROFESSIONAL CAREER
First overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2021 NBA Draft...Became the third No. 1 overall pick in franchise history (Bob Lanier - 1970, Jimmy Walker - 1967) and the highest-drafted player by Detroit since Darko Miličić (No. 2 overall in 2003)...2023-24 (Detroit): Appeared in 62 games (all starts) and averaged career-highs in points (22.7) and assists (7.5) with 4.3 rebounds and 0.9 steals on career-bests .449 FG% and .355
3PT%...Ranked 21st in NBA in points and 8th in assists per game...Became the third player in franchise history to average at least 22.0 points and 7.0 assists in a single season (Dave Bing - 1971-73, 1974-75 and Isiah Thomas (1982-83) and was one of five NBA players to do so (Luka Donci c, Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Damian Lillard) in 2023-24...Recorded the most assists per game by a Piston since 2013-14...Scored 30+ points 18 times, the fourth-most by a Piston in the past 30 seasons...Scored 33 points with eight rebounds and eight assists on Nov. 8 against Milwaukee, becoming the fifth player in franchise history with a 33-8-8 performance...Scored a career-high 43 points on Dec. 18 against Atlanta with five rebounds, seven assists, three steals and one block, joining Isiah Thomas as the only Pistons with such minimums in a game...On Dec. 26 against Brooklyn, became the first player in franchise history with at least 41 points, nine rebounds, five assists, one steal and one block and also set the franchise record with 37 second-half points...Joined Chauncey Billups as the only players in franchise history with 30 points, 12 assists and zero turnovers in a game on Dec. 30 against Toronto and became one of 30 in NBA history...Reached 30 points four times in 10 games after the All-Star break, averaging 25.4 points, 7.9 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 0.5 steals on .481 FG%, .438 3PT% and .913 FT% in that span to join Isiah Thomas (nine times), Dave Bing (four times) and Grant Hill (once) as the only players in franchise history to average at least 25 points, seven assists and five rebounds over any 10-game span, and had the highest 3PT% of the group...On March 7 against Brooklyn, in career game No. 128, became the sixth-fastest player to reach 2500 career points and 800 career assists...On April 1 against Memphis, became the fastest Piston to reach 1400 points and 450 assists in a season (62 games), one game faster than Dave Bing (63 games in 1972-73)...Has the second-most assists (892), fifth-most points (2758) and second most 3-pointers (250) through 138 career games in franchise history...Scored 20+ points 42 times, had 10+ assists 16 times and 3+ steals four times...Had career-high 14 double-doubles...Missed eight games due to a left knee strain, nine with left knee injury management and three with left knee tendinopathy.