The Detroit Pistons are signing St. John’s guard Daniss Jenkins to a two-way deal, according to media reports. Jenkins is coming off a four-year college career after spending two years at Pacific and one each at Iona and St. Johns.
He averaged 14.9 points and 5.4 assists during his senior year at St. Johns with a slash line of 44/35/85.
He was a WCC All-Freshman, All-MAAC, and All-Big East during his career.
Jenkins is a traditional point guard who stands 6-foot-3 with a 6-foot-6 wingspan. He apparently shot just 50% at the rim, which isn’t going to get him done. But he did make 53% of all his mid-range shots at reasonably high volume. He’s a dogged defender and had a good enough reputation and relationship with Rick Pitino that he jumped with him from Iona to St. John’s.
He seems to be a player who can run an offense, navigate screens effectively, and find teammates for looks and get to his spots on the floor for pull-ups. He has a quality defensive reputation, but nothing about his athletic or statistic profile feels like a player who is a bet to be anything other than a solid G League player.
We will see him with the Motor City Cruise, and Trajan Langdon gets to cross off another first on his list — signing a player to a two-way contract. Next up, some fun Exhibit-10 deals to players who are even less prolific.