{"id":85010,"date":"2024-07-06T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85010"},"modified":"2024-07-06T23:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T03:23:02","slug":"continuing-to-prioritize-shooting-detroit-brings-back-recent-acquistion-simone-fontecchio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/06\/continuing-to-prioritize-shooting-detroit-brings-back-recent-acquistion-simone-fontecchio\/","title":{"rendered":"Prioritizing Shooting, Pistons Brings Back Recent Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fontesi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simone Fontecchio<\/a> was acquired by the Detroit Pistons in a trade this February. He will remain with the team for the upcoming season. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN has reported that the 28-year-old has agreed to a two-year deal with Detroit. He entered the offseason as a restricted free agent. It is the Pistons&#8217; second <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/06\/in-dire-need-of-outside-shooting-pistons-add-3-point-specialist-malik-beasley\/\" target=\"_self\">signing<\/a> of the day, as they agreed on a deal with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beaslma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malik Beasley<\/a> earlier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free agent F Simone Fontecchio has agreed on a two-year, $16 million contract to return to the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioGnth59xQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ioGnth59xQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1809708823575207966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Prioritizing Shooting, Pistons Brings Back Recent Acquisition<\/h2>\n<h3>Fontecchio Had Solid Season For Pistons And Jazz<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/01\/utah-jazz-to-sign-6-year-veteran-big-man-drew-eubanks\/\" target=\"_self\">Utah Jazz<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/pistons-jazz-trade-fontecchio-knox\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traded<\/a> the six-foot-eight Fontecchio\u00a0to Detroit in exchange for <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/knoxke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Knox<\/a>, the rights to <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/prociga01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriele Procida<\/a>, and a 2024 second-round pick (Utah took <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/filipky01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Filipowski<\/a> with that selection). Fontecchio played 16 games (nine starts) after joining the Pistons. Playing 30.3 minutes per game with the team, he averaged 15.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.8 assists. He connected on an impressive 42.6% of his three-point tries on 6.3 attempts per contest. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitbadboys.com\/2024\/5\/28\/24166557\/detroit-pistons-simone-fontecchio-injury-update-surgery-big-toe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fontecchio needed surgery<\/a> on his left big toe, which caused him to miss Detroit\u2019s last 15 outings.<\/p>\n<p>Fontecchio\u2019s first season in the NBA was in 2022-23 with Utah. He didn\u2019t receive all that much playing time (14.7 minutes per game in 52 appearances). His shot wasn\u2019t falling as much as he\u2019d like, as he made just 36.9% of his attempts from the field and 33.0% from beyond the arc. Before being dealt, Fontecchio was playing with much more confidence for the Jazz in 2023-24. He appeared in 50 games for Utah last season, starting in 34 of them. The small forward averaged 8.9 points in those games while shooting 39.1% from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Italy, Fontecchio had played professionally overseas for nearly a decade for teams based in Italy, Germany, and Spain before joining the NBA.<\/p>\n<h3>Detroit Continues to Address Outside Shooting<\/h3>\n<p>Improving the spacing on the floor will be of significant benefit for the first overall pick in 2021, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cunnica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cade Cunningham<\/a>. Opponents did not respect the Pistons&#8217; outside shooting, which made life more difficult for Cunningham and others. They finished 29th in three-pointers made and 26th in three-point percentage.<\/p>\n<p>An entire season of Fontecchio should help in that regard. The same can be said with adding Beasley. The 27-year-old has connected on 699 three-pointers just over the last three seasons at a 38.1% clip. They previously <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/05\/tobias-harris-free-agent-signing-impact-on-the-pistons-explored\/\" target=\"_self\">signed<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrito02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tobias Harris<\/a> this offseason, who had made 36.8% of his career three-point tries. Lastly, they acquired <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardati02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Hardaway Jr.<\/a> in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks. He has nailed more than 200 three-pointers in four different seasons. The Pistons hope their moves will help them improve on a franchise-worst record of 14-68 in 2023-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Fontecchio was acquired by the Detroit Pistons in a trade this February. He will remain with the team for the upcoming season. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN has reported that the 28-year-old has agreed to a two-year deal with Detroit. He entered the offseason as a restricted free agent. 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