DETROIT PISTONS MEDICAL UPDATE ON BRANDON JENNINGS

The Detroit Pistons announced this afternoon that guard Brandon Jennings will miss the remainder of the season due to a ruptured left Achilles tendon. The injury, which will require surgery, was confirmed following an MRI conducted on Sunday by team medical personnel.

Team medical personnel will work with Brandon and his representatives in determining the next course of action and treatment for the injury. No timetable is being placed on Jennings’ return at this time.

The 6-foot-1 guard has appeared in 41 games this season averaging 15.4 points, 6.6 assists and 1.07 steals in 28.6 minutes per game.

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Detroit Pistons Recall Spencer Dinwiddie And Luigi Datome From Grand Rapids Drive

DETROIT PISTONS RECALL GUARD SPENCER DINWIDDIE AND
FORWARD LUIGI DATOME FROM GRAND RAPIDS DRIVE OF NBA
D-LEAGUE

The Detroit Pistons announced today that the team has recalled guard Spencer
Dinwiddie and forward Luigi Datome from the team’s NBA Development League
(D-League) affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive.

Dinwiddie, drafted
38^th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft, has appeared in seven games with
the Drive, averaging 13.0 points, 5.4 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 29.8 minutes
per game.  In eight games for the Pistons this season, he is averaging 3.0
points and 12.4 minutes per game.     

Datome, who signed
with the Pistons as a free agent in 2013, has appeared in three games with the
Drive, averaging 13.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 1.0 blocks in 25.3
minutes.  In 35 career NBA games, he holds averages of 2.6 points, 1.3 rebounds,
0.3 assists and 0.2 steals in 7.1 minutes. 

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