The Detroit Pistons used the No. 5 pick in the 2022 NBA draft to select explosive guard Jaden Ivey out of Purdue on Thursday.
Player: Jaden Ivey
Position: PG/SG
Height: 6'4"
Pro Comparison: Latrell Sprewell
Jaden’s mother won a national championship at Notre Dame and played five years in the WNBA. She is now the head coach for Notre Dame women’s basketball.
Jaden was raised around basketball being very close to his mother so he has been waiting for this moment his whole life and was very excited to be drafted by the Pistons since he has close Detroit family ties.
At 6’4” and a 6’9” wingspan with a lightning quick first step and explosive leaping abilities he could grow into the perfect complement to Cade Cunningham and give the Pistons one of the best young backcourts of the future.
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