On paper, he can be considered as the 2021 French champion. However, his coming to ASVEL last season was a real fiasco and we will hardly find a more anonymous passage than him: recruited in early January, Derrick Walton Jr. (1.84 m, 26) was quickly taken out of TJ Parker’s rotation due to his muscle problems before asking at the end of April to return to the United States for family reasons. The Villeurbanne club indicated at the time that his return date was not set. Needless to say, we never saw him again at the Astroballe.
Seen 11 times in the Rhone jersey (6.5 points at 33%, 1.1 rebound and 2.5 assists), the former leader of Zalgiris Kaunas had yet been integrated this summer into the bosom of the Pistons. His interesting start to the season in the G-League (12.9 points at 40%, 5 rebounds and 7.3 assists), coupled with the huge cluster that the NBA has become, now offers him the opportunity to try his luck again. on the upper floor: here he is now the happy holder of a ten-day contract with Detroit, his hometown franchise! A nice Christmas present for someone who can already boast 42 appearances in the NBA (2 points at 41% and 1 assist in 9 minutes), under the colors of Miami, the Los Angeles Clippers and … Detroit.
The Detroit Pistons plan to sign G League Motor City guards Derrick Walton and Cassius Stanley on 10-day hardship contracts, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 25, 2021
