The Thunder needed to consolidate its glut of guards and Detroit needed a shooter like Joe. Justin Ford / Getty ImagesJune 26, 2026 Updated 12:34 pm EDTThe Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade two second-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for shooting guard Isaiah Joe, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Friday.Joe, who turns 27 on July 2, is a career 40.6 percent 3-point shooter on 4.8 attempts per game. He is coming off his best season in the NBA, averaging 11.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 21.1 minutes per game while shooting 42.3 percent on 3s. He has two years and about $23 million remaining on his contract, which the Thunder were able to offload to lighten their luxury-tax bill and consolidate a glut of guards.While Joe has never averaged more than 22 minutes per game, he’ll step in as arguably the Pistons’ best long-range shooter depending on who returns and who Detroit continues to add. He could blossom into a much more important role coming off Detroit’s bench. The Arkansas native is also an accurate shooter on 2-point jumpers; he hit 53 percent of his midrange shots last season, which ranked in the 91st percentile for players at his position.
Pistons acquire Isaiah Joe in trade with Thunder: Source
The sharpshooting guard, who hit 42 percent of his 3s last season, will give the Pistons a much-needed perimeter threat.
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