The Detroit Pistons extend a qualifying offer to Simone Fontecchio, a restricted free agent, amid NBA free agency. Fontecchio may receive an offer sheet that Detroit can match to retain him. The Pistons acquired Fontecchio in a trade with Utah and added Duke's Kyle Filipowski in the deal. Fontecchio averaged 15.4 points and 4.4 rebounds with the Pistons last season.
Detroit's president of basketball operations, Trajan Langdon, recently acquired Tim Hardaway Jr. from the Dallas Mavericks. Detroit also drafted Ron Holland of the G League Ignite with the fifth pick. The Pistons have struggled in recent years, with the worst record and no playoff wins since 2008.