10:20 pm: Lanier signed a four-year, $8.8MM contract that is guaranteed for the first two seasons, with a non-guaranteed third year and a fourth-team option, Hoops Rumors has learned.
4:46 pm: The Pistons have signed their second-round pick, guard Chaz Lanier, according to a team press release.
Lanier was chosen with the 37th overall pick. Detroit didn’t have a first-round selection.
While terms have yet to be revealed, Lanier will join the 15-man roster, according to Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press. That means he signed a standard contract, rather than a two-way deal.
Lanier averaged 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest while shooting 43.1% from the field and 39.5% from three-point range across 38 games for Tennessee last season. Named the 2024/25 Jerry West Award winner, given annually to the nation’s best shooting guard, Lanier finished his five-year collegiate career shooting 40.2% on three-pointers after playing his first four seasons for the University of North Florida.
Lanier is set to compete for the Pistons on their Summer League team in Las Vegas.
Good for the guy to get a full contract.
Do they have any free roster spots? Beal could do as good if not a better job as Beasley for them, and could handle the ball when Cade gets overwhelmed and turns the ball over too much.
Beal does sound like a nice fit, but he’d have to be OK coming off the bench behind Ivey, plus LeVert got their full midlevel and helps fill that role. Love Lanier’s fit as a guy who could be a day one contributor with enough length to play the 3.
Lanier HAS to wear #16 for the Pistons!