Daniss Jenkins

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Daniss Jenkins
No. 24–Detroit Pistons
Position Point guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (2001-08-17) August 17, 2001 (age 23)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school Hillcrest (Dallas, Texas)
College
NBA draft 2024: undrafted
Playing career2024–present
Career history
2024–present Detroit Pistons
2024–present→Motor City Cruise
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-MAAC (2023)
  • Second-team All-Big East (2024)
  • All-WCC freshman team (2020)
  • First-team NJCAA All-American (2022)
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Daniss Jenkins (born August 17, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. [1] [2] He played college basketball for the Pacific Tigers, Odessa Wranglers, Iona Gaels and the St. John's Red Storm.

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High school and college career

Jenkins attended Hillcrest High School in Dallas. In his senior year, The Dallas Morning News selected him as the District 12-4A offensive MVP. After graduation, he studied at Pacific (2019–2021), [1] Odessa College (2021–2022), and Iona (2022–2023) [3] as an undergraduate and St. John's University (2023–2024) as a graduate student. [1] [4] During his freshman year at Pacific University, Jenkins was named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team. [5] In his final year playing for the St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team, Jenkins averaged 14.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.7 triples and 1.6 steals per game on 44.6% shooting from the field and 85.1% at the line. [6] Jenkins was also named to the All-Big East second-team and was the only St. John's player named to earn all-conference recognition at the end of the regular season. [2]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Jenkins signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons on July 6, 2024. [7] [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former Hillcrest guard Daniss Jenkins signs as undrafted free agent with Detroit Pistons". Dallas News. June 28, 2024. Archived from the original on June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Cavanagh, Thomas (June 27, 2024). "St. John's basketball's Daniss Jenkins signs two-way deal with the Detroit Pistons". RumbleInTheGarden.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Daniss Jenkins - Men's Basketball". Iona University Athletics . Archived from the original on December 20, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ Corp, Sean (June 27, 2024). "Pistons land guard Daniss Jenkins on a two-way deal". Detroit Bad Boys. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Daniss Jenkins". Odessa College . Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pistons' Daniss Jenkins: Agrees to two-way deal with Pistons". CBS Sports . June 28, 2024. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  7. ↑ Pistons PR [@Pistons_PR] (July 6, 2024). "The @DetroitPistons announced today that the team has signed guard Daniss Jenkins to a two-way contract" (Tweet). Retrieved July 16, 2024– via Twitter.
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