Jimmy Boeheim reportedly signs summer league deal with the Detroit Pistons

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After one graduate year at Syracuse, forward Jimmy Boeheim reportedly signed an NBA Summer League deal with the Detroit Pistons, according to Mike Waters of syracuse.com. Jimmy will accompany younger brother, Buddy Boeheim, to Detroit after the undrafted All-ACC guard signed with the Pistons.

According to Waters, Jimmy worked out with multiple NBA teams, including Detroit.

Before coming to SU, Jimmy played three seasons at Cornell. In his junior season, he averaged 30.6 minutes per game, 16.7 points per game and 5.6 rebounds per game. But in the 2020-21 season, Jimmy did not play because of the Ivy League canceling its basketball season due to COVID-19. 

Following a year where Jimmy couldn’t even access Cornell’s basketball facilities, he decided to transfer to Syracuse and play for his father and head coach, Jim Boeheim.

As part of the Orange’s starting five for every game, Jimmy scored 13.7 points per game and collected 6.2 rebounds per game, while having a field-goal percentage of 46.6%. Jimmy served as a consistent scorer for Syracuse, completing the year with the fourth-most points on the team. 

Even as SU lost five of its last six games, Jimmy scored at least 20 or points in two of them. This culminated in his final collegiate game at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals against top-seeded Duke. Jimmy made six 3-pointers, finishing with a team-best 28 points.

Jimmy will soon join the Pistons in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the summer league. The league runs from July 7 to July 17.