Ugonna Onyenso is a rookie center at the end of the Pistons bench
Ugonna Onyenso is a 22-year-old rookie center on the Detroit Pistons, wearing No. 34. He is not on the injury report. Through four games this season he has played once, logging seven minutes in a win over Minnesota.
By the Pistons Nightly Desk · updated 1 d ago01The story of the nightWhere he fits right nowOnyenso is a 6-11, 225-pound center out of Virginia in his first NBA season.
Onyenso is a 6-11, 225-pound center out of Virginia in his first NBA season. Detroit has used him sparingly. He did not play in the opener against Phoenix, sat again in the loss to Washington, and stayed on the bench in the win over Toronto. His one appearance came on October 14 against Minnesota, where he grabbed 4 rebounds and handed out 1 assist in 7 minutes without scoring. The Pistons were minus-2 in his minutes. For now he is a deep-bench big who gets the floor when the game or the rotation allows it.
02Health and outlookOnyenso is healthy.
Onyenso is healthy. He is not on the injury report and has no injury history on record. There are no rumors or reports tied to him. As a rookie with no prior NBA season, there are no last-season numbers to measure him against, so the picture is limited to what Detroit has shown so far: three DNPs and one short stint. The Pistons are 3-1 in the games listed, which means a settled rotation and few spare minutes for a developing center. His role is what the box scores say it is, nothing more yet.
