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Report: Pistons sign point guard Whitehead

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Salt Lake City — The Pistons look to be addressing their needs at point guard.

It isn’t a big splash like their rumored interest in the Dallas Mavericks’ Dennis Smith Jr. or the Philadelphia 76ers’ Markelle Fultz.

According to a report by The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the Pistons have signed Isaiah Whitehead to a two-way contract. Whitehead, a 6-foot-4 point guard, was the Brooklyn Nets’ second-round pick in 2016 and last played in Russia.

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Whitehead, 22, played two seasons with the Nets, including 73 games in 2016-17, when he posted 7.