The Detroit Pistons officially signed free agent guard Jodie Meeks to a multi-year contract, the team announced Monday.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the deal reportedly is for three years and $19.5 million.
“We’re pleased to welcome Jodie Meeks to the Pistons organization,” general manager Jeff Bower said in a statement. “Jodie’s approach to the game fits the style of basketball we want to play and his ability to shoot the ball from the outside is a skill that will help our team moving forward.”
The 6-foot-4, 208-pound guard has career averages of 9.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 24.3 minutes in 355 games (194 starts) with the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks. He joins the Pistons after spending the last two seasons with the Lakers where he averaged 11.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 27.2 minutes.
Meeks, 26, had a career-year with the Lakers last season, averaging career-highs in points (15.7 ppg), field goal percentage (.463 FG), 3-point field goal percentage (.401 3FG), rebounds (2.5 rpg), assists (1.8 apg) and minutes (33.2 mpg) in 77 games (70 starts). Meeks connected on a career-high 162 3-point field goals last season (tied for 17th in the NBA) and was one of 21 players to shoot over 40 percent from 3-point range.
Meeks, a second round draft selection of the Milwaukee Bucks in 2009, spent three years at the University of Kentucky.