Pistons Notes: I. Jones, Okorie, Lanier, B. Williams

Pistons two-way forward Isaac Jones thought he was done with basketball when he graduated from high school in 2018, Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press writes in a subscriber-only story. With no college offers in sight, the Seattle native took a job on a loading dock and began to pursue a career outside of the game.
“It was crazy,” Jones said. “It was really humbling. I’ve gotta get up at 6 a.m., go work a manual, tough 9-to-5. It was cool, it helped me mature