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Detroit Pistons free agency target Tyreke Evans disqualified from NBA

By Martin Mansour

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 1: Tyreke Evans #12 of the Indiana Pacers looks on before the game against the Detroit Pistons on April 1, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 1: Tyreke Evans #12 of the Indiana Pacers looks on before the game against the Detroit Pistons on April 1, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Tyreke Evans was one of the wing free agents the Detroit Pistons were interested in. You can check him off the list with his dismissal and disqualification from the NBA.

The Detroit Pistons are desperate for a wing player. They were going to free agency in search for a potential candidate to fill that position.

Tyreke Evans was one of those wing players the Pistons were looking at. The Pistons had the potential to offer the mid-level exception on Evans.

And there was a good chance that Tyreke Evans took the Pistons offer due to playtime he would receive and contract value.

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All that chance was thrown out the window. News broke out Friday afternoon that Tyreke Evans has been dismissed and disqualified from the league for violating the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program.

This is shocking news because this is the second time the NBA has disqualified a player for violating the Anti-Drug Program. The other player who violated it was former number 3 overall pick O.J. Mayo.

Similar to Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo also violated the Anti-Drug Program in 2016. And his punishment was a dismissal from the league.

Tyreke Evans is availability for reinstatement in two years. Meaning he’s able to return to the NBA in two years.

Tyreke signed a one-year deal with the Indiana Pacers this season. After having a bounce-back season with the Grizzlies in the 2017-18 season, Evans failed to build up on top of it during the 2018-19 season with the Pacers.

He averaged 10.2 points per game and shot a career low 38.9 percent from the field. Overall Evans spent 10 seasons in the NBA. After starting his career being drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2009 and winning the Rookie of The Year Award, Evans’ career took a huge decline.

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He played in Sacramento for five seasons before traveling to New Orleans for four seasons. Then during his fourth season he was traded back to Sacramento and signed a one-year deal with Memphis the following season.

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