Another emergency signing for the Pistons or a possible keeper?

We are at the point in the season when the Detroit Pistons start signing players you've never heard of and inserting them into the starting lineup.

We've already seen 27-year-old Chimezie Metu get a few starts, which was enough for the Pistons to sign him for the rest of the season.

The latest 10-day contract went to Jaylen Nowell (how many Jalens are there in the NBA right now?) a shoot-first guard who spent four seasons with Minnesota before being booted to the G-League.

He's played nine games with Memphis this season but spent most of it playing for the Stockton Kings in the G-League, where he averaged 17 points per game on mediocre shooting splits.

Nowell has shown some promise as a bench scorer, so is this just another emergency signing or could he be part of the future?

Detroit Pistons sign Jaylen Nowell, but he won't be back

The Pistons are missing Ausar Thompson, Stanley Umude, Isaiah Stewart and also just ruled out Quentin Grimes for the season. Add in an illness to Marcus Sasser and the Pistons were able to get a hardship exception to sign an extra warm body to their roster.

Nowell did score 10 a game off the bench for Minnesota and I even wrote about him as a deep bench free-agent possibility, as the man can get buckets.

But that's really all he can do.

He doesn't pass, isn't particularly efficient (especially from long-range) and is a poor defender.

A chucker who can't defend? Sounds fine for an emergency late-season signing, but ultimately that is all he'll be, as the last thing the Pistons need is another guard who can't defend the position or shoot 3-point shots.

But it will be interesting to see how Nowell plays for the Detroit Pistons, as he'll have as much at stake as anyone as he tries to shoot his way back into the league. If he does get minutes, expect him to shoot, as last season he was taking 10 field goal attempts in just under 20 minutes per game and he'll want to showcase himself for future jobs. If he does play, he'll be the 31st player to suit up for Detroit, which would be a franchise record.

Sadly, these types of signings have become the norm in Detroit, whose roster is terrible and can't stay healthy. It's also a knock on their player development, as you'd think a team this bad for so long would have their own second-round pick, G-League or two-way player more deserving of a chance than a guy they just grabbed off the street.