Detroit Pistons’ Rob Murphy on signing Syracuse’s Buddy Boeheim: How they scouted him, what they liked

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Syracuse Orange guard Buddy Boeheim (35) with a three pointer. The Syracuse Orange take on the Pitt Panthers Jan. 11, 2022 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. – It would have been easy for the Detroit Pistons to sign Buddy Boeheim without seeing him play at all this past season.

After all, Detroit general manager Troy Weaver is a former Syracuse University assistant coach. So too is Pistons assistant general manager Rob Murphy. John Beilein, the team’s senior advisor for player development, is the former Le Moyne College coach whose son, Patrick, coached the Syracuse Stallions this past season and is now the coach at Baldwinsville High School.

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