PLAYER DETAILS
Ugonna Onyenso profile
- Club
- Detroit Pistons
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Date of birth
- 2004-09-25
- Birthplace
- Owerri, Nigeria
- Height
- 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
- Weight
- 236 lbs
- Shirt number
- 34
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Ugonna Onyenso
Ugonna Kingsley Onyenso (born 25 September 2004) is a Nigerian basketball player for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas State Wildcats and Virginia Cavaliers. He has also played for the Nigeria national team, where he was the youngest player to ever play for the team at age 17.
Onyenso was selected with the 53rd overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets, traded to the New York Knicks, then subsequently acquired by the Detroit Pistons.