Former Kent State men’s basketball star Sincere Carry was selected to the Detroit Pistons’ summer league team, the organization announced Monday.
Carry, 25, is one of 15 players to make the Pistons’ summer league roster. The Pistons will play a minimum of five summer league games, including four preliminary games from July 11-17 in Las Vegas.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound guard, who also starred at Solon High School in Solon, Ohio, has not previously played in the NBA or G League. He went undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft after a standout collegiate career, including three seasons at Duquesne before his final two at Kent State.
Carry most recently played for the Phoenix Hagen of the German ProA League in 2024-25, averaging 16.1 points, 4.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 30.2 minutes in 42 games played, according to Eurobasket. He also previously played at Iraklis in the Greek Elite League in 2023-24.
“Congratulations to our alumnus Sincere Carry on his selection to the @DetroitPistons’ @NBASummerLeague roster for 2025!,” the Kent State men’s basketball program wrote in a post to X.
At Kent State, Carry was named the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year as a redshirt junior in the 2021-22 season, during which he averaged 17.9 points, 4.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game.
The following season as a redshirt senior, Carry led the Golden Flashes to winning the MAC Tournament and was named the All-Tournament MVP in the process. He also earned First Team All-MAC honors while averaging 17.5 points, 4.8 assists and 3.7 rebounds in a MAC-leading 36.8 minutes per game.
“Really I’m just blessed each and every day to play basketball,” Carry said prior to Kent State’s appearance in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, as reported by cleveland.com’s Jonathan X. Simmons. “I always thank God first and I feel like he has continued to bless me and put me in different situations and opens up so many doors for me. It’s just fun to share these moments with my brothers, my teammates, and my family. So I just continue to take it day by day. Whatever happens, happens. I’m just happy to play the game of basketball.”
Matt Goul, high school and college sports reporter for cleveland.com, said Carry is “one of Northeast Ohio’s greatest comeback stories in high school basketball.”
“After enduring two knee injuries, which hindered his initial college recruitment, he returned to form, leading Solon to the Division I state finals as the Cleveland.com Player of the Year,” Goul said. “As far as I’m concerned, he was the true Mr. Basketball for the state as a senior in 2018. Few players could create like him, especially with any head of steam.”
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