Isaiah JoeDetroit Pistons · #11
Isaiah Joe is an elite movement shooter and 2025 NBA champion who spent four seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder. A record-setting shooter at Arkansas, he was a second-round pick (49th, 2020) by Philadelphia, was waived in 2022, and rebuilt his career in Oklahoma City as one of the league's best long-range threats. He shot 42% from three in 2025-26 and was traded to the Detroit Pistons.
Isaiah Joe — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Isaiah Joe stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Isaiah Joe — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Isaiah Joe
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Isaiah Joe career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 41 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | .361 | .368 |
| 2021-22 | 55 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | .350 | .333 |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 19.1 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | .441 | .409 |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 18.5 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | .458 | .416 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 21.7 | 10.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | .440 | .412 |
| 2025-26 OKC | 71 | 21.2 | 11.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 | .455 | .423 |
| Career | 392 | 17.7 | 8.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Detroit Pistons built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Isaiah Joe
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
'Strokin' Joe' — the waived second-rounder who rebuilt his career into one of the NBA's deadliest shooters, and a champion.
Turning pro
Drafted 49th overall, 2020 as a Guard.
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Waived by the team that drafted him — then he became one of the deadliest shooters alive, and a champion.
Chapter
A Fort Smith, Arkansas kid and Mr. Basketball, Joe set shooting records at Arkansas — 113 threes as a freshman — before Philadelphia took him 49th in 2020.
Chapter
Philadelphia waived him in October 2022. Oklahoma City signed him days later — and unlocked one of the league's best movement shooters.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 165 lbs
- College
- Arkansas
- Experience
- 6th Season
- NBA debut
- 2020
- Draft
- 49th overall, 2020
- Born
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Age
- 27
- Jersey
- #11
Joe's identity is tied to his hometown of Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he was Mr. Basketball and now gives back — hosting a 'Shooters Shoot' youth training camp in 2024. A member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, he carries the understated, faith-and-family profile common among Arkansas basketball products, and his brother Jacob plays college ball for the Newman Jets.
His nickname, 'Strokin' Joe,' says everything about his craft: a pure, quick-release shooter whose confidence never wavers. Being waived by Philadelphia in 2022 could have ended his career; instead it became the turning point, the moment a specialist found the perfect home in a Thunder offense that hunts open threes.
A confident, quick-trigger movement shooter — a specialist who turned a waiver into a championship role.
Isaiah Joe — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Isaiah Joe, answered.
