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Q&A: Team USA and Pistons’ Saddiq Bey talks Olympics, his love for the Joker and his stellar year


LAS VEGAS — Detroit Pistons emerging talent Saddiq Bey is not the first NBAer to say he likes the comic-book character Joker, but the 22-year-old says his affinity for the painted supervillain is something very few know about him.

“He’s just attached to me — I relate to him in some type of way,” Bey said in a recent interview with The Athletic. “Obviously not the killing and stuff, but just the way he is and nobody changes him, I love that about him.”

Who would want to change the kind of rookie year enjoyed by Bey, drafted 19th out of Villanova? He started 53 of 70 games this season for the Pistons, averaging 12.2 points and 4.5 boards while shooting 38 percent from 3-point range. All of that was good enough for Bey to earn first-team All-Rookie honors.





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