According to what was reported by ESPN and The Athletic, the Detroit Pistons are finalizing the agreement that will lead to Trajan Langdon becoming the new president of basketball operations, effectively the new head of management. He will be the one to make a decision on the future of GM Troy Weaver and, above all, on coach Monty Williams, who despite the pharaonic contract can be fired. Simone Fontecchio’s future also needs to be deciphered in light of this change
A season since as soon as 14 victories it’s a historic streak of 28 defeats consecutive it cannot pass without major shocks within the franchise. This is why the owner of the Detroit Pistons Tom Gores has decided to look for a new leader for the management of the team to whom to entrust the reconstruction, identifying it in Trajan Langdon. According to reports from ESPN and The Athletic, the Pistons are finalizing the deal that will see Langdon become the new President of Basketball Operations, in fact the new head of management in direct contact with the owner. Langdon, 48 years old, at the end of his playing career (three years with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA but above all a legendary experience in Europe that began with a year at Benetton Treviso in 2002-03, then winning two Euroleagues with CSKA Moscow, a Final Four MVP title and inclusion in the ideal quintet of the 2000s) worked for three years at the Brooklyn Nets as Sean Marks’ assistant and above all for five seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans with David Griffinstanding out for his flair in draft selection.
Troy Weaver e Monty Williams a rischio
First of all, however, he will have to decide what to do with those who until yesterday were the two reference characters within the franchise. Langdon, in fact, will meet with both General Manager Troy Weaver and head coach Monty Williamsand will have the right to relieve them of their duties if he deems it the most just conclusion to change the trend of the deductible. A possible dismissal of Williams, in particular, would be sensational: only last year did the Pistons convince him to sign with a pharaonic contract, on which there is still 60 million dollars left over the next few years. Nonetheless, according to The Athletic, owner Gores is ready to take charge if Langdon decides to get a new coach.
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The Pistons once again had bad luck on Draft Lottery night, seeing themselves overtaken by four other franchises and ending with pick number 5, the worst-case scenario for a team that finishes with the worst record in the NBA. In this month that separates us from the Draft – live on Sky Sports on the 27th (with the first round also commented in Italian) and on the 28th of June – Langdon will decide what to do with number 5, where the Pistons are often compared to ‘wing Matas Buzelis del G League Ignite. Once the Draft has been managed, Langdon will also have to decide how to proceed free agent marketin which the Pistons potentially have 62 million dollars to spend: One of the franchise’s priorities is to re-sign Simone Fontecchiobut you have to remember that it was Weaver who traded to get him from the Utah Jazz and not Langdon, who may have a different opinion on the contract to be given to him. He will know about it in the next week, when Langdon’s contract should be signed and above all in July when the free agent market opens.
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