NBA Pistons hire Monty Williams as head coach

[MMC]

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[BobColesNasalCavity]

Sentenced to 6 years in prison

 

[Terry Yake]

72 mil to coach the pistons? dear lord

the other owners must absolutely be hating gores right now

 

[MMC]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

This seems absurd. This is not the NFL where a head coach means so much.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

If getting blown out at home in an elimination game is your thing…

 

[Reality Check]

I don't give a damn about how much an NBA coach makes. No one gave a shit before tonight.

All I care about is that leading candidates prior to this were Kevin Ollie and one of the assistants from Milwaukee.

I'll take this in a heartbeat.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Whatever, not my money.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Not only is he the highest paid NBA coach, he makes more $ than all their players except he makes a little bit less than Bogdan.

 

[GKJ]

Pistons obviously want to make a big move forward. Long overdue for that team.

Also, Ed Stefanski is their president? lol

 

[Jack Straw]

Pistons obviously want to make a big move forward. Long overdue for that team.

Also, Ed Stefanski is their president? lol

 

[GKJ]

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It was the end of the not-process

 

[Jack Straw]

It was the end of the not-process

One might even say, “pre-process”.

 

[Snuggs]

Still need players...

At least they give the fans a small cookie of hope to sell.

 

[MMC]

They're making it out of the hood with this one

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

They're making it out of the hood with this one

I haven’t watched NBA in 30 years, but I’m fascinated by this streak. Basketball doesn’t have the randomness of hockey, so this could go on for a long, long time.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I haven’t watched NBA in 30 years, but I’m fascinated by this streak. Basketball doesn’t have the randomness of hockey, so this could go on for a long, long time.

Basketball doesn’t have the randomnes of other sports because it’s probably the only team sport where you can get outplayed and still win the game.

 

[Filppula]

Basketball doesn’t have the randomnes of other sports because it’s probably the only team sport where you can get outplayed and still win the game.

What? In hockey you can easily get outplayed and still win. If the goalie is better than the other goalie for example.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

What? In hockey you can easily get outplayed and still win. If the goalie is better than the other goalie for example.

I contradicted myself. I meant to say that basketball is probably the only team sport that doesn’t let you win when getting outplayed.

 

[DueDiligence]

I haven’t watched NBA in 30 years, but I’m fascinated by this streak. Basketball doesn’t have the randomness of hockey, so this could go on for a long, long time.

Other sports aren't random. Basketball is the only sport where defense is secondary. Sports like soccer and hockey have goalies, baseball has pitchers and football have dedicated defensive players. Basketball has none of those so it's almost impossible for a poor team to have a great defensive game and win because: 1) because the other team will still score some points and 2) those same bad players need to score on the other team.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

Other sports aren't random. Basketball is the only sport where defense is secondary. Sports like soccer and hockey have goalies, baseball has pitchers and football have dedicated defensive players. Basketball has none of those so it's almost impossible for a poor team to have a great defensive game and win because: 1) because the other team will still score some points and 2) those same bad players need to score on the other team.

By “random” I mean high-speed deflections bouncing off of people and into the goal. That happens in hockey fairly regularly. And it’s random. High-speed bounces off of people into the basket don’t happen often in basketball.

 

[Terry Yake]

i'm convinced williams never wanted to be there and only took the job after the pistons threw that absurd contract at him. he's been checked out since day one

 

[MMC]

Monty seems pretty responsible here, this is a team with a decent amount of talent between Cade, Duren, Ivey, Thompson, Hayes, Stewart, Wiseman, and Bagley with some solid vets like Bojan and Harris

 

[Blitzkrug]

i'm convinced williams never wanted to be there and only took the job after the pistons threw that absurd contract at him. he's been checked out since day one

If you have to up your offer multiple time when there's no competition for a guy's services...that might just be a sign that he's not your guy.

That's entirely on the Pistons. Williams was pretty upfront about wanting to take time away to be with his wife who was just diagnosed with cancer. Why they thought "hey more money" would end differently is beyond me.

 

[Voight]

Sentenced to 6 years in prison

ADX Florence Supermax it looks like.

i'm convinced williams never wanted to be there and only took the job after the pistons threw that absurd contract at him. he's been checked out since day one

$13 million/year is insane for an NBA coach IMO.

With few exceptions like Pop who doubles as a team president and basically runs basketball ops.