The Pistons are pursuing Monty Williams to be their next head coach. Detroit is preparing to offer Williams in the range of $10 million per year, sources tell The Athletic. More from JLEdwardsIII and ShamsCharania:
) — have been fired. Williams, immediately, was on Detroit’s radar, per league sources. Milwaukee, too, heavily pursued Williams, per league sources.
Initially, Williams told teams — including the Pistons — that he was interested in taking a year off. The 51-year-old, who led the Suns to the NBA Finals in 2021 and won Coach of the Year in 2022, is still owed, roughly, $21 million over the next three years by Phoenix. However, Weaver, Pistons owner Tom Gores and others in Detroit’s organization have continued to pursue Williams. Gores and Weaver have met twice with Lee and Ollie, as both remain in consideration for the job, but always had the intentions of making a serious run at Williams assuming he was seriously considering taking another job.
This type of financial commitment is on brand for Gores, who bought the team in 2011 and had a 51 percent stake in the organization until 2015, when he became the sole owner. He likes to make a splash when it comes to hiring a coach. He likes the big name. In 2014, Gores hired Stan Van Gundy to be both the head coach and president of basketball operations, which enticed Van Gundy to head to the Motor City over Golden State.
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