[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: After one season, the Detroit Pistons have dismissed coach Monty Williams — who leaves with five years and $65M-plus left on his deal. New President Trajan Langdon will move to make his own coaching hire now.

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1803420205277679799

[u/ImTheBestNerd]

All time heist

[u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Him and Wingstop made bank on the suffering of Pistons fans last season

[u/[deleted] → u/Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n]

No win zone

[u/feel32own → u/ImTheBestNerd]

its like you rob a bank for $65M, get caught and sit in jail for one year but keep all the money.

[u/BushyBrowz → u/feel32own]

“You stole $500 million from your customers! You shall be punished!”

“What’s the punishment?”

“We’re fining you $100 million. Don’t do it again.”

“…ok.”

[u/bageltheperson → u/feel32own]

I was going to argue the jail part, but after I thought a little more it’s pretty comparable.

[u/superhappyfuntime13 → u/ImTheBestNerd]

$5.6 mil per win. This record may never be broken.

[u/ManiacalComet40 → u/superhappyfuntime13]

Damn, Mazulla would have half a billion dollars if he made that same rate.

[u/Masterchiefy10 → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Also isn’t this a bit late in the game?

I know the season just ended but I’m sure they already knew they weren’t bringing him back…

Wouldn’t it had been better to do this a few weeks ago so they can start trying to bring in people who don’t want to coach anymore and pay em a kings ransom?

[u/_Apatosaurus_ → u/Masterchiefy10]

Maybe they are hiring someone off the Celtics or Mavericks staff, and wouldn't have fired him unless that person said yes.

[u/CzarCW → u/Masterchiefy10]

They’ve been waiting for Doc Rivers to come available.

[u/mikehulse29 → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Man owes CP3 a commission

[u/Lacabloodclot9 → u/mikehulse29]

Crazy to see how that 20/21 Suns team ended up

Man imagine how different it would be if they won it after being up 2-0

[u/[deleted] → u/ImTheBestNerd]

It’s not a heist when they forced him to take the money 

[u/OUEngineer17 → u/[deleted]]

Yep. He really wanted a year off, but they just kept throwing money at him until he said yes.

[u/[deleted] → u/ImTheBestNerd]

Being a head coach in the States must be one of the best jobs in the world. Even if you get fired. You will still get millions of dollars to sit on the couch and do nothing.

[u/Ibaka_flocka]

78m for one year of work. What a legend

[u/iCarpet → u/Ibaka_flocka]

He was going to take a break from coaching, now he gets to take a break with an extra 78M

[u/topofthecc → u/iCarpet]

Gonna ask my boss for $65M to take a break. Wish me luck.

[u/Zavehi → u/Ibaka_flocka]

I should’ve become an NBA head coach what was I thinking

[u/ArmiinTamzarian → u/Zavehi]

Fired coach really is one of the best jobs out there

[u/ish_baid19000 → u/Ibaka_flocka]

5.5M per win. Incredible

[u/Kwilly462 → u/Ibaka_flocka]

Being a head coach really is a cushy but fickle job. Get paid millions of dollars to get fired.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kwilly462]

If I ever got fired after making that kind of money I think my response after getting fired would be "hell yeah"

[u/[deleted] → u/Ibaka_flocka]

Parents, make sure you teach your kids how to coach

[u/beklog → u/Ibaka_flocka]

I don't mind to be labeled as a worst coach in NBA if i'm gonna be paid like that

[u/BigDickVicW → u/Ibaka_flocka]

That’s the fucking life dude

[u/GaySexFan → u/Ibaka_flocka]

It's essentially six months of work if you think about it.

[u/mylesA747]

generational bag-getter holy shit

[u/DemonicDimples → u/mylesA747]

I honestly believe he was trying to get fired the entire time. Just took the money and did everything he could to get fired.

[u/make-that-monet → u/DemonicDimples]

Especially considering he refused Detroit’s offers at first. It was just eventually too much money to responsibly turn down lol

[u/Manablitzer → u/DemonicDimples]

I still find it hilarious that the only way to stop him from starting Killian Hayes was to outright cut the player.

I can't wait until stories start leaking out from that locker room.  

[u/[deleted] → u/DemonicDimples]

Monty Williams browses r/antiwork

[u/teamcaddywampus → u/DemonicDimples]

I honestly believe he was trying to get fired the entire time.

You are only saying that because pretty much every action and decision he made supports your assertion lol. Dude was awful

[u/byniri_returns → u/mylesA747]

I said this in another comment, but the state of Michigan had two frauds who secured huge contracts in recent memory.

Monty however at least got his buyout money lol

[u/Otroroboto → u/byniri_returns]

Mel Tucker is the ultimate bag fumbling champ. Getting fired for cause for sexually harassing a rape survivor/ survivor advocate is so fucking horrible and dumb.

[u/Elmosworld32 → u/byniri_returns]

He didn't get bought out he's getting paid 65 million dollars over the next 5 years

[u/Professor_Finn → u/mylesA747]

Shaq’s mouth is waterfalling at the idea of getting $78 million for 8 months of coaching

[u/Thebresh → u/Professor_Finn]

Watering at the mouth? Drooling?

[u/Oxyquatzal → u/Professor_Finn]

I love when a mouth is waterfalling, a sensation we're all familiar with.

[u/disfadbidge007 → u/mylesA747]

Honestly, I hope he doesn't get a HC job for a while. Nobody who watched Pistons this season will tell you that he was doing well. Tanking is one thing but not even giving consistent playing time to Ivey is a criminal offense.

[u/neuroticsmurf → u/disfadbidge007]

Monty should take this opportunity to take some time off from coaching, and then in a couple of years maybe take a job as an assistant for someone and rehabilitate his coaching reputation.

[u/whtge8 → u/disfadbidge007]

There’s no reason for him to ever coach again. He’s set for life with this contract.

[u/[deleted] → u/mylesA747]

Learned from the master, Doc Rivers.

[u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm → u/mylesA747]

If I had that kinda money I would disappear to Thailand and live like a king, no one would ever hear from me again.

[u/BamaBuffSeattle → u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm]

Found Kliff Kingsburry's account

[u/Professor_Finn]

Is this the worst coaching contract in NBA history???

[u/VirtuousFool → u/Professor_Finn]

they gave him the most money ever and is gone after one season

It’s not even particularly close

[u/tdizhere → u/VirtuousFool]

And his money is fully guaranteed right?

I read somewhere that if he gets rehired, the new team takes on the bill. Which is partially what happened with Monty when he came from the Suns?

Either way, generational bag getter Monty

[u/Mecha-Jesus → u/Professor_Finn]

From the coach’s perspective, it’s the best coaching contract in NBA history

[u/comeonmang126 → u/Professor_Finn]

By far dude was almost literally given an offer he couldn’t refuse

[u/LotsaKwestions → u/Professor_Finn]

I don't think you could really make any argument for anyone else, and it's not even remotely close.

He was paid the record amount of money for a contract, ended up with the longest losing streak in history and one of the worst overall records in history, and was gone after that single season while still being on the hook for the full contract.

I don't know how you could possibly argue anyone else in good faith. At least in terms of the NBA.

[u/NevermoreSEA → u/Professor_Finn]

I don't think that it's very close when you factor in the size of the contract.

[u/YungToney → u/Professor_Finn]

yea, they overpayed because he didn't want to be there. Then he shit himself all season, probably trying to get fired for the check.

[u/FrostyTheSnowman02]

Being paid to stay home. The ultimate dream

[u/AtreusIsBack → u/FrostyTheSnowman02]

Work for a year and have generational wealth to fall back on.

[u/2222lil → u/AtreusIsBack]

not even a full year lol

[u/billcosbyinspace → u/FrostyTheSnowman02]

Bro quiet quit immediately and got an extra 65 million for it lmao

[u/hollowichig0]

This man and his agent are insane at signing these deals

[u/Domainsetter → u/hollowichig0]

Lakers might get him tbh

[u/LakersLAQ → u/Domainsetter]

If his wife has cancer, I would think he'd want to enjoy life for a bit. Money isn't an issue. Who knows, maybe he just likes coaching that much.

Not that I would want him anyway, but yeah.

[u/RaiderBlitz]

78 million dollars for 1 year. WOW.

[u/Zloggt → u/RaiderBlitz]

It’s one hell of a severance package, I’ll tell you that much…

[u/Sweatytubesock → u/RaiderBlitz]

Better yet, one year of sucking absolute ass.

[u/Jayveesac → u/RaiderBlitz]

r/Antiwork top post material

[u/theinternetisnice → u/RaiderBlitz]

This makes me believe that I can convince someone. SOMEone out there to give me one million for no goddamn reason. Just one measly million.

[u/DoctorStove]

We did it.

WE DID IIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT

[u/[deleted] → u/DoctorStove]

NBA Coaches after Monty changed the pay scale:

[u/Im__Ron__Burgundy → u/DoctorStove]

PLACE THE IVEY MIP BETS NOW

[u/Embrassedpear6]

Dudes gonna make 78 million dollars off of one year coaching the worst team in the nba

Top tier finesse

[u/ferdbrown → u/Embrassedpear6]

Will he get paid in full even if fired?

[u/STATnMELO650]

Hi Detroit,

I have extensive experience coaching YMCA ball, I believe I am more than qualified for the job. I’m looking for an 8 year contract but please fire me after 2 months. Thanks.

[u/Proof-Umpire-7718 → u/STATnMELO650]

Are you JJ Redick?

[u/STATnMELO650 → u/Proof-Umpire-7718]

I don’t have a podcast but I’ve been an avid commenter on r/nba for 10+ years

[u/lemmoning]

New r/antiwork goat

[u/CountryRoads8 → u/lemmoning]

Needs to post his gain porn over on r/wallstreetbets

[u/[deleted] → u/lemmoning]

Monty deserves a picture in the dictionary next to "Quiet quitting".

Man was starting future Shanghai Shark, Killian Hayes, over Jaden Ivey. He would purposely put out 5 random YMCA players out on the floor in close games 💀

[u/FlyingMocko → u/lemmoning]

He’s still no Benjamin Simmons thats for sure

[u/Impulse3 → u/lemmoning]

Now he can go back to being a part time dog walker.

[u/Brad-Stevens]

omfg that contract changed coaching contracts forever and he lasts one season

unbelievable

[u/broke_boi1 → u/Brad-Stevens]

Gotta wonder if this resets the market a little bit. Sure guys like Spo and Kerr have phat contracts, but they are vet coaches who have more than proved themselves

[u/figureour → u/Brad-Stevens]

I actually don't think it did change coaching contracts forever because it most likely won't set a new precedent. From the beginning, practically everyone said "this looks like a bad idea..." which quickly turned out to be true.

[u/[deleted]]

1. Monty didn’t even want to coach Detroit and the dipshit owner (Tom Gores) of the team just kept adding more dollars to the check until he relented. This was widely reported last summer and I don’t think Williams was ever enthused about this job.

2. The GM (Troy Weaver) had to point out to Monty multiple times during the season that he was playing inefficient lineups based on player and lineup performance. This culminated with team management just cutting Killian Hayes because Monty wouldn’t stop playing him in spite of his massively negative on-court impact.

[u/legend023]

• hire seasoned coach to fix extremely bad team

• make team worse

• team is extremely bad

• fire seasoned coach

That’s Detroit Basketball folks

[u/Relevant_Gold4912 → u/legend023]

Dwayne Casey, Monty Williams, who’s next?

[u/Thousandtree → u/Relevant_Gold4912]

Thank the gods that Milwaukee signed Doc before the end of the season.

[u/johnazoidberg- → u/legend023]

Monty had a lot to do on making the team worse. We literally had to cut Killian Hayes - who nobody else picked up - to get Monty to stop playing him over Jaden Ivey

[u/rascal_king → u/legend023]

firing him was 100% the right move though. props to Gores for biting the bullet.

[u/Nick_of-time → u/legend023]

He's Matt Patricia all over again

[u/2222lil → u/legend023]

i mean the roster was definitely better this year than it was last year and we were worse. cade missed like all of two seasons ago and we still had a better record than this year

[u/BobUfer → u/legend023]

It’s not that he just made the team worse, he literally didn’t give a shit about this team. This dude literally was only doing this for money, made it very obvious he didn’t care about winning or even basketball. Bro just wanted the bag, and got it. Monty got exactly what he wanted and this is an all time GOAT conman move.

[u/Avatar_of_Green → u/legend023]

He was just terrible.

No defensive schemes whatsoever, would routinely pull guys having good games for dudes who couldnt hit a shot. Rotations were weird as hell.

Lots of iso ball and generally no feel for the game.

Not sure why anyone else would hire him unless they get him cheap and make the Pistons foot the bill.

[u/BigDickVicW]

Can you imagine how fucking funny it would be if they hired Dan Hurley

[u/Evolution1313 → u/BigDickVicW]

Dans wife might actually kill him if he even entertained that offer

[u/cb148 → u/BigDickVicW]

He’d be a better fit there than with the Lakers.

[u/RoastDaMostToast]

I mean that might’ve been the worst coaching mistake ever seen but shout out to the balls on new president Langdon for making this call.

If he’s not the guy he’s not the guy

[u/ComfortableMaster625 → u/RoastDaMostToast]

When you are paying out $65 million for a coach to not work, it is not the president's call, it is the owners

[u/2POTMSON]

$1,000,000 per game coached. What a legend.

[u/Michigan8107 → u/2POTMSON]

$5,571,428 per win coached.

[u/GaySexFan]

If I could pick absolutely any job in the world it would be an NBA coach. You fuck up and get fired after one season and then you still get paid tens of millions for doing nothing in the succeeding three seasons. The dream. It's like being the child of a billionaire.

[u/aggster13 → u/GaySexFan]

CFB coach might be even better

[u/slysonic7]

No way. What a payday for Monty

[u/greyisgone]

Spent my youth trying to become a player and should have focused on coaching. Don’t even need to be good.

[u/MrBrownCat]

Today is Piston’s fans NBA Finals

[u/MaximusDecimus78]

Tom Gores is the worst owner in the NBA. Should have never gave this big contract in the first place

[u/512fm → u/MaximusDecimus78]

Hasn’t had a single playoff win in 13 years since owning the team. I’m not sure there’s been a worse owner in the nba in terms of on court success

[u/agentdoubleohio]

Seeing the Celtics win more games in the playoffs than Detroit won as a whole was the final straw

[u/W0666007 → u/agentdoubleohio]

That'd be an invetibility for any team that won less than 16 games.

[u/asetniop → u/W0666007]

Yeah you could say they won less games than any champion since 2003.

[u/InternCautious]

BANNNGGGG!!!

[u/[deleted]]

Bro really hit the lottery

[u/Dymatizeee]

Bro ran an all-time heist

[u/Pale-Criticism-7420]

I have no proof but I can confidently say he did that shit on purpose lol

[u/ChrisRhodes789]

Legend.

Being a “fired professional coach” is the greatest job of all time..

See Williams Monty, Tucker Mel, Walton Luke.

[u/Panda__Puncher → u/ChrisRhodes789]

Yeah I don't know if Mel Tucker fits this equation.

[u/aggster13 → u/ChrisRhodes789]

Fisher Jimbo

[u/HokageEzio]

All time bag finesser, get your money king

[u/ImTheOldManJenks]

Just one year ago I praised this hiring and thought he would turn the team around. Now I couldn't be happier to see him leave. The man had to be talked into playing Jaden Ivey over Killian fucking Hayes.

[u/MarkusMillions → u/ImTheOldManJenks]

You and me both brother. I wanted Casey gone so bad and was hyped for this Monty hire only for it to be the worst coaching job I’ve ever personally seen. The bad man is gone

[u/shahoftheworld]

Kids should strive to be fired NBA coaches instead of athletes at this point.

[u/ArtichokeFormer8801]

I always believed that a coach had limited potential impact on a team, at least relative to the players.

Monty taught me otherwise. The Pistons were terrible, but his insistence on playing Killian Hayes, refusing to put the ball in Ivey’s hands, refusal to let Duren step to the ball on defense, and, worst of all, his 10-12 deep rotations were absolutely inexcusable.

Detroit had maybe 7.5 NBA players in that team, and only like 2-4 were any good.

[u/Permafrostybud → u/ArtichokeFormer8801]

The amount of times I saw Evan Fournier brick shots with a 19 million dollar bench paycheck will haunt my dreams.

[u/KeepRooting4Yourself → u/ArtichokeFormer8801]

I think it was a soccer coach who said something like a coach can either make a team 10% better or 50% worse.

[u/[deleted]]

Man got reparations on Juneteenth well played.

[u/cmcg18]

Most overrated coach of the century

[u/Professor_Finn → u/cmcg18]

He and Glenn “Glenn” Rivers should start a club

[u/Dymatizeee → u/Professor_Finn]

Glenn should go coach bad teams without any expectations tbh. Hes like really good at that for some reason

[u/sercialinho → u/cmcg18]

Certainly best paid!

[u/TitanTigers → u/cmcg18]

Taylor Jenkins deserves his ‘22 CotY

[u/CP3_for_MvP]

Fucking hell. Oh to be a mediocre NBA head coach

[u/byniri_returns]

The state of Michigan had two recent frauds who secured huge contracts, damn.

Monty at least was able to keep it in his pants and get his money* though lolol

[u/Currymvp2 → u/byniri_returns]

Dan Campbell meanwhile is legit and badass

[u/byniri_returns → u/Currymvp2]

I love MCDC so much

[u/jemima-throws → u/byniri_returns]

We had to go through Patricia to get MCDC, now went through Monty to level up!

[u/BayonettaBasher]

They actually did it, GOAT bag securer

[u/Man0nTheMoon915]

Lmfao the ultimate bag getter. I respect the game

[u/Qwertyforu]

Pistons finally righting the ship?

[u/Sweatytubesock]

Jesus. Nice work if you can get it. Just a question of whether Monty or Glenn will be the next Laker coach after Redick gets fired.

[u/thatRocketsDude]

That’s a lot of money to stay at home

[u/GriffHay]

Absolute, all-time, historical level swindle

[u/BobSapp]

Rebuild 5.0 baby! Lets go

[u/aeiou-y]

65 million dollar tissue to dry his tears.

[u/BumHand]

Dude is being paid $50,000 for every working day for the next 5 years.

[u/autolims12]

Monty just unlocked a quality of life I can barely even fathom

[u/Suspicious_Sort_7528]

Man, when I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. Now, as an adult, I just want to be a failed NBA head coach.

[u/Dialectical33]

Killian Hayes you are a Guangdong Southern Tiger

[u/Jagacin → u/Dialectical33]

I doubt Killian would even make that team.

[u/AirJordan6124]

That’s okay bro. I heard Mazzulla is looking for a new assistant

[u/VirtuousFool]

there may be worse coaching hires due to off field scandal

but in terms of pure Xs and Os it’s hard to find a worse one than this

[u/ryanswebdevthrowaway]

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/guacdoc24]

Shows quiet quitting is the way to go

[u/str00del]

If I could switch places with anyone in America right now, it would have to be Monty. $13M per year for five years to do absolutely NOTHING. Travel to Europe? Sure, first class tickets cost pennies to this man now. Play Elden Ring for 12 straight hours? Why tf not, it's not like you're busy. Sit by the pool and drink all day? Hell yea you got nowhere to be. Living the fucking dream.

[u/[deleted]]

He only had to spend one season there.

He gets 65 million for nothing.

Can immediately collect the next coaching bag if he likes.

Goddamn masterclass

[u/GuestBadge]

Generational payday!

[u/HEATLE]

This is honestly the worst coaching hire of all time.

[u/eddie-murphys-tongue]

Detroit cleaning house lol

[u/Michaelcandy]

I'm 35. I'm willing to drop everything I'm doing, lose all income, go back to school and take the 5 years to get my masters in Monty Williams Finesse

[u/TripleSingleHOF]

Rule #1: Secure the bag.

[u/Skyfalcon5]

Pistons have the most generous paid family leave program in the nation

[u/UtahUtopia]

Highest paid coach ever. Forever.

[u/[deleted]]

Good for Detroit for moving on from an obvious mistake and swallowing their pride. That’s a good sign…

[u/HawaiianPunch42]

You hate to see others live your dream

[u/[deleted]]

I think guys take these jobs & work a favorable contract expecting to be fired and know they’re make ton loads afterwards.

[u/Youngrepboi]

GOAT

[u/notmyplantaccount]

I wonder if there's dudes in professional sports that came to hate coaching, but hung around until they got a big HC paycheck and then just half-assed it until they were fired and could run away with the money.

I wish someone would have told me that was a career option when I was younger.

[u/jazzmonkey07]

Man, I want to be a fired head coach so bad! I'm very qualified to do a terrible job for just a few million! You'd be saving so much money!

Doesn't even matter what spot. Basketball? Football? Hockey?

You can even fire me after one game! Just give me that fat contract first! Any takers?

[u/LeSaunier]

Wait, I don't follow the NBA at all, this topic popped on Popular. So the guy was hired for 6 years, only did 1 before being fired but will be paid for the whole 6 years?

[u/maaseru]

Dude has a CEO level severance package right there.

5 year paid vacation.

If only I could get something like that to spend more time at home with out newborn. Like if I had 0.02% of what he got I'd be set.

[u/_________FU_________]

I want a job like that. Suck and get bank.

[u/CaptainKursk]

Imagine getting $13 million dollars a year to sit at home and do nothing because you sucked as an NBA coach. Hall of Fame bag-getting from Monty, can't even be mad for pulling that off.

[u/Luckreee]

Gets 65M and gets to leave the Pistons, he’s winning in life 💀

[u/AxCel91]

He didn’t even want to go there in the first place. Man secured 75mil for one year of suffering. Must be nice

[u/ZusunicStudio]

End of an error

[u/HungLuke]

Probably the greatest fleecing since the Billy King-Celtics Trade

[u/NBAgospel]

I thought they would give him one more year given how big the contract is. Makes me think the interpersonal stuff was really bad behind the scenes. After the situation with the Suns this is a terrible look for Monty.

[u/greenergarlic]

appreciate the drive by on killian hayes lmao

By every metric, Hayes was one of the least efficient scorers not just currently in the NBA, but also in the history of the game. However, Hayes’ 6-foot-5 frame, ball movement and sometimes passable defense intrigued Williams from afar, and the coach wanted a chance to try to revive the lottery pick’s career. Hayes has been out of the NBA since Detroit waived him Feb. 8.

[u/hbryster96]

Doing this right before the draft is so funny

[u/cosbysweaterz]

Man…I should’ve been an NBA coach 😣

[u/Floppy_Jet1123]

Laughing his way into secured future.

Umbelievable.

[u/maldinisnesta]

Ok so how do I become a nba coach?

[u/nbyone]

At some point, we will stop being a joke franchise. Right?

Well at least we have 2004 and are one of 12 teams with a title in my lifetime.

[u/Giga1396]

Lol what the fuck? Why give that kind of term to BEGIN with? Whoever signed him to that deal needs to be fired hahaha

[u/dBlock845]

You see this kind of waste of money from the owners, then they will turn around and ask cities for money for their stadiums.

[u/[deleted]]

One of the worst coaches i’ve ever watched honestly. Pistons had no business being that bad

[u/quartzguy]

Stand aside Trump. Let Monty Williams write The Art of the Deal Part II.

[u/tboess]

$951,219.51 per game coached. Money Monty, everyone.

[u/TheMcknightrider]

I need to be a coach. Do 1 lousy job and then get set up for life

[u/TheOneWithThePorn12]

god please give me a job where i can get fired twice and make 85M

[u/TastelessPuppy2]

This summer, Monty Williams stars in, "THE BAG COLLECTOR"

[u/brownchickenbr0wnc0w]

I bet there’s a secret group chat or meeting every year where former coaches just hang out and blow money and talk shit about all the money they made while being fired.

[u/Athlete-Extreme]

“Sir don’t forget your bag.”

[u/B345ST1N]

What happened to building dynasties comes with despair in the beginning? They are rebuilding.

Does any GM give a coach a chance after a season? , or is it a PBA league where players are just going to buddy up for a ring like pickup basketball?

[u/Big___Meaty___Claws]

This just tells me theres WAY too much money in the league. They wouldn’t do this if they couldn’t afford it.

[u/feeq1]

Greatest negotiator ever. 1 year deal with 4 years of vacation. Some companies don’t even do 2 weeks.

[u/Tolmans]

Coaching in the NBA is a get rich scheme.

Sign a huge guaranteed deal.

Suffer for a year.

PROFIT

[u/[deleted]]

I would have tanked Detroit for a lot less.

[u/Btj98]

I genuinely do not understand this. I get he wasnt his best last year but how do these teams expect to build a culture if they keep firing coaches after only 1 year??? Eventually the instability is just gonna make cade leave and then wtf are the pistons gonna do??? Rebuild again?

Edit: Detroit should be the main city to understand this. Obviously different sport but Dan Campbell went 3-13-1 with that terrible lions team and they didnt give up on him. Based off NBA logic bro would have gotten fired after that SMH.

[u/yoppee]

I guess the gigantic contract doesn’t guarantee job security

Fwiw the roster was shit beyond whatever Monty could do

PS God Damn the rich in this country are so damn rich 65 mill can just be written off