As a newcomer to Detroit and the Pistons, I’m thrilled and humbled to join such a storied franchise. As I said when Tom Gores, our owner, named me general manager, this isn’t a rebuilding – it’s a restoring. I remember the Bad Boys of Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Bill Laimbeer and the more recent champions with Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton. Only eight franchises have won at least three NBA championships. The Pistons are one of them. I came here to honor that tradition and to build on it.
I spent the last 12 years as assistant general manager in Oklahoma City.