Las Vegas — When Ed Stefanski took over as Pistons senior adviser, there was plenty of uncertainty about what that meant.
Was he just going to hire the new coach and general manager and then hang around in the wings? Was he getting his big break as the new GM or team president? Why wasn’t he given a different title?
It all seems moot now.
Stefanski is firmly in control of things — and judging from the offseason he’s had so far, it’s been something of a success. He started with getting the best coaching candidate in Dwane Casey, then added Malik Rose — a bright, highly regarded rising star among front-office types — and tacked on a pair of unheralded rookies in Khyri Thomas and Bruce Brown in the second round of the draft.