For two years, the Pistons have had one of the more unusual structures to their front office in the NBA. After moving on from Stan Van Gundy and Jeff Bower, who were team president and general manager, respectively, the Pistons brought in Ed Stefanski, who served as senior adviser to team owner Tom Gores.
Since his arrival, Stefanski has been the de facto president of basketball operations but hasn’t held that title. Moreover, there hasn’t been a general manager to run the day-to-day basketball activities, but Malik Rose and Pat Garrity were two assistant general managers reporting to Stefanski.