The Detroit Pistons are close to finalizing a five-year deal for J.B. Bickerstaff to serve as the team’s next head coach. The hiring comes just one week after new president Trajan Langdon fired Monty Williams after one disastrous season that saw the Pistons with a franchise-low 14 wins. The news was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Bickerstaff is coming off two consecutive playoff appearances with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but that is also the franchise that decided that despite successful seasons, they wanted to move on and find a new voice on the sidelines.