Nothing is official, but a new report from NBA reporter Marc Stein indicates that Monty Williams will return to the Detroit Pistons for his second year as head coach.
Williams has approximately $65 million remaining on the six guaranteed years he signed with Detroit last offseason. The GM who signed him to that deal, potentially under protest, was Troy Weaver, who is no longer with the team.
The owner who pushed so hard to add Williams to replace Dwane Casey, Tom Gores, hired Trajan Langdon as president of basketball operations and gave him carte blanche to reshape the front office, sidelines, and roster as he saw fit.