When Pistons owner Tom Gores made the announcement Thursday that they were adding Ed Stefanski as a senior adviser to guide their front office, it came as something of a surprise. For more than two weeks, the Pistons seemed to be a rudderless ship, without direction at the top of the organization.
General manager Jeff Bower, the highest-ranking member of the staff remaining after Stan Van Gundy was removed as team president and head coach, still is running the day-to-day operations but Bower’s contract expires on June 30 and there’s uncertainty about where the Pistons will go from there.