Ann Arbor — It was flattering, enlightening, even invigorating. And now that it’s over, in many ways, John Beilein is just getting started.
On the day before summer practice began, with his most-heralded freshman class on campus, with a new contract coming any day, Beilein isn’t spending much time looking back. Yes, the NBA was intriguing, and if the Pistons had offered him the job, he said the decision would’ve been “a tough one.”
When it became public a few weeks ago, it seemed like an odd courtship, a college basketball lifer exploring the NBA at 65.