July 3, 2024

Detroit Pistons mailbag, Part 1: On Monty Williams’ future, 2024 NBA Draft, Malik Monk and more

The Detroit Pistons’ busy offseason made some ground a few weeks ago with the hiring of Trajan Langdon as president of basketball operations. While that decision was the most pivotal move to come this summer, it’s not the final tough decision Detroit will have to make.

Per team sources, owner Tom Gores has given Langdon the ability to make changes to the front office and coaching staff as he sees fit. The first domino to fall in that regard came last week when The Athletic reported that the team and general manager Troy Weaver were parting ways. It is believed that the organization is now evaluating the coaching staff, including head coach Monty Williams, who signed a six-year, $73 million contract this time last year.

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The 2024 NBA Draft is this month, and the Pistons hold the No. 5 pick despite having an NBA– and franchise-worst 14 wins this past season. Could they trade the pick? Free agency is not far away, either, and Detroit is projected to have $65 million in cap space, which is the most in the league. Will the Pistons use the space to take on bad contracts for assets and continue to build with the youth as the top priority? Will they trade to spend big to add more proven NBA talent?

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