Follow usJ.B. Bickerstaff has agreed to a 5-year contract to become the next manager of the Detroit Pistons.
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
The Detroit Pistons are hiring J.B. Bickerstaff as their next head coach, per @wojespn
Bickerstaff took the Cleveland Cavaliers to the playoffs the last two seasons.#DetroitBasketball pic.twitter.com/nAc1YMarqs
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J.B. emerged from a field of several candidates to secure the position under the new president of basketball operations, Trajan Langdon. The new head coach ushered the Cavs through a rebuild, winning 99 regular-campaign matches in the past 2 years. Bickerstaff led Cavaliers to the East Conference postseason in straight seasons – including a conference ½ finals in the past campaign. Cleveland fired J.B. after the campaign, appointing Kenny Atkinson.
Detroit will be the manager’s 4th head-coaching job, including periods with the Rockets, Grizzlies, and the Cavs. Pistons dismissed manager Monty Williams after a league-worst 14-68 campaign, in his 1st year in a 6-year, almost 79 million dollar deal. Chiefs also moved on from GM Troy Weaver, appointing Langdon.
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