The Detroit Pistons have officially announced and confirmed the departure of Troy Weaver as the franchise General Manager. Weaver was released after the team came to an agreement with Trajan Langdon to be their new President of Basketball Operations.
Simone Fontecchio is coming off a season where he played 66 games for the Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz. He was traded (via the Jazz) to the Pistons during the middle of the season, and finished the year with averages of 10.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per contest while shooting 46.0% from the field and 40.1% from the three-point range.
And so ends the saddest era in Detroit Pistons history After four, miserable years at the helm, Troy Weaver is gone. The former Detroit Pistons GM was dismissed by new President of Basketball Operations Trajan Langdon on Friday, kicking off what promises to be a slew of changes in the Pistons dumpster fire of a front office.
This week, the Detroit Pistons made another notable front office change. On Friday, it was reported that the Pistons were parting ways with the General Manager, Troy Weaver.
Troy Weaver was relieved of his general manager duties today by Trajan Langdon, marking the end of Weaver’s four-year tenure with the Pistons. During this period, the team recorded a 74-244 record, falling short of expectations.
The 2024 NBA Draft is around the corner, and the Detroit Pistons are set to make some changes. Considering how active they were as sellers during the trade deadline back in February, the Pistons could look to make even more moves through the trade market this offseason.
The Detroit Pistons will be moving on from General Manager Troy Weaver, via Shams Charania of the Athletic. The Pistons’ front office needed to make an immediate decision regarding Weaver’s future after announcing the hiring of Trajan Langdon as the new president of basketball operations.
If you put your ear to the door of Detroit Pistons fans, you might hear anything from cheers to trumpets. Not only do they have a new president of basketball operations in Trajan Langdon, they’re getting rid of general manager Troy Weaver.
With Troy Weaver out, Trajan Langdon is reportedly eyeing a Pelicans executive to be his No. 2 The move we all expected finally arrived, if unofficially, as news broke that new Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon has decided to part ways with incumbent GM Troy Weaver, per the Athletic.
He was hired as the Pistons’ general manager in 2020 and oversaw a full-scale rebuild during his four-year tenure. However, the team hasn’t made the strides that ownership and management were hoping for and expecting.
The Detroit Pistons are officially going out with the old and in with the new.
It helps to have an uncle who owns an NBA team.
Among the moves that flew under the radar around the NBA trade deadline this season was the Detroit Pistons trading for Simone Fontecchio. It didn't seem like much in the moment, but the young forward quickly tunred heads with an extended opportunity.
The 28-year-old played professionally in Europe from 2012-22 before signing with the Jazz two summers ago. He spent a season-and-a-half in Utah, then was traded to Detroit at this year’s trade deadline.
When an NBA team gets a new general manager, the old coach's job is always in danger, even if he signed a giant, record-breaking contract.
New Orleans Pelicans general manager Trajan Langdon is expected to join the Detroit Pistons as president of basketball operations, ESPN reported on Thursday.
The Detroit Pistons have settled on a new president of basketball operations.
Langdon has spent the last five years as New Orleans’ general manager, serving as the second in command to executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin.
After some more bad luck in the NBA Lottery, the Detroit Pistons will be drafting No. 5. Here’s who ESPN has them taking in their first mock draft. Despite having one of the best odds for the No.
In a chat on the 'Pardon My Take' podcast, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski opened up on the biggest NBA trade that almost happened. Back in the middle of Kobe Bryant's career, there was a point where he wanted out of the Lakers and the Detroit Pistons were apparently on the verge of becoming his new team.
The Pistons absolutely need a fresh new perspective at the top of the food chain.
The NBA draft lottery was held this past Sunday, and the Detroit Pistons got shafted again. After finishing the season with the worst record and the highest odds to pick first, the Pistons dropped to five.
The Detroit Pistons are in a league of their own when it comes to lack of success on the court in recent seasons. They have had the worst record in the NBA for two straight years and haven’t sniffed the NBA Play-In Tournament, let alone the postseason, in the last five years.
The 2024 draft lottery result caps off the worst two-year stretch in the history of the Pistons franchise.
The Pistons finished with the worst record in franchise history this season (14-68) and had the best odds in the NBA Draft lottery to land the No. 1 overall pick, but will end up with the fifth pick, just like last year.
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