J.B. Bickerstaff believes he can be the coach to finally turn around the Detroit Pistons, a once-proud franchise that has had the NBA's worst record the last two seasons.
J.B. Bickerstaff - The Canadian PressDETROIT — J.B. Bickerstaff believes he can be the coach to finally turn around theThe Pistons, who have lost a league-record 14 straight playoff games dating to 2008, hired Bickerstaff after he was fired by theBickerstaff took over the Cavs in 2020, when John Beilein exited with a 14-40 record. He led them to the playoffs in each of the last two years, winning a first-round series last season.
“You want somebody who can come in here and hit the ground running, and who’s done this before,” Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said."Especially with a young team coming off a difficult season, positivity was important. The Cavs fired Bickerstaff in May after winning 99 regular-season games over the last two seasons and losing to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
While Langdon has made many moves to potentially make the team better on the court, his decision to give Bickerstaff another shot on the sideline was a recruiting process that Bickerstaff said he appreciates.
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