Chaos in Detroit continues as Pistons search for a new president

The Pistons are reportedly looking for an executive who would rank above their general manager, Troy Weaver, who took over as GM in 2020. In Weaver's four-year tenure, the Pistons have gone 74-244. 

This year, they lost a record 28 straight games before finishing with the NBA's worst record, 14-68.

It's only been 16 months since the Pistons announced they'd signed Weaver to a contract extension, and now he's getting a boss.

In general, a team wants their team president to be able to make his own hiring decisions. The Pistons extended Weaver, while head coach Monty Williams still has five years and $65M left on the record-setting deal he signed last summer.

Where will they find their new team president? NBA writer Marc Stein thinks they'll look in their own division.

Milwaukee Bucks GM Jon Horst signed his own long-term contract extension in 2021, after the Bucks won their first title in a half-century. He's a Michigan native, but the real draw for Horst would likely be a big fat raise. 

Perhaps Horst is dubious about the long-term future of the Bucks, who have struggled under new head coach Doc Rivers, and have three players on the wrong side of 30 locked up in large long-term deals.

Regardless, it's bad news for Weaver, who probably hasn't earned any job security over the last four seasons. It's bad news for the young Pistons, who face another offseason of organizational instability.

No matter who takes over, it feels like owner Tom Gores is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Perhaps it's not the coach, the general manager or the lack of a team president. 

Maybe Gores is the problem in Detroit.