Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego has removed his name from consideration for the Pistons‘ head coaching vacancy, league sources tell Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report (via Twitter). Justin Napoli of Boot Krewe Media first tweeted on Thursday that he was hearing Borrego would remain in New Orleans.
Borrego, who also received serious consideration for the Lakers’ and Cavaliers’ head coaching jobs this offseason, was immediately identified as a candidate for Detroit following the dismissal of Monty Williams last week.
The veteran assistant, who served as the head coach of the Hornets from 2018-22, has spent the last two seasons on Willie Green‘s staff in New Orleans, overlapping with new Pistons president of basketball operations and former Pelicans general manager Trajan Langdon.
One recent report from Marc Stein indicated that the Lakers would also have interest in Borrego as an assistant if he didn’t get a head coaching job, though Stein stressed that the Pelicans would be determined to hang onto him in that scenario.
With Borrego off the table, Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori, Mavericks assistant Sean Sweeney, and former Cavs head coach J.B. Bickerstaff are among the candidates to watch for the Pistons. All three have had interviews with the team, per James L. Edwards III of The Athletic.
Good idea. Seems like a career killing job at this point.
Based on the subpar coaches of the last few years? It’s a great coaching opportunity, if they could find a competent coach.
All these coaches should just go work for Kerr.
Borrego, Monty, Griffin, Vogel, Vaughn…. Still cant believe Ham turned Kerr down.
J.B. Bickerstaff will look great as the Detroit Pistons head coach! He didn’t deserve to get fired from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Donovan Mitchell was behind that smh.
He didn’t but players now dictate who they want to coach them
I agree, and I am a diehard Pistons fan of 50+ years
Bring back Dicky V.. link to m.youtube.com
Pistons need an interim coach – one year deal
If he is good, then sign him a long term contract.
Mark Jackson is very hungry to grab this job
Something like this would be a bad deal – crazy insane
Sign James Borrego to 5 years contract $150 million
If he is underachieved, get rid of him within 5 months
Mark Jackson would be a great way for Langdon to pull a Monty and lose his job after a year
No coach is going to agree to a 1 year deal
No coach signs 150/5, it would be 40/5
At this point just give the job back to Dwayne Casey for a year. Or see what Rip Hamilton could do as a coach..
Bickerstaff is the man they should hire. For all the obvious reasons.
Nate McMillan ……. do it
How about Zeke giving coaching one last try.
He could get Bill and Joe as assistants.
I’m drunk.