The Pistons are hiring Mavericks executive Dennis Lindsey as their senior VP of basketball operations, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
Lindsey will serve as one of Trajan Langdon‘s top assistants in the restructured Detroit front office. Langdon was hired away from the Pelicans to become the Pistons’ president of basketball operations.
Lindsey was the other finalist for Detroit’s top executive job, which was previously held by general manager Troy Weaver. That didn’t stop the Pistons from continuing to pursue Lindsey in a secondary role. He met with owner Tom Gores multiple times during the process for hiring a team president. Prior to getting hired by Dallas, Lindsey was Utah’s GM from 2012-19.
The Pistons are also reportedly hiring Michael Blackstone as their executive VP of basketball operations, so it’s unclear when Lindsey or Blackstone will be Langdon’s right-hand man or if they’ll have equal say.
Detroit, of course, is still in the midst of a coaching search after dismissing Monty Williams last week.
Lindsey is the basketball guy and Blackstone is the financial/cap guy.
Draft Rob Dillingham or a forward that can shoot at #5 overall (Buzelis/Cody Williams/Salaun)
Trade Ivey & Beef Stew to Denver for MPJ
Take on a salary dump (THJ)
Cade/THJ/Ausar/MPJ/Duren
Sasser, Rob, TBrown Jr, Umude, Fontecchio off the bench.. still need a shooter & a big off bench but they’d be headed in the right direction
Knecht
Pistons need offense. That’s where you start. Also need closers. Not all closers are scorers. Playing to win is a team thing.
Adding LaVine, Knecht, Harris doesn’t take much.
THJ confirmed with a move like this.
Not a bad idea either they need shooters and offensive firepower.
I’d still like to see them go after Bridges, have him return home.
5th overall, Knecht makes sense.
I’d then listen to offers on Ivey and Stewart.
Cade THJ Thompson Bridges Duren
Sasser Knetch Brown Fontecchio Stewart