Detroit Pistons snag Monty Williams after taking swing at former Phoenix Suns head coach
Then the Detroit Pistons changed his present and future.
Weaver and Gores led conversations with Williams last weekend as he signed the contract Thursday, the team announced Friday. The top-seeded Suns ended their historic season with a 33-point loss in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against Dallas. They made a third straight trip to the playoffs under Williams this season, but once again bowed out in the conference semifinals, losing Game 6 to No. 1-seeded Denver by 25 points at home.
“Monty represented the ideal prototype for our young team, but we didn’t expect him to be available,” Weaver said in a team news release. “When he suddenly became available, we jumped at the opportunity to speak with him. That doesn’t mean the others in our process were not strong candidates. They were. But Monty is the prototype."
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