The Joe Dumars era came to an unceremonious, and yet, inevitable end on Monday morning when the Pistons announced that the only representative of the team's three championships was stepping down from his duties, effective immediately. And thus, the onus is now on Tom Gores to find one of 'the best executives in the business' to take the Pistons back to glory.
Gores' broad search is only going to heat up now that the season is over, so we want to make sure you're on top of it. Below is a list of names that have been tossed around by various medias. We will profile some of our favorite names and have separate posts on names that receive legitimate interest from the Pistons, but we will also update this post as the search develops.
UPDATE: Pistons hire Jed Hughes to help with GM search.
UPDATE: Pistons plan to keep search and its timetable quiet
UPDATE: Pistons 'close' to hiring Stan Van Gundy to coach, lead front office
UPDATE: Pistons have agreement in place to make Stan Van Gundy coach, president of basketball operations
UPDATE: Jeff Bower hired as Pistons GM
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Chauncey Billups |
Guard, Detroit Pistons |
He's practiced... |
Scott Perry |
VP of Basketball Operations, Orlando Magic |
Rumored to be among top candidates; Detroit News says he could be ready |
Jeff Bower
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Head coach at Marist College
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ravis Schlenk |
assistant GM, Golden State Warriors |
'been to a couple of Pistons games lately'; blends technology, analytics and old-school scouting |
David Morway |
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former Indiana Pacers GM |
Gersson Rosas |
executive VP of Basketball Operations, Houston Rockets |
Daryl Morey called him one of the best executives and evaluators (analytics) in the NBA; DBB profile |
Michael Zarren |
assistant GM and team counsel, Boston Celtics |
turned down 76ers; strong analytics mind; strong candidate, according to former MLIVE beat writer Blakely |
Jeff Weltman |
VP of basketball operations, Toronto Raptors |
former Dumars guy; analytics mind; DBB profile; rumored to be 'in running' |
Troy Weaver |
assistant GM, VP of Oklahoma City Thunder |
former scout |
Donnie Walsh |
Indiana Pacers consultant |
DBB profile; old |
Tony Ronzone |
director of player personnel, Dallas Mavericks |
former Dumars guy |
Gary Sacks |
GM, Los Angeles Clippers |
Clipper veteran recently promoted to GM |
Allan Houston |
assistant GM, New York Knicks |
former Pistons player |
Steve Kerr |
TNT analyst |
analytics mind; may want to coach; rumored to be favorite to take Knicks coaching job |
Bryan Colangelo |
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former GM of Raptors, recipient of 2005 & 2007 executive of the year award; rumored to be at the front of the pack, but Sean says not to worry (too much) about those rumors |
Grant Hill |
NBA TV analyst |
former Pistons player; reportedly not interested if he was a candidate, and ESPN says he is |
Isiah Thomas |
NBA TV analyst |
former Pistons player; reportedly not a candidate whatsoever, but who knows... |
Michael Winger |
assistant GM, legal Oklahoma City Thunder |
from Ohio, worked with Cavs
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Steve Smith |
NBA TV analyst |
lifelong Detroiter, whispers he wants front office consideration |
Kevin Sawyer |
writer, Detroit Bad Boys |
Because Why not? |
John Hammond |
GM Milwaukee Bucks |
former assistant GM to Joe Dumars, assistant coach; Bucks beat writer thinks he could groom Billups if he is fired (he just signed 3-year extension with Bucks in January 2013) |
Stan Van Gundy
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Former Magic coach
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Otis Smith |
former Magic GM |
If SVG is hired with FO control, Woj says SVG will look closely at hiring Smith as GM; NBA's worst contracts reflect poorly on Smith |
Scott Layden |
Spurs assistant GM |
GM for Knicks in early 2000s; emerging candidate? |
Stu Jackson |
former Vancouver Grizzlies GM, NBA executive VP |
The job is his if he wants it, sources say |
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Last update: June 2, 11:49 a.m. ET.
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