The Detroit Pistons are currently negotiating a five-year, $35 million deal that would make Stan Van Gundy their head coach and president of basketball operations.
Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to break the news:
Stan Van Gundy and Detroit are negotiating on a five-year, $35M deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) May 13, 2014
Van Gundy had been in high demand, with the Golden State Warriors also in hot pursuit. When Detroit offered full control of basketball operations, Van Gundy asked the same from the Warriors, but Golden State's management balked and left an opening for the Pistons to seal the deal. According to Wojnarowski, Van Gundy will likely pursue former Orlando GM Otis Smith for the same position in Detroit:
If a deal's reached in Detroit to make Stan Van Gundy president/coach, he's looking closely at hiring Otis Smith as GM, sources tell Yahoo.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) May 13, 2014
We'll bring you more details as this story continues to develop.
