Troy Weaver is a man who stays on message. If you removed some of the names from today’s media availability ahead of Thursday’s 2022 NBA Draft, you wouldn’t know if it was a transcript from 2020, 2021 or 2022. The names on the draft board may change, but the philosophy remains the same.
That philosophy seems to be this: You put in the work and plan for any potential outcomes, who a player is as a person is even more important than he is as a collection of skills, pay zero attention to the rumors floating around in news reports because they are probably wrong, and continue restoring the roster and build one that matches the personality of the people of Detroit.