Detroit — You don’t have to trust the process to like the hire.
And while it’ll take more than hiring Dwane Casey to turn the Pistons into legitimate contenders, Monday’s long-awaited announcement of a five-year deal with the 61-year-old — voted NBA coach of the year by his peers for his work in Toronto this season — really was the best possible outcome at this point.
That’s surely why owner Tom Gores and his search committee pressed so hard over the weekend to make sure it happened, with Casey still wavering despite dropping hints last week on TV about his plans to coach in Detroit.