The basketball offseason is long. It is especially long for a team that fails to make the playoffs, or, in the case of the 2018-19 Detroit Pistons, is swept out in the first round.
While the offseason gives players time for rest and relaxation, not everyone involved with the team is afforded the luxury of a summer leisure.
This is obvious.
Still, when I tune in to a Detroit Tigers game on a random Sunday in mid-July and see the slick hair and snazzy suite of Johnny Kane reporting from the outfield stands of Comerica Park, I can’t help but feel betrayed.