May 24th, 2018. The Detroit Pistons were shortly removed from one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory, after failing to make the playoffs for the second season in a row, even with the addition of Blake Griffin to the roster.
It was the end of Stan Van Gundy’s disappointing tenure as the president/head coach dual role he was serving in Detroit, and our future was very much in question. Detroit needed change, but they also needed stability in the front office.
Before Van Gundy was the long tenure of Joe Dumars, who after bringing a championship roster to Detroit and multiple back to back appearances to the Eastern Conference Finals, made multiple head scratching moves that put the Pistons franchise in a nose dive for almost an entire decade.