The Pistons are hiring J.B. Bickerstaff on a five-year deal to be the team's new head coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Bickerstaff emerged from a field of several candidates to land the job under new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon. Bickerstaff ushered thethrough a rebuild, winning 99 regular-season games over the past two seasons. He led Cleveland to the Eastern Conference playoffs in consecutive years -- including a conference semifinals berth this year. The Cavaliers dismissed Bickerstaff after the season, hiring Kenny Atkinson.and Cleveland.
Langdon has been aggressive in gathering front office and coaching talent in recent weeks, hiring Mike Blackstone and Dennis Lindsey in his front office and now moving quickly to land Bickerstaff out of a field that includedto a long-term contract on his rookie extension and are prioritizing the use of their salary cap space to take on veteran contracts strapped with future draft picks.
After replacing John Beilein as interim coach in 2020, Bickerstaff had a 170-159 record in five seasons with the Cavaliers. Cleveland was the Eastern Conference's fourth seed with a 48-34 record this season, beating the
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