Detroit Pistons Look Lifeless, Monty Williams Lost the Team | MARTIN WEISS & VEEJAY HUSKEY

Detroit Pistons Look Lifeless, Monty Williams Lost the Team | MARTIN WEISS & VEEJAY HUSKEY

But V Let’s we normally like to talk about Winners right or are teams that are in competition sure for uh for for something right you know but at this point right now the only thing that the Detroit Pistons are in competition of is futility it’s like will they be the

Worst team in NBA history right now survey says yes ding the ding ding ding they take on the Boston Celtics in just a moment right here it tips off in about 30 minutes and uh gotta say VJ I think the smart money although I do have to

Say I did see John Ewing who tweets out the BET MGM bet information he’s a good good follow to know what kind of the sports books are thinking about yeah you said there’s more bets on the Pistons money line today than any other bet in

The NBA any spread any side any prop and that’s because it’s almost 10 to one considering they will beat the Boston Celtics tonight who are sitting uh Jaylen Brown Jason Tatum questionable but still I’m going to go ahead and think I’m not betting on it but I would

Imagine the Pistons I finish tonight 2 and 28 yeah uh this is very alarming this is super super alarming that the Pistons are this bad and I don’t was it one alarm two alarm three alarm this is p this is uh what’s the what’s the losing streak right now 28 20 is 27

Right now 27 okay so 227 is their record it’s an old show TV show right there with Jack a hair so that’s where they’re sitting right now I’mma go to a place that I normally don’t like to go this early for a coach with a new team I’m questioning whether

Monty Williams even wants to be there I I I really am because we all know what happened and how Phoenix ended he was very adamant about taking some time and just kind of going away for a little while and the Pistons did what a good business organization does when you want

To go get your guy they put a contract on the table that nobody I don’t care how much rest you need how much you want to go chill with the family how much you want to get yourself together when that contract hits the the table and they put

A pin on it and they slide it across the table nobody’s not signing that 6 years 78.5 million and it has with performance incentives facted in just spoiler alert I don’t think he’s going to hit those performance incentive at least not in year one it could exceed upwards of $100

Million yeah so nobody’s saying no to that but that does not mean his heart was in this job they have talent I don’t want to hear guard heavy guard load it’s a damn guard League what what basketball have y’all been watching there’s no big men no real big what two or three guys

Left it’s a wing and guard League you have the former number one pick you have two or three top five top six Bagley was a third pickall Jay iy was a high pick K Cunningham like you said the first overall was a number two yeah was a

Number two overall pick like you have talent I don’t want to hear there’s Talent there and last year trust me there were times you can see the Pistons were starting to come together and that was without Kade Cunningham you get the former number one pick back who’s legit

On both ends of the floor yeah he’s got some improvement to make on his jumpy he’s got some improvement to make on his defensive side of the ball but so did everybody when they first came into the NBA it looks lifeless it looks like he’s

Lost a team and when you lose a young team this early this is an alarm man this is a fullblown you know catastrophic armag getting Independence Day type alarm it just feels like he don’t want to be there but he’s got he’s there because he’s getting paid but I know he walked

Away and I know what he said when he walked away and for you to jump right back in it I almost kind of use the analogy of it’s like the guy who goes through a long relationship guy or girl goes through a long relationship and it

Ends badly it ends badly they go you know what I’m going to stay single for a while I’m not going to date I’m going hit the gym I’m going work on myself I’m going to do all these things and you see him at the bar week later and he’s with

A girl and he introduces you hey VJ I would like to int I want you to meet my girl now you’re not going to blow his cover if you’re a real homie but you’re looking like bro didn’t you just say you were taking a break after your 15year

Relationship after your 10 relation and you’re already in another relationship and they already start the spiral early it’s like yeah bro you shouldn’t even be there I’m just starting to feel like Martin I don’t want to you know say what’s in the guy’s heart I’m only talking about what I’m seeing and what

I’m seeing is a lifeless team no energy he’s lost these young kids and I’m just even his pressers they just kind of look like yeah we didn’t something something something there you know we got to get better at that oh no well C thank you Captain Obvious that you got to get

Better at something at 2 and 27 that’s where I am with it man I I don’t want to use the f word the the fired word right now but if I’m the front office I may just be having some conversation that yeah maybe maybe we blew this by

Bringing this guy in you know coming off I’m going to I’m going to list you some names of people that make less money than Monty Williams Oh my God go Greg papovich right Monty Williams $13 million per year on average all right Greg papovich $1.5 million per year

Steve Kerr $9 million per year those two guys have in common and Eric spoler $8.5 million per year uh Championship R Championship championship rings multiple although you know what else papovich and Monty Williams have in common 20 game losing streaks this year that’s true that’s true all right that’s true all

Only four of the coaches were making $8 million or more last season and all of them were fired Nick nurse Mike buen hoser Doc Rivers Steve Nash all right Bill bellich makes $20 million per year reportedly right Sean uh Shawn pyton a guy we’ll talk to talk about in just a

Little bit makes 18 million Pete Carol 15 Sean McVey 14 and there’s the list of coaches in professional and college sports that make more money than Monty Williams or make you know just around that same amount right Nick SA 11.7 million John Calipari 8.5 million that’s

Just at some point Martin Real Talk man at some point it can’t just be the players I’m big on coaching I say this all the time people who say stupid stuff like anybody could coach that team or anybody could have coached Jordan and Pippen or Kobe and sha or anybody could

Have coached that word that’s that’s crap that’s not true at all coaching matters or they wouldn’t have coaches coaching matters or they wouldn’t have coaches there’s a reason why uh uh Royal Williams can leave Kansas to come to Carolina and hang multiple banners but they couldn’t get it done without Dean

Smith until he got there there’s a reason why coaches coach some coaches win and some coaches don’t coaching matters and right now it just feels like he doesn’t want to coach because they have too much talent to be sitting as the worst team possibly in NBA history

What’s the record is it 33 in a row or something to that as far as losses I was okay 28 in a row they’re going to Eclipse that Martin they’re not winning these games I mean several people you know you know I’m in the betting world big time Big Time several people right

Now are laying alternative spreads on Boston minus 30 the I mean I’m seeing it I don’t think Boston covers the 30 but they’re going to win this is from sham shiria said this time around Tom gor the owner of the Pistons Troy Weaver the general manager and so prison’s front office

Decided not to take no for an answer and put money put numbers in front of Williams as well as a plan to court and entice him to help an upcoming Squad get to the next level as he had done with the Suns rather than sit out of year the

Next day that Collective meeting goris sent a private plane to pick up Williams per League sources the 51 year Ro coaches in gor’s California living room that night that night and maybe just maybe that’s my point maybe just maybe guy tells you no just take no just take

No rich people don’t you know mean rich people don’t like just take no as as the answer maybe no should have just worked out because you probably a have a better or let’s just say this a more shited head coach at the moment for like half

The price yeah $13 million I you know they were big in Kevin oi right that was another Kevin ol was the name out there also I think Kevin olly would have did it for like seven million yeah and I guarantee you this if Kevin Ali’s there you cannot convince me that they’re

Sitting at 2 and 27 do you can tell me nothing if Kevin O’s that head coach they may have seven may have eight nine 10 cool but they would not be two and 27 if Kevin and Kevin Ali took the deal but this is this is what I’ve been saying

For about three weeks now they they put a deal on the table that just nobody was going to say no to but that doesn’t mean that they’re into it that doesn’t mean that they’re committed because they signed Charles Barkley is famous for saying he did an interview where he say

He walked into the uh the Houston Rockets front office with with on his mind to retire to tell them he was done they put a two-year extension on the table he said he picked up a pen and sign it but he walked out the door he said I knew in my head I

Couldn’t play no more I knew I couldn’t play anymore I knew I didn’t have it anymore but they put that money on the table in front of me and I went uh okay yeah what’ you come in for Charles oh uh uh I was going to tell y’all about

Something that happened last night but it’s not bored never mind let me give me give me a pen let me sign I just think that they put this deal on the table and who’s turn who’s saying no to 70 million guaranteed dollars when you want to

Really go sit and take a year off remember he had the the tragic with with with his misses and stuff so I I feel for the dude but I’m calling it just like I see it he looked at 70 million and went God who turn who turns down 70

Million in America people nobody does yeah he’s had uh he’s had tough go his wife obviously died in car accident in 2016 and his wife now that he married uh in 2018 2017 I believe is fighting uh cancer yes so I mean all the reason in the world to not be consuming yourself

With basketball and work at this moment in time especially when you consider the amount of money he’s made prior to this moment right and I’m praying for him I just want that to be out there I’m praying for I really am I’m pulling for him but I just don’t think this is the

The job for him right now and also that roster probably could use a little bit of work but still regardless you can back into 20 wins in the NBA 25 you can like like there’s like there’s literally things called schedule losses in the NBA like as as a better you bet

On those who this team’s playing three nights three games and four nights and they’re on the road and they just moved they just flew from New York to Oklahoma City it’s like yeah they’re they’re probably going to or like for example today Luca donic is going to be out

Against the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Dallas Mavericks you know how I knew that cuz he’s day to-day with the quad and played 38 minutes of the L before I didn’t need to hear the announcement uh later on today coming from Mark Stein that that Don was going to sit today

It’s the it’s the NBA of today and that’s also coming off the Christmas night game too against Phoenix correct you have an idea you played 40 minutes the last couple nights you have an idea probably gonna rest right but no it doesn’t matter whatever the Pistons do

They continue to lose but what where do you go from here how do you move on from this what is the answer

MARTIN WEISS & VEEJAY HUSKEY discuss the debacle that is the Detroit Pistons, who currently have a record of 2 and 28 with a 27-loss streak in what’s turned out to be one of the uglier seasons in sports right now.

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