The Pistons have received permission to interview Nets assistant Brian Keefe in their head coaching search, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets. Wojnarowski mentioned Keefe as a potential candidate for the job last week.
Keefe has been with five NBA teams since joining the Spurs as a video coordinator in 2006. He worked with Detroit general manager Troy Weaver in Oklahoma City and has spent the last two seasons with Brooklyn.
Detroit was also granted permission by the Pelicans to interview assistant Jarron Collins, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Collins played 11 NBA seasons with the Jazz, Suns, Clippers and Trail Blazers and won three NBA titles as a member of the Warriors’ coaching staff. He came to New Orleans when head coach Willie Green was hired in 2021.
Interviews are expected to begin this week, Charania adds.
The Pistons are casting a wide net in their effort to replace Dwane Casey, who announced plans to transition to the front office after the regular season ended. They have already set up an interview with Kevin Ollie and have received permission to talk with Bucks assistant Charles Lee.
Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin and Heat assistant Chris Quinn are also expected to be candidates for the job, and former Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Bulls assistant Josh Longstaff have been mentioned as well.
I’m rooting for Udoka to get this job. His experience under Pops is very valuable and hopefully he’s learned his lesson from what happened in Beantown
Ime is on his way to Canada.
If Pistons draft Wemby,
Sign Naz Reid $80MM, Rui $60MM and Austin Reaves $80MM, they are playoffs teams right away.
The frontcourt is already deep with young-ish players that need minutes (Wiseman, Duren, Stewart, Bagley) and if they added Wembanyama the biggest need will remain on the wing, where the Pistons could use multiple 3-and-D guys. They’ll have the $$$ though, and the franchise is starting to shape up a bit. I am EXCITE.
is keefe from mars?