The Pistons are hiring Luke Walton to join J.B. Bickerstaff‘s coaching staff as the lead assistant, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania (Twitter link). As noted by Charania, Walton has spent the last two seasons serving as an assistant coach in Cleveland under Bickerstaff.
Walton played in the NBA for the Lakers from 2003-12 and then spent the 2012/13 season with the Cavs before retiring. He then enjoyed brief stints as an assistant for the University of Memphis and the now-South Bay Lakers of the G League.
Walton got his first NBA coaching job in 2014 as an assistant for the Warriors for two seasons. He helped the organization win a title in ’14/15 and earn an all-time best 73-9 record in ’15/16. Filling in as Golden State’s interim head coach at the start of the ’15/16 season while Steve Kerr recovered from back surgery, Walton led the Warriors to a 24-game winning streak and a 39-4 overall record. He was hired by the Lakers the following season as a first-time head coach.
The Lakers went 98-148 in three years under Walton. After leaving the Lakers, Walton was hired as the head coach in Sacramento, where he won 68 games in a little more than two seasons. In all, Walton owns a 166-241 record as a head coach.
Wow!! He is back!
This is good
Wow
I guess he did go like 34-1 with the Warriors or something as an assistant so many we can look at that over everything else and just pretend he is a great coach
What about Warriors connection with Atkinson??
What connection?
Could this Pistons team run the triangle with any level of success? Seems ideal for Cunningham at least.
The Triangle is nonexistent in today’s NBA for a reason
It simply would not work anywhere close to as well as it did in the Jordan/Phil eras of NBA. The new defensive rules, focus on perimeter offensive foul calls and modern offenses generally built around the deep ball –along with there is very few bigs that could play in Triangle in NBA anymore–means I think we’ve seen the last of the Phil Jackson-esque Triangle
Luke Walton should be the voice of the NBA.
you ever hear him. Sounds like Barry White.
Pistons need all the help they can get.
I legit thought you were talking about Bill Walton.
Part of me thinks you still are
Listen to Luke lol. He has that deep voice. Easily could be a radio personality……
Have you listened to QuestLove. The dude is National Hero.
WTF? I loved Barry White. But…