Draymond congratulates Monty Williams on his dismissal from the Pistons originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Draymond Green doesn’t have much sympathy for former Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams.
And for good reason.
Detroit fired Williams after the NBA’s worst 2023-24 season, 14-68, a year after the 52-year-old coach signed a record six-year, $78.5 million contract to become the coach of the Pistons.
The Warriors forward spoke about Williams’ firing on the latest episode of “Draymond’s Green Show“, where he tried to make sense of Detroit’s decision.
“They signed him to a historic contract in NBA history and fired him the next year,” Green said. “They didn’t even give him the opportunity to build what they thought he could build when they hired him for six years.” “.
“When you sign someone to a six-year contract, you can’t think that in the first year everything will change. You need time to instill culture. Culture is not built overnight.”
The Pistons will pay Williams approximately $65 million over the next five years to not coach the team, which Green believes is a pretty comfortable position for Williams.
“Congratulations to Monty Williams for being fired by the Detroit Pistons after just one season,” Green added. “He’ll be able to come home, be with his family and still make $65 million over the next five years while he’s not coaching the Pistons. How crazy is that?”
A blessing in disguise?