{"id":75587,"date":"2024-04-30T14:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=75587"},"modified":"2024-04-30T14:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T18:07:57","slug":"pistons-former-executive-of-the-year-jon-horst-in-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/30\/pistons-former-executive-of-the-year-jon-horst-in-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Executive of the Year in Play for Pistons?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the Detroit Pistons eyeing a new lead decision-maker, \u201cthere\u2019s a real possibility<\/a>\u201d that Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst would accept an offer from the Pistons to become their new president of basketball operations, per The Ringer\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

Former Executive of the Year in Play for Pistons?<\/h2>\n

Per O\u2019Connor, Horst\u2019s declining power within the front office could provide impetus for him to make the move. Despite being with the organization since 2017, his choices for the Bucks\u2019 next head coach was vetoed on two occasions. When Milwaukee hired first-year head coach Adrian Griffin, he wanted them to bring in Nick Nurse. When they pivoted to Doc Rivers, he thought they should hire Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson.<\/p>\n

Of course, none of those moves quite panned out. Griffin\u2019s coaching decisions were questioned, leading to his firing<\/a>. The Bucks have been unable to win consistently<\/a> under Rivers, going 18-22 since he took over. Meanwhile, the Sixers finished seventh in the Eastern Conference in Nurse\u2019s first year as head coach. Atkinson\u2019s teams have won fewer than 30 games in three of the four games he was head coach.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, having his authority undermined is reason enough to believe he\u2019d be interested in a move. With the Pistons, he won\u2019t have the only voice and may not have the largest one. Pistons owner Tom Gores and general manager Troy Weaver have enjoyed their influence, so there\u2019s no reason to believe that they\u2019ll stop. However, Detroit could allow him to be the final decision-maker, making all the difference.<\/p>\n

A Michigan native who played basketball for a small in-state college (Rochester Christian University), the draw of returning home could also appeal to Horst. To that point, there\u2019s less than two hours between his hometown of Sandusky and Detroit. Someone that likely grew up as a Pistons fan, there\u2019s a certain appeal to leading the home state franchise.<\/p>\n

Why the Pistons Should Hire Horst<\/h3>\n

If Detroit brings in Horst, they\u2019ll have landed an executive with a stellar record.<\/p>\n

The 2019 NBA Executive of the Year, Horst is responsible for hiring Mike Budenholzer in 2018. This could have a particular appeal to the Pistons given the questions surrounding Monty Williams. Though Budenholzer is unlikely to coach a rebuilding team, Horst\u2019s choice for Detroit\u2019s next head coach could accelerate their timeline.<\/p>\n

Horst\u2019s front office also signed Brook Lopez<\/a>, Khris Middleton<\/a>, and Bobby Portis<\/a> while trading for Jrue Holiday<\/a>, moves that led to an NBA championship soon after. Though the Bucks have made questionable draft decisions over the years, the defining characteristic of their front office has been their ability to build a team with great floor balance.<\/p>\n

The Pistons, whose potential has been undermined by poor fit, needs someone with his vision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Detroit Pistons eyeing a new lead decision-maker, \u201cthere\u2019s a real possibility\u201d that Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst would accept an offer from the Pistons to become their new president of basketball operations, per The Ringer\u2019s Kevin O\u2019Connor. Former Executive of the Year in Play for Pistons? Per O\u2019Connor, Horst\u2019s declining power within […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":75629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1608,15,62,3],"tags":[49207,4557],"class_list":["post-75587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pistons","category-basketball","category-bucks","category-nba","category-news","tag-jon-horst","tag-nba-offseason"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}