Distance Learning Center 2024-07-02 Distance Learning Center - Last update images today Distance Learning Center DB Sanders Touts Closer Buffs: Got Rid Of 'poison' DETROIT -- J.B. Bickerstaff believes he can be the coach to finally turn around the Detroit Pistons, a once-proud franchise that has had the NBA's worst record the past two seasons. The Pistons, who have lost a league-record 14 straight playoff games dating to 2008, hired Bickerstaff after he was fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers, a franchise the coach helped improve over four seasons. Bickerstaff took over the Cavs in 2020, when John Beilein exited with a 14-40 record. He led them to the playoffs in each of the past two years, winning a first-round series this past season. "I think the proof is there that we have the experience," Bickerstaff said Wednesday when he was formally introduced as Detroit's third coach in three years. The Pistons were drawn to the 45-year-old Bickerstaff because he previously led three NBA teams, giving him a track record to help sell his vision to a mix of young players and veterans. "You want somebody who can come in here and hit the ground running, and who's done this before," Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said. "Especially with a young team coming off a difficult season, positivity was important. "We felt experience was important. The players needed to feel like the person coming in here knew what he was talking about." Bickerstaff, who twice finished among the top five in NBA Coach of the Year voting, was 170-159 in four-plus seasons in Cleveland and had six victories in the playoffs. The Cavs fired Bickerstaff in May after winning 99 regular-season games over the past two seasons and losing to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Detroit gave him a four-year contract, with a team option for a fifth season. He is replacing Monty Williams, who was fired one season into his six-year, $78.5 million contract. Langdon is succeeding fired general manager Troy Weaver, whose teams in Detroit won 23% of their games in his four seasons. While Langdon has made many moves to potentially make the team better on the court, his decision to give Bickerstaff another shot on the sideline was a recruiting process that Bickerstaff said he appreciates. His previous head-coaching positions were all promotions -- in Houston, Memphis and Cleveland after Kevin McHale and David Fizdale were fired and Beilein resigned. "All of us are human -- feels good to be wanted and sought after," Bickerstaff said. "The fact that Trajan reached out and gave me the call, let me know that he believed in me right away." Detroit will have to overcome doubts to be a winner next season. Cade Cunningham's improved surrounding cast, though, seems to set the team up for some level of improvement. Cunningham, who agreed to a $224 million, five-year contract extension to stay in the Motor City, should have some more shooters to help spread the floor. Langdon's early moves include signing Tobias Harris and Malik Beasley, acquiring Tim Hardaway Jr. from Dallas in a trade and selecting Ron Holland of the G League Ignite with the No. 5 pick in the NBA draft. The veterans will be asked to produce while leading a group of young players that includes 20-year-old Jalen Duren, 21-year-old Ausar Thompson along with 22-year-olds Cunningham and Jaden Ivey. "There's some high-level, high-ceiling potential guys," Bickerstaff said. "It's our responsibility to help them get there." 665 1 Distance Learning B0ea94 2740823d7b0547688fe2ef2a7917a7e8 117032 Photo 1465513527097 544020a68b06 0382520 1 Hybrid Learning Hands Raised Math Screen .rendition.intel .web .576.324 Learning2024 Border Light 1536x248 Symbiosis Distance Learning Admission 2024 0QrqDm1kYu 39e532 Db5bbf17fe7042c1a309fb8681d205d3~mv2 126281 Photo 1524995997946 A1c2e315a42f Photo Wagner Ellen Istock 2 E1530560014961 AATXAJwEqGZFdTA7WDwwsiaB EqC3bn MSFJh83FUw=s900 C K C0xffffffff No Rj Mo 116711 Shutterstock 375325921 111188 Shutterstock 349353287 95203 Thumb Dlc Vdlc Banner 1621421027455 117056 Photo 1540866225557 9e4c58100c67 Header Logo Image 117605 Shutterstock 663049366 Distance Learning 117064 Photo 1514510419866 78b4fa6ca27b Academy 2023 News0042 1200 Maxresdefault Symposium1 Sym12 WEB Development Flyer 2023 1 004536 89e4f23b 19a0 4f0f 8af4 17453d041d50 4BB91223 E509 44B6 824E F246D295937A Scaled 1 What Is Distance Learning Screenshot 20210903 191019 Instagram Academy 2023 News0004 1200