DETROIT – The Detroit Pistons have hired former player and head coach Luke Walton as their lead assistant.
Senior lead NBA Insider Shams Charania first reported Walton’s hiring on Friday (July 12) at 8:16 p.m. on X where he said the former Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings head coach would be working on newly signed head coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s staff.
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The Detroit Pistons are hiring Luke Walton as the lead assistant on new head coach JB Bickerstaff’s staff, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Walton spent the last two years as an assistant in Cleveland after five-plus seasons as head coach of Lakers and Kings. pic.twitter.com/QveIkMFsGk
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 13, 2024
Walton, 44, worked under Bickerstaff as the Cleveland Cavaliers assistant head coach last season.
The 44-year-old brings knowledge and experience to the Pistons as he led the Kings for three seasons (2019-2021), and before that, he was at the helm for his former team, the Lakers, from 2016-2019 as he improved his team win totals in each of those seasons while standing on the sideline.
Walton spent who is the son of basketball hall of famer Bill Walton, played 10 seasons in the association as a forward, winning two NBA championships with the Kobe Bryant led late 2000s Lakers.
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