Detroit Pistons common supervisor Troy Weaver had an expletive-laced argument with a fan within the stands in the course of the fourth quarter of the staff’s 142-124 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday evening.
A video, taken by somebody within the crowd, confirmed the fan saying, “You suck at your job.” In the course of the change, Weaver mentioned a couple of phrases with expletives earlier than he requested safety to take away the fan.
The fan had been pestering Weaver within the build-up to what was captured on the video, in response to sources briefed on the change. Weaver ignored the fan’s first cross after which, on the second, mentioned one thing alongside the traces of, “I don’t come to your work and harass you,” the sources mentioned. The second captured on video confirmed the fan’s third time frightening Weaver.
The loss to Dallas moved Detroit to a 10-53 document on the season, tying the Pistons with the Washington Wizards for the worst document within the NBA. That is Weaver’s fourth season as Detroit’s common supervisor and he was tasked to tackle the rebuild when employed in 2020. Since then, the Pistons have had 20-, 23- and 17-win seasons earlier than this one.
The Pistons had a 28-game dropping skid earlier within the season that was not solely the longest single-season dropping streak in NBA historical past, however tied for the worst in NBA historical past. Detroit can also be in jeopardy of getting the worst document in franchise historical past, because the 1979-1980 staff had 16 wins.
Given the shortage of progress within the win-loss column, there are questions as as to if Weaver would be the common supervisor after this season.
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