Report: Celtics goal and Ime Udoka predecessor Stephen Silas indicators with Pistons

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Silas has agreed to a take care of Detroit.

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Former Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas has joined Monty Williams’s workers in Detroit as an assistant, in keeping with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnaroski.

Silas, who was Ime Udoka’s predecessor in Houston, sparked some hypothesis that he could possibly be coming to the Celtics when he appeared at a apply in April.

Silas, the son of former Celtics ahead Paul Silas, was born in Boston whereas his dad performed for the franchise and attended faculty in Rhode Island at Brown College.

He was an NBA assistant for 20 years earlier than changing into the Rockets’ coach. He was fired after three seasons. The Rockets completed 22-60 this yr.

The Celtics have a number of spots open for assistants on Joe Mazzulla’s workers. Udoka has reportedly employed three assistants away from the Celtics, and Damon Stoudamire left to develop into head coach of Georgia Tech.

The Celtics crammed the primary of the a number of vacancies with Sam Cassell, who gained a title with the Celtics in 2008 and is predicted to be Mazzulla’s high assistant.

A former first-round choose who performed within the NBA from 1993-2009, Cassell has been an assistant coach on the NBA stage for the reason that finish of his enjoying profession. He joined the Washington Wizards shortly after retiring, and has additionally made stops in Los Angeles (Clippers) and Philadelphia.

In accordance with Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports activities, the Celtics are “at present concentrating on” former Bucks assistant Charles Lee for a spot on Joe Mazzulla’s workers. Lee was Mike Budenholzer’s high assistant in Milwaukee earlier than Budenholzer was fired final month. Lee has reportedly interviewed for a number of head teaching jobs, together with the Pistons, Suns, and Bucks.