Not to bring up painful memories, but now that the Pistons are rolling, let’s take a look at how our old friend Troy Weaver is doing after his firing from Detroit.

Some of you are new Pistons fans, thanks to the likeability and energy that the squad plays with this year. Cade’s takeovers, Beasley’s flamethrowing threes, Ivey’s electricity (before his injury), Ausar’s insane athleticism, even Stew’s slight insanity. It gets the people going and we’re all here for it. 

But for the more tenured fans, the last three to five years have been a special kind of hell. A hell that the Wizards are now going through. And the one common piece is Troy Weaver. Let’s see how he’s doing. 

During Weaver’s tenure here in Detroit, the Pistons went 74-244. That’s embarrassingly terrible, especially when you consider that half of those wins came when it was largely still Ed Stefanski’s roster. 

An elderly relative could run the organization and at least do the same. He constantly was trying to be the smartest one in the room, especially around trade deadline time, by acquiring guys like James Wiseman and Marvin Bagley while sending out draft capital to get them. Other GM’s would literally lick their chops when Weaver called them at the deadline. And if you remember, as a person, he wasn’t much better. Multiple videos surfaced of him getting into childish fights with fans. Fans who had every right to be upset with the clown running the show. 

After being fired, Weaver landed on his feet quite quickly, to the surprise of most. He was hired as a Senior Advisor for the Washington Wizards. They apparently liked what they saw during his time here in Detroit, and decided they wanted some of that. What’s that gotten them? The Wizards are the worst team in the NBA with a record of 9-47. Obviously, Weaver isn’t the main one pulling the strings, and he’s also from the D.C area so the match does make sense, but how could anyone want Troy involved with their FO in any way?

There was a point in time when Troy Weaver was thought to have played a large role in the asset collection and roster assembly In OKC. So when Detroit snagged him, we were hopeful. So young and dumb I guess. Either way, as Michael Scott said, “There’s no reason to be scared. The bad man is gone. Charles (Troy) is gone.” Trajan Langdon has us now.