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Draymond Green doesn't have much sympathy for former Detroit Pistons coach Monty Williams.
And for good reason.
Detroit fired Williams after the team's NBA-worst record (14-68) in the 2023-24 season, one year after the 52-year-old coach inked a then-record six-year, $78.5 million contract to become the Pistons coach.
The Warriors forward discussed Williams' firing on the latest episode of "The Draymond Green Show," where he tried to make sense of Detroit's decision.
“They hired him for an all-time contract in NBA history and fired him the next year," Green said. "They didn't even give him a chance to actually build what they thought he could build when they hired him for six years."
“You sign someone to a six-year contract, you can't possibly think that in year one, everything will change. You need time to instill culture. Culture isn't built overnight."
The Pistons will pay Williams approximately $65 million over the next five years to not coach the team, which Green believes is a pretty comfortable position for Williams to be in.
“Congratulations to Monty Williams on getting fired by the Detroit Pistons after just one season," Green added. "He gets to go home, be with his family, and still pull in $65 million over the next five years while not coaching the Pistons. How crazy is that?”
A blessing in disguise?
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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