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The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame announced Thursday the latest group of inductees. Antonio Gates, Chris Webber, Jennie Ritter, Meryl Davis, Charlie White, John Beilein, Mickey Redmond and Kathy Beauregard are the eight new faces for the class of 2022.

Detroit Free Press

Bickerstaff, 42, replaced John Beilein midway through the 2019-2020 season with the Cavaliers, after having taken over in both Houston and Memphis as interim coach. The Cavaliers won just 19 games in the 2019-2020 season, and 22 games in 2020-2021. Cleveland has improved its win percentage points by .288, the largest increase in the NBA this season.

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Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on Josh Jackson: "Coach Beilein spent a lot of time this summer watching film ... it's a part of growth, and people forget about how young Josh is in this league."

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This summer, Pistons swingman Josh Jackson received a gift from John Beilein — the former Michigan basketball and Cavaliers coach who is now an adviser to Detroit head coach Dwane Casey. It was a book titled “Chop Wood Carry Water: How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great.” The 2015-published work written by Joshua Medcalf is a tale about a boy on a journey to become a samurai warrior, and along the way, he learns that the biggest hurdle he’ll face on his quest stares back at him in the mirror.

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Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey said John Beilein has been working with Cade Cunningham on getting a higher release on his 3-point shot.

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Rod Beard: #Pistons Dwane Casey on John Beilein: "He's a resource and he's working with guys' shooting...he's doing a heck of a job with those guys."

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Omari Sanfoka II: Casey said John Beilein's main roles are helping players improve their outside shooting and being a resource to the other player development coaches.

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JD Shaw: The Pistons formally announce that John Beilein has been hired as senior adviser/player development. “There is nothing more important to our franchise right now than the growth and development of our players,” owner Tom Gores said. pic.twitter.com/2JEKNeM4ji

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Marc Stein: The Pistons are hiring former Cavaliers and Michigan coach John Beilein as their director of player development, league sources say.

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Marc Stein: Formal title with the Pistons for Beilein, league source tells @NYTSports, will be Senior Advisor Player Development

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James Edwards III: Beilein will be able to play the background and be trusted eyes as Pistons continue to build from ground up. Heard this was in works for a while and heavily supported by Casey.

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Duncan Robinson has received clips prior to each game of these NBA Finals. Before Game 1, Robinson there was the video compilation from his former teammates at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Before Game 2, there was one from teammates at Division III Williams College, where he played a season before transferring to Michigan. The Wolverines handled the Game 3 clip, which included former coach John Beilein. For Game 4, the messages came from the Middlesex Magic, Robinson’s old Boston-area AAU team. And prior to Game 5 on Friday night, with the Heat trailing the Lakers 3-1, the video montage was all family.

Boston Globe

Bickerstaff will return as head coach after his 11-game showing last season; it’s the first time the Cavs have had the same coach in consecutive years since Tyronn Lue in 2018. That continuity is essential for a franchise that’s focused on turning into a consistent winner. According to the team source, Bickerstaff was always going to be the coach to lead Cleveland into the future; it just so happened that former head coach John Beilein didn’t make it through the year, so Bickerstaff got to grab the reins a bit earlier than anticipated. The Cavaliers are thrilled to see how Bickerstaff can push their team forward. He’s been in the NBA for 17 years, starting under his father, Bernie, as an assistant with the Charlotte Bobcats. He also had stints coaching the Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies. His head coaching experience with the Rockets and Grizzlies is a huge reason why Cleveland believed in him as its long-term solution, per the team source.

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The Cavs will not do a salary dump for Love. They want some combination of draft picks and young, ascending players for Love. Now, in order to get that kind of haul, which many around the league continue to scoff at, the Cavs would likely need to take back a bloated salary. In that kind of package, the draft pick would be considered the Cavs’ sweetener in exchange for the other team’s bad, lengthier salary. It’s clear Cleveland’s view on Love doesn’t align with the rest of the league. That’s normal. The Cavs like him. They don’t regret the signing. They were expecting a monster season before his emotions intervened and 2019-20 went off the rails under John Beilein. But circumstances surrounding Love’s down year have changed and he’s set up to rebound. It could allow him to alter his trade value.

Cleveland Plain Dealer