Monty Williams safe

The Pistons have not yet announced, with formality, that Monty Williams will be back next season as Detroit’s head coach. New Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon, in fact, has yet to hold his introductory news conference after it emerged he was getting the job in late May. Yet one source with knowledge of Detroit’s thinking told The Stein Line that Friday’s ESPN report about the Pistons hiring Fred Vinson away from New Orleans as an assistant coach is a “clear signal” that Williams will be back for Year 2 of his six-year contract worth nearly $80 million. The source described it as “the likely outcome.”