As the NBA season approaches the halfway point, let's look at the winners and losers so far

It’s impossible to talk about the losers of this NBA season without including the most losing coach, Monty Williams of the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons went on a 28-game losing streak to start the season, losing in almost every way imaginable, sending the team to a boiling point. Williams took most of the blame, as he should have, after earning the largest coaching contract in NBA history at six years, $78.5 million last summer. Relief finally came on Dec. 30 against the shorthanded Toronto Raptors, who had just completed a mega-trade without their new additions. Williams was expected to be the veteran voice the young locker room needed to take the next step towards the Play-In Tournament. But Williams has been harshly criticized for his bonkers rotations, keeping last year’s lottery pick Jaden Ivey on the bench, former number one pick James Wiseman out of the rotation, and this year’s lottery pick Ausar Thompson at just 24 minutes a game. The only thing worse than the Pistons’ record is their coaching staff’s playbook.