Detroit Pistons

Trio of new coaches must put swagger back in sagging Central

Source: SI.com

 - The Pistons jettisoned Flip Saunders after he failed to get them back to the NBA Finals for the third straight season, replacing him with Michael Curry. ...

Published Thu, Aug 28

FOOTBALL PREVIEW: MSU's Curry happily takes backseat to dad ...

Source: livingstondaily.com

 MI - Curry is the son of new Detroit Pistons coach and former NBA player Michael Curry, who took over in Detroit after Flip Saunders was fired earlier this year. ... Catching on: Mark Dell shines among MSU's young receivers Detroit Free Press all 2 news articles

Published Thu, Aug 28

Pre-pre-season rankings, now with 100% less logic

Source: Detroit Bad Boys

Logic says they should be ranked higher, since they suffered no significant losses (other than coach Flip Saunders) from a team that won 59 games last season. But even president Joe Dumars seemed to think this present group had run its course at the end of last season and needed some new bloo...

Published Thu, Aug 14

Monday’s Layup Drill

Source: Detroit Bad Boys

This was already expected, but it’s still nice to hear.Really, Allan Houston? Another comeback?Tayshaun Prince is in Beijing and carefree. From Michael Rosenberg in the Free Press: Prince said he has not been in Detroit since the day Flip Saunders was fired. He felt no need to call Joe Dumar...

Published Mon, Aug 11

Thursday’s Layup Drill

Source: Detroit Bad Boys

Curry said he talked to Rodney Stuckey after the Pistons were eliminated from the playoffs by Boston – Curry was scheduled to coach the Summer League team even before succeeding Flip Saunders as head coach – and made a deal with him. If he brought his teammates to Las Vegas in top-flight cond...

Published Thu, Jul 10

J-ZONE’S SEASON WRAP AWARDS

Source: SLAM Online

THE FUTURE LOOKS GRIM: NY Knicks, NJ Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavs, Chicago Bulls, LA Clippers & Minnesota Timberwolves. WORST COACH: Isiah Thomas , Flip Saunders (tie) WORST ANNOUNCER: Doug Collins

Published Fri, Jun 20

The 2008 Playoffs: Where the Revival of the NBA's Two Flagship Franchises Happened

Source: 20 Second Timeout

4) Joe Dumars finally figured out that Flip Saunders was never going to lead the Pistons back to the Finals, let alone win a championship. The question now is whether the team's championship-contending window is still open with the current nucleus of players or if Dumars is going to overhaul the roster. Until I see what happens on that front it is impossible to predict how good the Pistons will be in 2009. 9) I've been saying for a couple years that the Raptors are the Phoenix Suns East: that means that they can win a lot of regular season games and be a tough playoff matchup but unless they become more stout defensively and on the glass they will not beat Boston, Cleveland, Detroit or Orlando in a seven game series.

Published Thu, Jun 19

Pistons owner Davidson: I encouraged Dumars to fire Flip

Source: Freep.com

The Pistons.com Web site's blog quotes team owner Bill Davidson as saying he urged club president Joe Dumars to fire coach Flip Saunders following the team's loss in the conference finals to Boston.

Published Thu, Jun 19