Detroit Pistons News and Rumors
Ian Thomsen: Heat, Spurs face a Game 7 for which they've long preparedIam Thomsen, CNNSI.com MIAMI -- The Heat would not be playing in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday if not for Ray Allen. The reason they had survived the final crushing moments of Game 6 was because the ball found the player who most knew what to do with it. It was because… |
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The NBA Coaching Carousel, Vol. 4: Maurice Cheeks teams up with Joe Dumars in DetroitJun 17 (3 days ago)
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Coaching introductions don’t come much more inauspicious than this. The Detroit Pistons have been flailing as a franchise since dealing away Chauncey Billups in 2008, and general manager Joe Dumars has been through five head coaches since that year. As … |
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Get Ready For Game 5 This Weekend With Robert Horry’s Most Cold-Blooded Game EverJun 15 (5 days ago)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com No matter what happens this weekend in Game 5 between San Antonio and Miami, it’ll have a hard time topping this one. Earlier today, we dropped a piece on 10 of the greatest role players of all time, and really, there were no considerations for the No. … |
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Cheeks comes aboard in Detroit ready to reverse losing waysJun 13 (7 days ago)
Nearly two months after Lawrence Frank was fired, the Detroit Pistons introduced their new coach - Maurice Cheeks. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Good morning. Here is beastly Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond rising and hammering a slam dunk on the head, body and soul of popular musician Chris Brown during what appears to be a Wednesday night run at a Los Angeles gym: Feels like it's going t… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com After we brought out some old Vince Carter dunk tapes to embarrass him last week, we’re bringing you yet another lowlight from Dikembe Mutombo. During the 1997 NBA Playoffs, Atlanta survived in five against Detroit (spoiling what could’ve been a Hill/… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com It was over 13 years ago that Grant Hill injured his left ankle late in his last regular season with the Detroit Pistons. Playing in the postseason a month later after rushing back from the injury, Hill broke the same ankle. This then led to a spiral of… |
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Phil Jackson will gladly show you all 13 of his NBA championship rings when you ask to see oneMay 15
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Sure, the book he signed up for Twitter to promote is called "Eleven Rings," but legendary NBA coach/Detroit Pistons consultant Phil Jackson actually has 13 rings - 11 earned directing the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, and two recognizing his wo |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Andre Drummond, a 19-year-old center who defied the odds and miraculously became one of the most effective rookies this year, plans to work with Hakeem Olajuwon this summer. Drummond took about a two-week break after the season, according to The Detroit… |
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Kristofer Habbas, dimemag.com Defense wins championships. Over the years, the same concept is continuously preached… all the while Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Michael Jordan rule the world with unmatched offense. However, in the end over the past 25 years, that theory has been pro… |
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In losing Game 2, 99-93, to the Grizzlies, Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City may have found a limit to his greatness -- a fully-formed championship contender, writes Lee Jenkins. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com Hey, everybody: Phil Jackson's back in the NBA! Well, sort of. Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores announced Thursday that he's tapped Jackson, the legendary head coach who won 11 championships on the sidelines with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers,… |
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Marc Stein, ESPN.com The Detroit Pistons have opened the interview process in their search for a new coach and are scheduled to sit down Tuesday with Nate McMillan, according to NBA coaching sources. |
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Jeff Van Gundy rails against the Pistons for firing Lawrence Frank, citing Joe Dumars’ failuresApr 22
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com The actual particulars of Jeff Van Gundy’s latest rant don’t matter, because his point is spot on. So the fact that the former coach and ABC/ESPN analyst is defending recently-fired Detroit Pistons coach Lawrence Frank really shouldn’t get in the wa… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com In a move that seemed more and more inevitable as another miserable Detroit Pistons season droned on, Lawrence Frank was fired as Pistons coach on Thursday. The former Nets head man had compiled a 29-53 record in his final season with Detroit, and a 54-… |
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Collins out as 76ers coachApr 18
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Doug Collins has resigned after three seasons as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and will remain with the franchise as an adviser. |
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Kristofer Habbas, dimemag.com Each Wednesday, we’ll be assessing how the top prospects of the 2013 NBA Draft are faring in college and overseas. Stick with us each week for assorted thoughts, including the biggest risers and fallers, the standouts, the sleepers and what we know and … |
