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NBA Rumors – Sacramento Kings & Detroit Pistons in Trade Talks for Josh Smith
One year after giving Josh Smith a terrible contract, the Detroit Pistons might be finding themselves a way out of that mess, with the Sacramento Kings showing plenty of interest in the disappointing power forward.
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NBA Free Agency – Golden Warriors Sign Shaun Livingston, Washington Wizards Keep Marcin Gortat
A busy first day of NBA free agency wasn’t about the superstars, but about the guys who help them out. The Golden State Warriors got the backup point guard they wanted with Shaun Livingston while the Washington Wizards re-signed and kept center Marcin Gortat. The Detroit Pistons liked Jodie Meeks enough to give him a three-year contract.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons & Los Angeles Clippers Will Try to Sign Trevor Ariza
Despite a very good season with the Washington Wizards, typical of a contract-year player, there’s a good chance Trevor Ariza will be going somewhere else in this free agency period, with the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Clippers first in line to sign the small forward.
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NBA Rumors – Detroit Pistons Trying to Trade Josh Smith to the Sacramento Kings
One year after making Josh Smith a huge free agent signing, the Detroit Pistons are trying to trade away the disappointing player, with the Sacramento Kings looking like potential partners for the deal, although it’s not quite clear what they’ll be giving in return.
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NBA Rumors – New Orleans Pelicans & Detroit Pistons Interested in Greg Monroe for Ryan Anderson Trade
While the New Orleans Pelicans seem to be a team on the rise, looking for that one additional piece to make them into a playoff team, the Detroit Pistons are more open to a bigger kind of change. The Pelicans are interested in Greg Monroe as a front court piece to take them over the threshold, although it might cost them the excellent shooting of Ryan Anderson.
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NBA Rumors – Detroit Pistons Not Keeping Greg Monroe
After changing the direction of the franchise with a new head coach and head of basketball operations, it’s time to make some big decisions. It seems that the first major one for the Detroit Pistons is to not re-sign or even compete in the free agency market for Greg Monroe.
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Detroit Pistons – Stan Van Gundy is Their New Head Coach
In a slightly surprising turn of events, Stan Van Gundy ends up as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons despite the interest of other teams, specifically the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pistons simply offered more control for their new coach in terms of personnel decisions.
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NBA Head Coaches Fired at the End of the Season
Not all head coaches who left their teams at the end or during the 2013-14 NBA regular season were fired. Tyrone Corbin didn’t get his contract picked up by the Utah Jazz. Rick Adelman retired from coaching altogether, but the Minnesota Timberwolves wouldn’t have kept him. Maurice Cheeks was fired mid-season by the Detroit Pistons, while Mike Woodson got the axe from the New York Knicks a week after he failed to make the playoffs.
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Joe Dumars – The Rise & Fall of a General Manager
The NBA is a general manager’s (or other titles that all do the same thing) league. More stats, more money, more decisions on team building come from upstairs, while most head coaches simply make the pieces work. Joe Dumars seemed to be on the path to greatness through the early years of his tenure with the Detroit Pistons, but the failures and bad choices he’s made since building that championship team have finally caught up with him, costing him his job.
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Indiana Pacers – Back on Track, Maybe
A rough stretch for the Indiana Pacers which also cost them the top spot in the Eastern Conference might be coming to an end with a 101-94 win over the Detroit Pistons, in which Paul George finally played like the superstar he hinted he might be at the beginning of the season.