JoltinJacket
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Quote:After back-to-back trips to the NBA Finals under Larry Brown, the Detroit Pistons will have a new coach next season, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Marc Stein.
The Pistons and Brown, sources said, moved closer Monday to a buyout of Brown's contract, which has three years left at an estimated $18 million.
Brown said as recently as Friday that he was "confident" about returning to the Pistons next season, having overcome season-long speculation about new jobs to lead Detroit to within one victory of back-to-back championships. Yet Brown, according to sources, could not guarantee that his health would hold up for a full season, which Pistons owner Bill Davidson had made a prerequisite for the 64-year-old's return.
It was not immediately known if the buyout arrangement would be finalized Monday.
It also remains to be seen whether Brown -- plagued by serious bladder complications throughout much of the season after hip surgery -- intends to take some time away from coaching or immediately pursue the New York Knicks' vacancy. New York president Isiah Thomas has held off on making Herb Williams his full-time head coach in the event that Brown becomes available.
Ex-Minnesota coach Flip Saunders, who turned down a lucrative offer from Milwaukee while waiting for the months-long Brown saga to reach a climax, is the leading candidate to replace Brown in Detroit but has yet to interview with the Pistons.
<a href='http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2110640' target='_blank'>http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2110640</a>
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DrTorch
Proved mach and GTS to be liars
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marshallisqbu
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I really don't get him... He moves around more than herpes at a frat house.
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Fanatical
lost in dreams of hops & barley
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marshallisqbu Wrote:I really don't get him... He moves around more than herpes at a frat house.
maybe he gets bored being on top
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Tasha
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marshallisqbu Wrote:I really don't get him... He moves around more than herpes at a frat house.
:roflol: :roflol:
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The Knight Time
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Brown is a great coach, but he is a huge weasle.
He's never honest with anyone and looks out for #1 while leaving teams hanging in the process.
He flirts with teams while his team is in the PLAYOFFS.
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