Lakers Add Kuester New Coach Brown's Staff
The Los Angeles Lakers have hired John Kuester as an assistant under new coach Mike Brown, reuniting the duo who worked in Cleveland together.
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The Los Angeles Lakers have hired John Kuester as an assistant under new coach Mike Brown, reuniting the duo who worked in Cleveland together.
A person with knowledge of the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team isn't commenting on the coaching search, says Woodson is set to interview again.
Eventually, free agency's going to start. We're not really sure when, because of that whole lockout thing. But
Representatives for NBA players and owners will meet Thursday, hours before the collective bargaining agreement expires, and commissioner David Stern says that's still enough time for a deal.
Woodson might be the frontrunner because he was an assistant on Larry Brown's staff when the Pistons won the 2004 championship, but Casey and Frank also have head coaching experience.
The report says that new owner Tom Gores has former Knicks President Dave Checketts helping him out and that Checketts is behind the Patrick Ewing for head coach interview.
The Pistons were a dysfunctional mess last season under coach John Kuester, who tried all sorts of different things at point guard, including a Tracy McGrady experiment.
The Pistons are still coach-hunting after firing John Kuester a couple weeks ago. Ken Berger of CBSSports.com listed a couple candidates weeks ago that Detroit was targeting -- Kelvin Sampson and Lawrence Frank -- and both of those guys have interviewed.
The Detroit Pistons had a chance to get their three drafts picks in for a meet and great with local media.
The Pistons want to become younger and more athletic as they transition into the Tom Gores era of basketball.
Pistons get a serious steal with Brandon Knight at #8. Wow. A stunner that he is on the board at 8. This feels like 1981 all over again with Zeke doesn't it?
The Detroit Pistons selected PG Brandon Knight from Kentucky 8th overall in the 2011 NBA Draft.
Let me make a confession as we shuffle players around on the NBA draft board. I couldn't tell you the different between a Biyombo and a Valanciunas if it hit me in the face.
The Pistons very well could draft Bismack Biyombo with the 8th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
If you have been wondering where the best players lay when the Pistons are set to draft at 8, here is your top prosepects rankings for this years draft.
