NBA Draft: The Joy And Agony Of Combo Forwards
In every draft there's a gluttony at a position. It never seems to be point guards, though 2009 came close. This year, it's combo forwards.
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In every draft there's a gluttony at a position. It never seems to be point guards, though 2009 came close. This year, it's combo forwards.
Drafting a Euro big always has its complications. Will he be able to adjust to the NBA style of play?
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 clock is ticking on the NBA's labor negotiations, and the word is on Friday that the league has run out of time for one major annual event.
NBA commissioner David Stern declared Friday that an unofficial drop-dead date is looming next week in the accelerating negotiations to prevent a lockout.
It will be a busy week for the Pistons, with the draft coming up on Thursday and with the team still in need of a head coach.
There's no mystery what kind of player the Pistons need to draft with their lottery pick. It's simply a matter of whether their desired choice will still be on the board at the No. 8 overall spot.
The NBA isn't resting on its laurels as a pacesetter in sports diversity.
According to the Detroit News the Detroit Pistons will tender guard Rodney Stuckey to a $3.8 million qualifying off this week.
Dwane Casey, the defensive architect behind the Mavericks' championship shutdown of the Heat's Big Three, is high on the Pistons' list of head coaching candidates, league sources told CBSSports.com Monday.
"I need to deliver on the standards of your passion. I promise I will lose sleep to deliver to that standard." -- New owner Tom Gores on his promise to the fans to make the team a winner again.
Charlie Villanueva and Ben Wallace agree on the most important task for the next coach of the Detroit Pistons.
The second annual Celebrity Softball Game took place Saturday afternoon, and while the game was good, most of the talk centered around the upcoming season for the Pistons.
This week the Pistons have been working out players for the upcoming NBA Draft.
A person with direct knowledge of the situation tells the Associated Press that the Milwaukee Bucks have given the Detroit Pistons permission to interview assistant Kelvin Sampson for their vacant head coaching job.
