NBA ROUNDUP: 2 join Curry's staff

                   
freep.com     Jun 14, 2008            

Sullivan is back; Cowens will stay BY KRISTA JAHNKE • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • June 14, 2008 The Pistons should have Michael Curry's coaching staff in place by early next week, team president Joe Dumars said Friday morning. One man is already on board -- former Pistons assistant Pat Sullivan. Curry has lured Sullivan back to Detroit from Lawrence Frank's staff in New Jersey, where he spent the last three seasons. He previously was an assistant on Larry Brown's staff and also served one season with the Pistons as a video coordinator. Sullivan played two seasons of college ball alongside Rasheed Wallace at North Carolina. The two also roomed together on the road. Pistons assistant Dave Cowens, who spent the last two seasons working under Flip Saunders, is also expected to return on Curry's staff, and Lindsey Hunter could also... [read full story]                    

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With New Coach, PIstons in Uncharted Waters

foxsports.com     Jun 11, 2008          

Now that the dust has settled following yet another disappointing playoff exit, lets quickly examine what has transpired. Joe Dumars has fired yet another quality coach (this one was his call, where the dismissals of Rick...                    

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Report: Michael Curry to Be Named Pistons' Coach on Tuesday

nba.com     Jun 12, 2008          

Michael Curry will be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons after having played for the team and worked as an assistant. Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars tells The Associated Press that Curry will...                    

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Out of work, Avery will learn, earn

star-telegram.com     Jun 13, 2008          

For doing nothing. Meanwhile, Johnson and Flip Saunders (fired by the Pistons), who between them have one NBA Finals and three Eastern Conference Finals on their résumés in the last three years, will not be coaching next...                    

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Randy Galloway: Out of work, Avery will learn, earn

star-telegram.com     Jun 13, 2008          

For doing nothing. Meanwhile, Johnson and Flip Saunders (fired by the Pistons), who between them have one NBA Finals and three Eastern Conference Finals on their résumés in the last three years, will not be coaching next...                    

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Dumars: Pistons looking for elite players, more discipline

freep.com     Jun 13, 2008          

Soon after announcing the hiring of Michael Curry as Pistons coach, team president Joe Dumars was interviewed on WDFN-AM (1130). Dumars insisted that the organization will not rebuild the team in a wholesale way and that every...                    

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Michael Curry: Players who don't prepare will sit

freep.com     Jun 13, 2008          

The Pistons new head coach, Michael Curry, was interviewed this week on WDFN-AM (1130). Curry, 39, will be a rookie coach next season but says his leadership skills as a player and union president make him well qualified to run...                    

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Dumars: Pistons looking for elite players, more discipline

detroitnewspapers.com     Jun 14, 2008          

Soon after announcing the hiring of Michael Curry as Pistons coach, team president Joe Dumars was interviewed on WDFN-AM (1130). Here's the interview: QUESTION: You got your guy in Michael Curry, but the goal’s still the same...                    

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Jones: Not so fast on a Celtics-Lakers rematch

msn.com     Jun 14, 2008          

Next year’s NBA finals could have an entirely different look Forward David West needs to give the Hornets another huge season to help New Orleans in its quest to win the Western Conference and make the NBA finals next season,...                    

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