Under normal circumstances, Lawrence Frank would have begun his tenure as the coach of the Detroit Pistons by talking about Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Rodney Stuckey. Instead, he found himself discussing Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, Philadelphia 76ers president Rod Thorn and his high-school basketball coach -- names from his past instead of his future. Welcome to the strange new world of taking over a team during the NBA lockout. "This is going to be a little difficult because of the situation we are in," Frank said early in his news conference. "I can't talk in specifics or about the players, so I'll have to be a lot more vague than I normally try to be." Frank talked about the excitement of taking over one of the NBA's "elite franchises," pointing to the replica banners hanging in the team's practice facility. "You look at the numbers -- six straight years in the conference finals, playoffs in eight of the last 10 seasons and those three titles," he said. "There are only five teams in the NBA with three of those, and this is one of them. That's an honor." Read more: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/6830557/lawrence-frank-introduced-coach-detroit-pistons
Frank keeps on going on about how this team has won championships before but that means nothing when your roster is completely different from the one that won the championship. Anyways, isnt this the guy who lead the nets to a 0-16 start? I sense a disaster waiting to happen.
