That was fast for getting a new coach. Larry and that 2nd pick maybe will get a big name FA interested in Detroit. I dont want Coleman comin to Detroit. The guy is old.
Someone started this thread a lil premature . . . Brown is a lock as earlier reported . . . SC reported he is still between Houston and Detroit
I just read he signed a 30 million dollar deal for I believe 5 years. It will be official someday this week.
i hope larry brown goes to the rockets and works his magic there, the pistons have had too much good luck and such already they dont deserve brown
Larry is now offically the pistons coach..he signed a 5 year deal today <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Larry Brown has agreed to a five-year, $25 million deal to be the head coach of the Detroit Pistons, reports SI.com's Jack McCallum. The Pistons, who fired head coach Rick Carlisle on Friday, will announce the hiring at a news conference Monday or Tuesday. According to a team source, the Pistons were not considering a coaching change until Brown announced he was leaving the Philadelphia 76ers after six seasons. Once management determined Brown would take the job, Carlisle was let go. According to the source, the Pistons would not have fired Carlisle for anyone other than Brown. Carlisle, who had one year left on his contract, led the Pistons to a 50-win season and a spot in the conference finals for the first time since 1991. Detroit's playoff run ended May 24, when the Pistons were swept by the New Jersey Nets in the Eastern Conference finals. Carlisle led the Pistons to a 100-64 regular-season record the last two seasons and Detroit went 12-15 in two playoff runs. He was honored as NBA Coach of the Year for the 2001-02 season. "It was not an easy decision at all," Joe Dumars, Pistons' president of basketball operations, said during a news conference Saturday. Brown resigned as Philadelphia's coach May 26. The 76ers released the Hall of Famer from a contractual clause that prohibited him from coaching another NBA team if he left Philadelphia prematurely. Brown's job with the 76ers was his longest tenure with any team in his 31-year coaching career. He led them to the playoffs five straight seasons, including the 2001 NBA Finals, and will coach the U.S. men's national team this summer at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico. He has a 879-685 record in the NBA, and 1,285-853 overall, including ABA and college. Brown won an NCAA championship with Kansas in 1988, and became the first coach to take six NBA teams to the playoffs when the 76ers made it in 1999. The Pistons have the No. 2 pick in the June 26 NBA Draft, thanks to a 6-year-old trade with Memphis for Otis Thorpe.</div>
well i have restored faith in joe dumars. larry brown will be a great coach in detroit and they have the type of players he does well with. carlise will definately get another shot in the nba, possibly toronto, or washington. it will be interesting to see who the pistons bring in as a free agent with larry as the coach. rick carlise should turn around and sign with the 76ers.
