ESPN: Brown out of Detroit
Contract had three years, $18 million left
ESPN.com article by Mark Stein
The Detroit Pistons and Larry Brown are parting ways, sources close to the situation told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein.
The Pistons and Brown, sources said, moved closer Monday to a buyout of Brown’s contract, which has three years left at $18 million.
It was not immediately known if the buyout arrangement would be finalized Monday, and it remains to be seen whether Brown — plagued by serious bladder complications throughout much of last season after hip surgery — intends to take some time away from coaching. He could immediately pursue a coaching job with the New York Knicks or a front-office job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Ex-Minnesota coach Flip Saunders is the leading candidate to replace Brown in Detroit after the Pistons came within one victory of winning back-to-back titles under the 64-year-old Brown.
My View: The writing seemed to be on the wall for this to happen. Looks like Flip will be the Pistons next coach, which is good news for Darko, Maxiel and all of the other young guys. Brown is a great coach, but definitely wanted to move on. Terry Foster wrote a good article on the subject this morning in response to Jason Whitlock’s article from last week.
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July 19th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
yes, definitly Brown didnt want to be in Detroit bad enough or he would have already been back-
The Pistons organization was just fed up with Brown and his usual antics-
Saunders is known for having good defensive schemes, so thats a plus-