<H1>Report: Saunders to sign four-year deal</H1><!-- end bylinebox --><BR clear=all><!-- begin text11 div -->
<DIV class=text11 style="BACKGROUND: #fff">
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->
<P>AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Flip Saunders apparently moved closer Wednesday to replacing Larry Brown as head coach of the <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=det">Detroit Pistons</A>.</P>
<P></P>
<P>The Detroit News reported Saunders was set to agree to a four-year contract worth between $4 million and $5 million per season, with a formal announcement to come Thursday at a news conference at The Palace.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Pistons spokesman Kevin Grigg said the team was not yet ready to make an announcement. Saunders and his agent, Mark Termini, did not immediately return phone calls.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Just one day after the Pistons finalized their severance agreement with Brown, team owner Bill Davidson provided some insight into the departure of the 64-year-old coach in an interview with WDIV-TV.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Brown, who had three years remaining on a five-year, $25 million contract, reportedly received $5 million in his severance package. He has already been contacted by <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=nyk">New York Knicks</A> president Isiah Thomas, who plans to meet with Brown in the coming days to gauge his interest in replacing interim coach Herb Williams.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Davidson was a key player in the departure of Brown, who spoke during the spring with the <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=cle">Cleveland Cavaliers</A> about possibly becoming team president and also told the New York Post in the middle of last season that coaching the Knicks would be a "dream job."</P>
<P></P>
<P>Asked whether Brown's actions angered him, Davidson said: "I think a better word is peeved. You're certainly not happy when something like that happens."</P>
<P></P>
<P>Parting ways with Brown "was kind of easy," Davidson said. "There was too much Larry Brown and not enough Pistons. I wasn't happy with that. You've got to understand that whoever coaches the Pistons represents me. And I'm not going to give [the team and their fans] somebody that's not a good person."</P>
<P></P>
<P>Brown guided the Pistons to the NBA championship in 2004 and came one victory away from repeating this year. Throughout the season, Brown -- who underwent hip replacement surgery that led to a problem with his bladder -- insisted he would return to the Pistons if doctors deemed him healthy enough.</P>
<P></P>
<P>Saunders interviewed with several teams during the playoffs, nearly all of which filled their coaching vacancies with other candidates. Saunders was due to make more than $5 million in the upcoming season from the <A href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=min">Minnesota Timberwolves</A>, who fired him in February after he had coached the franchise to a record of 411-326 over 9½ seasons.</P>
<P></P>
<P>"I'd certainly pay $7 million to win a championship," Davidson told WDIV.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>From: ESPN.com</P>
<P> </P>
<P>- 예상대로 플립 선더스가 래리옹의 뒤를 이어 디트의 새 감독이 됐습니다! 새로운 기사에 따르면 래리옹과 디트가 결별한 이유가 건강상의 문제 말고도 몇가지 더 된다고 하더군요! 어쨋든 래리옹 있을때만큼 디트를 강팀으로 유지시켜 줄지......... </P>
<P> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
<!-- -->
첫댓글 쏜더스라면 충분히 가능할듯...
좀 더 쉬드를 중심으로 한 공격을 펼치지 않을까 생각해봅니다..
음.. 역시 예상대로 선더스가 왔군뇨.. ^^;;
역시 손더스 바로 복귀하네요...
좋은 게시물이네요. 스크랩 해갈게요~^^
과연 래리브라운의 공백을 잘메워줄까?
발빠른 디트.. 캬~
선더스 아깝다.... 솔직히 미네소타 작년에 부진한건 선더스탓이라고 보기에는 어려웠는데요...
그렇죠 선더스 잘못이 아니었죠.. 알아주는 명장인데.. 팀의 문제가 있었죠.. 라 모씨랑 샘 모씨 때문이라고 생각됨 .
돌아와~~