Marcin Gortat scored 31 points and had 16 rebounds, and John Wall added 27 points as the Washington Wizards carried a 39-rebound advantage to a 102-79 rout of Indiana on Tuesday night, cutting the Pacers' lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals to 3-2....
Detroit Pistons ownership realized that they had their guy during a recent meeting in Los Angeles. Stan Van Gundy, the team's new president of basketball operations and head coach, flew out to the West Coast to meet with Pistons owner Tom Gores and Platinum Equity representatives. And he proceeded to knock the interview out of the park....
Van Gundy, the former Miami and Orlando coach, will have complete control of basketball personnel as well as becoming the Pistons' next head coach....
The Pistons have honed in on Van Gundy, the former Miami and Orlando coach, to be their new president and head coach, as Gores swings for fences with team restructuring....
ESPN's Brian Windhorst joined Matt Dery on Sports Detroit 105.1 to discuss the Stan Van Gundy rumors, shedding light on what he thinks Van Gundy could be thinking while revealing Tom Gores' poor reputation around the league. Just minutes after the " Stan Van Gundy to the Detroit Pistons " rumor mill started spinning, ESPN's Brian Windhorst appeared on Matt Dery's show on Detroit Sports 105.1, offering...
The Pistons' not-so-quiet search for a new GM and then coach (or the other way around) is reportedly over. ESPN's Marc Stein is reporting that Stan Van Gundy and the Pistons have agreed "in principle" on a five-year, $35 million deal that makes Van Gundy the team's head coach and president of basketball operations. Vincent Goodwill tweeted that the deal will be signed in a couple hours. Tom Gores...
... in 2005. Stan Van Gundy has verbally agreed to sign on the dotted line with the Detroit Pistons to become their next head coach and president of basketball operations. The deal means he'll roam the Pistons' sidelines and front office for the next five years (or until he resigns or is fired). Van Gundy used to be the enemy with that mouth, though. You might remember those times fondly, because...
Washington Wizards center Marcin Gortat remains a big fan of his former coach Stan Van Gundy, saying, "he taught me basically everything about the game." Marcin Gortat led everybody with 31 points and 16 rebounds in a potential elimination game Tuesday, helping the Washington Wizards live another day with a 102-79 win against the Indiana Pacers . Still trailing the series 3-2, the Wizards survived...
Stan Van Gundy will be taking over as both head coach and President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons. What will change under his watch in 2014 and beyond? Without a coach, a general manager or even an identity, the rudderless Detroit Pistons have been stuck in windless waters since the end of 2013-14. This changed in a flash on Tuesday, when news broke that the Pistons were nearing...
In confirming speculation that Pistons owner Tom Gores was looking for a big name to control the franchise's direction, the organization has reached an agreement with former Miami Heat and Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy to replace Joe Dumars as the Pistons' head of basketball operations....
Back in 2011, Stan Van Gundy voiced a strong opinion on the shoot-around skipping in Philadelphia that doomed the John Kuester era as coach of the Pistons....
'Am I upset?' Johnson told CNN's Anderson Cooper. 'Of course. At the same time, I'm a God-fearing man and I'm going to pray for him and hope things work out.'...
The Pistons have made strong overtures to the former Miami and Orlando head coach to fill both top roles, with Yahoo! reporting a five-year offer worth $35 million....
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NEW YORK, May 13, 2014 -The 2014 Basketball without Borders (BWB) schedule will feature first-time camps in Taipei, Taiwan and Rome, Ital...
If Lady Luck merely chooses to leave the Pistons alone at next week’s lottery – neither boosts them into a top-three pick nor permits the...
Will Stan Van Gundy be the next king of the Palace? The Detroit Pistons are trying to lure Stan Van Gundy to Auburn Hills, offering him a lucrative contract to become their next head coach while also assuming full control of basketball operations, league sources tell Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski . The Pistons are reportedly competing with the Golden State Warriors for Van Gundy's services, although...
Van Gundy appears ready to assume control of basketball decisions in Detroit. Stan Van Gundy has sat out the last two seasons after being fired by the Orlando Magic in May of 2012, but the 54-year-old coach might not be out of a job for much longer. The Detroit Pistons are targeting Van Gundy to take control of basketball operations and become the franchise's next head coach, according to Adrian Wojnarowski...
The Pistons are reportedly offering Stan Van Gundy full control of basketball operations in addition to head coaching duties -- and a deal could be completed within 24-48 hours. The Warriors, meanwhile, were also interested in SVG but were unwilling to grant him front office control. The Detroit Pistons are trying to lure Stan Van Gundy to Auburn Hills, offering him a lucrative contract to become...
LeBron James tied his playoff career high with 49 points, Chris Bosh made the tie-breaking three-pointer with 57 seconds left, and the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets, 102-96, on Monday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals....