Pistons hire Kuester
By Chris Mannix, SI.com
The Detroit Pistons have agreed to terms with Cavaliers assistant coach John Kuester to be their new head coach, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told SI.com.
Another league source said the contract was for two seasons with a team option for a third year.
The Pistons zeroed in on Kuester on Monday after contract negotiations with ESPN analyst and former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson broke down over the weekend. Kuester, a former Pistons assistant coach under Larry Brown from 2004-06 and an NBA assistant coach since 1990, is considered to be one of the most qualified lieutenants in the NBA, having been an assistant for six NBA teams and having worked under top coaches such as Brown and Cleveland’s Mike Brown. Kuester is a former head coach at Boston University and George Washington.
A formal announcement will come later this week.
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THATS THE BEST YOU CAN DO YOU, DO YOU EVER LEARN BIG NAME COACHES BRING ALOT OF FANS. I HOPE YOU ARE RIGHT BUT I DON’T THINK SO. PLEASE KEEP THIS E-MAIL AND LET ME KNOW WHEN I’M WRONG. I SURE HOPE I AM. THANKS DAVID W. GRIGGS
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I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. DID WE NOT LEARN ANYTHING LAST SEASON FROM HIRING A ASSISTANT COACH AS A HEAD COACH???? CURRY SUCKED ROCKS. I AM SURE HE IS A NICE ENOUGH GUY, BUT MAN I WAS PULLING MY HAIR OUT AT SOME OF THE THINGS HE DID. I AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY GRIPPY
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Just what we needed! A coach that comes from a system called “pass it to LeBron”! This coach comes from a system that does not express team basketball. He will try to pick out a go to guy and use the same system they use in Cleveland. This is a clear cut case of screwing the fans! Dumars could care less about your dollar, but he’ll do anything to make sure he stretches his.
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I completely disagree. If Dumars wanted to screw fans he would have kept Curry.
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I agree to that.
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Well I’ve got to say I have seen Joe make some not so favorable moves, but I have also seen him make some real good ones! I do believe he has the fans and the teams best intrest in mind. Lets give this guy a chance, he been in the league a while for a reason and been with some good coaches and teams, and lets not forget he was a big part of are championship run! Thats got to say something!
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I think the Pistons should use there 3 to 5 million to acquire Drew Gooden. I think Drew could play the 5 and he’s a scrappy defender that can play the 5 and he’s still young.
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I think Detroit Pistons needed a coach with more experience as a head
coach!!
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Yes siiiiiiir
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His beard could make a run for sixth man of the year.
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yea i think he is a hard worker that will give consistant numbers every game maybe not much but enough
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