The Detroit Pistons exercised their team option on Darko Milicic on Thursday, keeping the 20-year-old center under contract for the next two seasons.
"We are pleased to have Darko Milicic signed through the 2006-07 season and we look forward to seeing his continued growth as a player," said Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations. "Darko was able to play a lot of minutes during summer league this July and we are happy that he is on Serbia-Montenegro's roster during the European Championships this September."
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Jul 27, 2005 12:48 AM EST
Larry Brown, the Hall of Famer and NBA world champion, has agreed to coach the New York Knicks.
"He's made his decision that he wants to coach the Knicks," Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said yesterday. "Now it's up to the Knicks and myself to come up with an arrangement that works for both parties."
By assuming the helm of a club that has been spiraling downward for the better part of a decade, Brown has taken on what may be the most challenging assignment of a career that spans three decades.
Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island watching the hometown Knicks, Brown now becomes the 22nd head coach of the New York franchise.
Brown agreed in principle to the Knicks’ offer and negotiations could be completed on Wednesday. The team intends to make an announcement by Thursday barring any unexpected holdups.
"There's some other things to hash out, but there's nothing definitive at this point," Glass said. "A lot of things can happen between the talk and the execution. I'm only secure when it's done."
While precise deal parameters remain unknown, Brown is expected to earn $10 million to $12 million annually for three to five years.
The agreement is the culmination of a hectic week during which Brown severed his relationship with the Detroit Pistons and was then pursued at a dizzying, daily pace by top officials at Madison Square Garden.
Brown has a proven ability to maximize roster talent and will be starting at square one with the current Knicks team. The coach’s ultimate success will depend on whether he can find consistent contributions and workable combinations to fill his winning system. In attempting to put the right pieces together, Brown can choose from a selection of backcourt and frontcourt depth that is marked by players who have either underachieved or failed to mesh.
He will become the Knicks’ fourth coach in 18 months, taking over after Don Chaney, Lenny Wilkens and Herb Williams.
Brown has taken a record seven NBA teams to the playoffs and will now attempt to implement his defensive-minded, purist teaching styles in New York. He will have the command of his reputation – and the growing anticipation of a city hungry to return to the NBA's elite – to propel him in his mission to bring quality basketball back to Madison Square Garden.
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Jul 26, 2005 12:16 PM EST
The NY Daily News is reporting that one week after Larry Brown and the Pistons parted ways, Brown's former club offered Darko Milicic to the Atlanta Hawks for Al Harrington.
Brown's reluctance to play the unproven second-year forward caused a rift between the coach and Detroit president Joe Dumars. Now it appears the Pistons are willing to trade the second overall pick of the 2003 draft.
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Pistons Jul 2005 Archive
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Jul 22, 2005
Flip Saunders was fired as Timberwolves coach on Feb. 12. On Thursday, he was hired as coach of the Detroit Pistons, who won the 2004 NBA title and came within one game of repeating that feat this season.
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Indianapolis Star | Jul 21, 2005
Ron Artest is making good strides in his return to the court.
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Detroit News | Jul 20, 2005
Flip Saunders will be named the new Pistons coach at a news conference Thursday at The Palace. This comes just one day after the Pistons bought out Larry Brown.
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NY Daily News | Jul 20, 2005
The Daily News said Thomas and Brown could meet as soon as Thursday, and the newspaper said Brown might receive an offer of five years worth between $50 million and $60 million, making him the highest-paid coach in NBA history.
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New York Times | Jul 19, 2005
Larry Brown can take the head coaching job in New York if he wishes. The Pistons didn't want the Hall of Fame coach back and had offered a payoff, Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said Tuesday.
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ESPN | Jul 19, 2005
Larry Brown can take the head coaching job in New York if he wishes. The Pistons didn't want the Hall of Fame coach back and had offered a payoff, Brown's agent, Joe Glass, said Tuesday.
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New York Times | Jul 18, 2005
Could Larry Brown coach the Knicks in 2006-07? Time will tell.
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RealGM.com | Jul 18, 2005
Did Larry Brown sell the Pistons on his desire to stay in Detroit?
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ESPN | Jul 18, 2005
Larry Brown and the Detroit Pistons are close to a buyout agreement.
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NY Post | Jul 18, 2005
If the Pistons announce Brown is back, the Knicks will in turn announce Herb Williams will return as head coach as early as Wednesday.
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Detroit News | Jul 17, 2005
Larry Brown's future with the Pistons could be decided as soon as Monda, as President Joe Dumars and Brown's agent, Joe Glass, will resume discussions.
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ESPN | Jul 14, 2005
The timetable for resolving Larry Brown's status with the Detroit Pistons was pushed back Thursday after Brown's agent and team president Joe Dumars spoke by telephone.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Jul 14, 2005
Larry Brown's future in Detroit will be settled once and for all today when the coach and his representatives meet for a second day with Pistons management, writes David Aldridge for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Yahoo! | Jul 13, 2005
Larry Brown, his agent, team owner Bill Davidson and president of basketball operations Joe Dumars got together Wednesday morning, but they'll need to speak again on Thursday.
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New York Daily News | Jul 13, 2005
There is no doubt that controversy appears to follow current Pistons coach Larry Brown.
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NY Times | Jul 13, 2005
Larry Brown is now healthy enough to coach the Pistons next season, his agent, Joe Glass, said Tuesday. But that may no longer matter to the Pistons' owner, Bill Davidson.
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Detroit Free Press | Jul 12, 2005
The Pistons on Monday unveiled revamped logos for the 2005-06 season that incorporate the word "Detroit" and eliminate representations of horses and horsepower.
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New York Daily News | Jul 12, 2005
Larry Brown is sticking to his story that if he coaches anywhere next season it will be with the Detroit Pistons.
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USA Today | Jul 12, 2005
Pistons coach Larry Brown is scheduled to meet with owner Bill Davidson and president of basketball operations Joe Dumars on Wednesday, according to a broadcast report on ESPN.
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The Washington Post | Jul 11, 2005
Ron Artest arrived at the Pacers rookie-free agent camp in good spirits and pledging to not let his temper get the best of him during Indiana’s title run next season.
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New York Daily News | Jul 11, 2005
Could the Detroit Pistons be set to fire Larry Brown? Reports are surfacing suggesting just that. It had been rumored for weeks that the Pistons would look to remove Brown and replace him with Flip Saunders.
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New York Daily News | Jul 10, 2005
George Karl believes the Knicks are doing the right thing by holding out for Larry Brown.
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New York Times | Jul 10, 2005
Herb Williams of the New York Knicks is starting to assemble a coaching staff, an indicator that the Knicks may bring him on as head coach and give up on Larry Brown.
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SI.com | Jul 8, 2005
Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen is reporting that 'by saying that (Larry Brown) wants to return as coach of the Pistons, pending his health concerns, Brown is essentially forcing the team to fire him so that he can continue to collect the three years and $15 million remaining on his contract.
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Washington Post | Jul 7, 2005
The Detroit Pistons signed first-round draft pick Jason Maxiell to a multiyear contract on Thursday.
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USA Today | Jul 7, 2005
After Larry Brown's agent and the Detroit Pistons talked about his future again, the Hall of Fame coach insisted nothing had changed from his perspective.
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New York Post | Jul 6, 2005
In a recent interview with the New York Post, Shelly Brown, the wife of Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown, has said he will not coach in New York.
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ESPN | Jul 6, 2005
The Detroit Pistons and the Larry Brown camp resumed discussions Tuesday about next season, but sources close to the situation told ESPN.com's Marc Stein that Brown's future with the Pistons remains uncertain.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Jul 5, 2005
Larry Brown's decision is set to have a domino effect on coaching positions around the NBA, including Flip Saunders potentially landing in Milwaukee with Andrew Bogut.
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USA Today | Jul 2, 2005
Larry Brown's agent and Pistons president of basketball operations Joe Dumars plan to speak Tuesday about the coach's future with the team, a source within the league told The Associated Press.
