Stan Van Gundy
Updated: Tuesday, 10:18 p.m. --- Pistons have reached an agreement in principle with Stan Van Gundy, ESPN reports. Under the agreement, he'll coach and fill the spot as president of basketball operations. The agreement is estimated to be $35 million for five years.
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The Detroit Pistons, which have seemed like a rudderless ship for a while now , may soon have some new leadership.
Yahoo! News reports that the Pistons are offering Stan Van Gundy the coaching job as well as president of basketball operations.
That would essentially give him control over operations including player personnel.
Yahoo! reported that the Golden State Warriors, which recently fired its coach, was also interested, but was not willing to give him final say over personnel issues.
Van Gundy had coached the Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic. His brother is Jeff Van Gundy, a sports announcer and former New York Knicks coach. -- Allan Lengel
