Seeing that I just talked about the Palace....Pistons News

Anybody who's been following Detroit sports knows about the Pistons coaching search this last week and change. After the firing of Michael Curry, who in his first season, had the unfortunate distinction of leading the team to their first losing season since 2001 in which the 'Stones got swept by Cleveland in the first round of the playoffs.

Apparently, Joe Dumars has found a new guy for the job in John Kuester an assistant for the Cleveland Cavaliers who once served as an assistant for Larry Brown on the 2004 NBA Championship team. After former Dallas Maverick coach Avery Johnson was perceived as the front runner in the search because of his experience, somehow negotiations between Dumars and him did not pan out. Fortunately for the Pistons they were able to find someone else pretty quickly and the final details of his contract are being hammered out as we speak.

If there's anything we have learned in the NBA offseason about the Detroit Pistons it's that Joe Dumars is a businessman not just another former player as a General Manager. He's willing to make tough decisions in order to get the most production out of the team. He doesn't always make the most popular decisions, but from where I'm sitting as a fan of the team, he's taken them a lot farther from where they were when he started.

Hopefully this will mean the beginning of a new and exciting run for the Pistons and anybody from the Motor City who wants to travel to the Palace like a King for a game is welcome to contact Golden Limousine about it.