detroitnews.com - 10/28/2008
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2008 NBA Preview How the Pistons' Michael Curry saved the NBA Chris McCosky / The Detroit News C an Michael Curry save the Pistons? Forgive him for chuckling a bit at that. Save the Pistons? In 1999, Curry helped save the NBA players association, the 1999 season and, in a way, the NBA. Don't ...
freep.com - 10/30/2008
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freep.com —
Pistons power forward Jason Maxiell accepted a contract
offer today and will not become a restricted free...
agent following the season. The deal is for $20 million over four years. The deadline for him to reach an agreement was today. Maxiell, 25, was a ...
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Pistons sign Jason Maxiell for 4 years, $20 million | ...
truebluepistons.blogspot.com - 11/3/2008
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Make no mistake about it: This is Joe
D’s home run swing. Even he would admit that...
trading Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson isn’t the slam dunk that getting Rasheed Wallace five seasons ago represented. That deal cost him nothing of his present and ...
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Joe D swings for the fences
detroitbadboys.com - 10/28/2008
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detroitbadboys.com —
Well, that might be a little melodramatic. But
before he picked up his first clipboard as coach,...
before he spent time as an executive in the D-League front office, before he served two-terms as president of the NBA Players Association, Michael Curry ...
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Did Michael Curry save the NBA?
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How the Detroit Pistons' Michael Curry saved the NBA
Full-Court Press - A Detroit Pistons Blog —
Chris McCosky has a column up detailing the contribution Pistons head coach Michael Curry gave to the NBA during the lockout and shortened NBA season. October 28, Detroit News: Can Michael Curry save the Pistons? Forgive him for chuckling a bit at that. Save the Pistons? In 1999, Curry helped save the NBA players association, the 1999 season and, in a way, the NBA. Don't believe it? Ask Billy Hunter, executive director of the players association. He was asked if the union or the league would have been irreparably damaged had Curry not stepped into the fray in the final days of ...
Speed Read: Your MRI Machine Is Ready, Mr. Oden
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... The man who saved the NBA during the lockout in 1999, according to the DETROIT NEWS? Not David Stern. Not Billy Hunter? Nope, it was Michael Curry. ...
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Pistons insist they'll be different (AP) —
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The Detroit Pistons are getting one more chance to return to the NBA finals for the first time since 2005 despite threats that the familiar cast was going to get broken up. Rasheed Wallace insisted he wasn't worried about the possibility of getting ...
Pistons' Curry wins coaching debut (AP) —
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