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Nice pickup by the Wiz. I think it's just the type of coach they needed as well
Wizards reach deal with Saunders
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
22 minutes ago
Flip Saunders has reached a verbal agreement on a four-year, $18 million contract to become coach of the Washington Wizards, league sources told Yahoo! Sports on Monday.
While terms have been agreed upon, sources says, the deal won’t be finalized until Saunders returns a signed contract to Washington. Nevertheless, the two sides have completed most all of the negotiations.
Saunders was telling associates on Monday that he is accepting the job, and team officials are planning to introduce him at a news conference early next week.
Wizards GM Ernie Grunfeld and assistant GM Tommy Sheppard have been courting Saunders for several months, and sources say that the framework of an agreement has been in place since the All-Star break. They wanted badly for a veteran coach to take over the Wizards, who have the worst record in the Eastern Conference at 19-61. Nevertheless, the return of Gilbert Arenas to rejoin Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison – coupled with the possibility of the No. 1 overall pick in June’s draft – makes the Wizards an attractive job. If Arenas can return to past form, the Wizards should make a swift return to the playoffs next year.
In his 13 seasons as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons, Saunders won 50 games seven times and advanced four times to the conference finals. After taking the Pistons to three straight Eastern Conference finals, Saunders was fired at the end of last season. He has a career record of 587-396 (.597).
Saunders will replace interim coach Ed Tapscott, who is expected to return to the Wizards’ front office. Former Washington coach Eddie Jordan, who was fired in December, has emerged as the top candidate with the Sacramento Kings.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns
Nice pickup by the Wiz. I think it's just the type of coach they needed as well
Flip Saunders >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael Curry
Agreed.
Joe Dumars should be kicking himself right now.
Idiot for firing Flip for no reason.
The reason was Flip didn't know how to get it done in the postseason. Joe's mistake was to let Larry Brown go, although you can't blame him seeing how Larry was flirting with NY already.
Fixed that for you.
What, you think Phillip Saunders would have made this Pistons team le contenders?
now they just have to trade their pick and haywood or butler for an elite player. maybe bosh.
He fired Flip because none of the players listened to him any more and he couldn't out-coach a halfway decent coach in a playoff series.
Dumars isn't an idiot for firing Flip. Dumars is an idiot for hiring Curry.
I read somewhere that Sam Cassell will be one of his Assistents.
Pretty good hire for them.
Go Flip! Kick the Wizards into shape!
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