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Knicks legend Bernard King takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What do you think of Knicks versus Celtics? Bernard King: It’s going to be a great matchup, the regular season doesn’t matter at all, and I think we’re ideally positioned to potentially, even though we don’t have much rest coming out of a tough series against Detroit, I think it’s going … [Read more...] about
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Rival executives speak highly of Trajan Langdon, who just completed his first season as Detroit’s president of basketball operations, and of his staff—in particular Dennis Lindsey, a veteran team executive who played a key role in the Dallas Mavericks’ rise. The Pistons also have strong leadership bridging the basketball and business sides, with former superagent Arn Tellem … [Read more...] about
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“If I was leading the Pistons,” said the second exec, “I would just play one more year the way it is. I would not push any buttons.” … [Read more...] about
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As one rival team executive said earlier this week, the “no. 1 job” of the Pistons front office now is “to convince [owner] Tom Gores that they’re not knocking on the door. Don’t rush it. Don’t go doing something stupid just because you had a good year. Otherwise, you end up like Atlanta.” … [Read more...] about
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Rich Paul: But I say all that to say—it’s not on the players. Those guys can go out and score 30 and 40 and 50—they can do all that. But it’s going to—it’s a race of the front offices, right? Who’s going to make the proper moves to put the proper talent around for each one of those guys to be successful? You can say what you want about anybody. When it was the Detroit Pistons … [Read more...] about