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  • Detroit, Nashville Launch Bids For WNBA Expansion
    • Detroit, Nashville Launch Bids For WNBA Expansion
    Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores submitted a bid for a WNBA expansion team on Friday. "For the WNBA this is home, and our bid represents an unprecedented opportunity for the league to come full circle and effect a long-hoped-for Detroit homecoming," said Gores. The Detroit Shock were one of the original WNBA expansion teams, playing from 1998 to 2009. Nashville also launched a bid on Thursday, lead...2025
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  • Everybody wants a WNBA team — two new cities enter expansion mix this week
    • Everybody wants a WNBA team — two new cities enter expansion mix this week
    Photo by Joseph Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nashville and Detroit are the latest cities hoping to bring professional women’s basketball to town. Two new cities are hoping to bring WNBA teams to town as the league continues expanding: Detroit and Nashville. Those two bidders join a long list of cities that have reportedly expressed interest in bringing professional women’s ba...2025
  • Chargers Daily Links: Wednesday Open Thread
    • Chargers Daily Links: Wednesday Open Thread
    Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images Your source for all Chargers and NFL news from around the web. Good morning, Chargers fans! We’re rolling with an open thread this morning. You all know what to do! And now for today’s links. Chargers News: Three impressive stats from the Chargers entering Week Seven (Chargers.com) The NFL owners green-lit the purchase of Tom Gores’ 27 percent stake in...2024
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  • • Pistons owner's bid to buy into Chargers OK'd
    Tom Gores' purchase of a 27% stake in the Chargers was approved by NFL team owners Tuesday during the league's fall meetings in Atlanta....2024
  • • Central Notes: Pistons, Bucks, Cavs, Collet, Haliburton
    Pistons owner Tom Gores is pleased with the way that new president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon identified three-point shooting and veteran leadership as priorities in his first summer on the job and made moves to address those areas, according to Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press. Langdon and the Pistons’ front office […]...2024
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  • • Pistons Notes: Gores, Ivey, Duren, Holland
    Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to become a part owner of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers. He is purchasing a 27% stake in the franchise, Daniel Popper of The Athletic relays. The agreement is subject to approval by NFL owners next month. If the deal goes through, the Spanos family would still control 69% […]...2024
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Tom Gores injury and suspension

  • Pre-Snap Reads 9/28: How real are our Seahawks at 3-0?
    • Pre-Snap Reads 9/28: How real are our Seahawks at 3-0?
    Kevin Ng-Imagn Images Read! In Today’s Links: Seaside Joe equates David Fincher’s film career with Michael Dickson’s punting career, Greg Bell takes a look at OC Ryan Grubb’s offense, injury updates for our Seattle Seahawks (and the other teams, too), Coby Bryant named one of four Captains for Monday night’s game, and a lot more! Lots to digest, lots to look into. How will our ‘Hawks han...2024
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  • Dunc'd On: Detroit Infamy
    • Dunc'd On: Detroit Infamy
    The Pistons are now the sole record holders, losers of 27 consecutive games in a single season. We recap their loss to Brooklyn despite Cade Cunningham's heroics, discuss how they got themselves in this mess, and how much owner Tom Gores is to blame. Then we catch up on news around the NBA. What are the odds Mark Cuban still runs basketball operations for Dallas in 2025? Plus, the rest of the news...2023
  • Pistons drop 25th straight, Jazz had injuries: ‘This one hurts ... ’
    • Pistons drop 25th straight, Jazz had injuries: ‘This one hurts ... ’
    This was ugly even by Detroit's standards this season. Fans began chanting for owner Tom Gores to sell the team as it fell to a hobbled Utah and closed on a sad record....2023
  • • Inside Monty Williams’ historically big coaching deal with the Pistons
    Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Monty Williams immediately becomes one of the highest-paid coaches in American sports on his new deal with the Pistons. The Detroit Pistons made Monty Williams an offer he couldn’t refuse. The 51-year-old has agreed to a massive deal to become the new head coach of the Pistons on reportedly the biggest coaching contract in NBA history. Detroit...2023
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  • • Pistons' top brass meeting to try to revive the flagging team
    The Pistons’ top brass is expected to meet in Los Angeles today to discuss ways to improve the team, Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press reports. Owner Tom Gores, coach Dwane Casey, senior adviser Ed Stefanski and vice chairman Arn Tellem will discuss how to revive the playoff hopes of the floundering team and provide star forward Blake Griffin with a better supporting cast. Detroit got off to a...2019
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  • • Stan Van Gundy disappointed at firing, wants to coach again
    Stan Van Gundy said he’s disappointed but not bitter that the Pistons cut ties with him on Monday, Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press tweets. Owner Tom Gores parted ways with Van Gundy as both head coach and president of basketball operations when they couldn’t come to an agreement on proposed changes Gores wanted to make.Van Gundy, who was entering the final year of his five-year contract, adm...2018
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  • • NBA's Cap Boom Creating Salary Imbalance That Won't Even Out Anytime Soon
    2015
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  • • A Meme for Every NBA Team's Offseason
    2015
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  • • A Meme for Every NBA Team's Offseason
    2015
  • • Phil Jackson Moving New York Knicks Forward After First Taste of NBA Failure
    2015
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Tom Gores lifestyle

  • • How Much Better Will the Detroit Pistons Be Without Josh Smith?
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  • 2025
    "Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is hoping to bring professional women’s basketball back to the city and submitted an official bid; the Detroit Shock was one of the WNBA’s most popular franchises for 12 seasons, winning three championships and regularly leading the league in attendance."

  • 2024
    "Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores has agreed to purchase 27% of the Los Angeles Chargers, sources told ESPN on Friday, confirming a report by Sports Business Journal."

  • 2023
    "Tom Gores is taking responsibility for Detroit’s 2-26 record."

  • 2020
    "Pistons owner Tom Gores on a potential teardown: 'You have to assess everything'"

  • 2019
    "“(Pistons owner) Tom Gores would go into the luxury tax only — and I agree with this — if it would move the needle for us to be a team that would allow us to compete in the conference,”  Stefanski said."

  • 2018
    "DETROIT (AP) -- Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores says he's undecided about Stan Van Gundy's future with the franchise."

  • 2017
    "(AP) Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a Michigan utility's foundation are each committing $1 million to help fund college scholarships in Flint in the wake of the city's water crisis."

  • 2016
    "NBA owners Tom Gores, Dan Gilbert partner to bring MLS team to Detroit"

  • 2015
    "In his three-year semi-retirement, Jackson flirted with the Brooklyn Nets, advised new Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and consulted with the investment group that tried to buy the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle."

  • 2014
    "But paying a talented veteran to go away, without getting anything tangible in return, could look even worse when considering what the Pistons might've scored in a trade had Van Gundy seen the writing on the wall once he took over team owner Tom Gores' operation."

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Tom Gores trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Chargers Daily Links: Wednesday Open Thread
    2024
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  • Detroit Pistons owner buys 27-percent share of Chargers
    • Detroit Pistons owner buys 27-percent share of Chargers
    Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The purchase now settles a long dispute between Dean Spanos Berberian and her siblings. On Friday, news broke that Dea Spanos Berberian, the sister of Chargers owner Dean Spanos, has officially sold her 27-percent share of the Chargers to current Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores, per Pro Football Talk. Per the report, Gores purchased the stake in the ...2024
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  • Tom Gores Wants Pistons To Add Players In Free Agency
    • Tom Gores Wants Pistons To Add Players In Free Agency
    In several offseasons with Troy Weaver leading the front office, the Detroit Pistons spent a lot of cap space by absorbing bad contracts from other teams. Pistons owner Tom Gores wants that to change. "We have to have players who are active. It's not good enough to be a free agent, come over and not play," Gores said. The Pistons project to have over $60 million in cap space this summer. Detroit c...2024
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  • Pistons Announce Firing Of Coach Monty Williams After ‘Thorough Review’
    • Pistons Announce Firing Of Coach Monty Williams After ‘Thorough Review’
    The Detroit Pistons have fired coach Monty Williams after one season, following what team owner Tom Gores called a “thorough review and analysis” of Williams’ performance. Williams still has five years and $65 million left on his contract. They just hired hired Trajan Langdon as their new head of basketball operations on May 31. The […] The post Pistons Announce Firing Of C...2024
  • Pistons Willing To Buy Out Rest Of Monty Williams' Contract
    • Pistons Willing To Buy Out Rest Of Monty Williams' Contract
    Tom Gores is willing to "eat" the rest of Monty Williams' contract, sources told James L. Edwards III and Shams Charania of The Athletic. Williams, who was hired last summer, has around $60 million left on his deal. Trajan Langdon, newly hired as the team's president of basketball operations, will have the final say on Williams' future in Detroit....2024
  • Pistons May Hire President Of Basketball Operations
    • Pistons May Hire President Of Basketball Operations
    The Detroit Pistons rebuild has gone as hoped for. That includes currently wrapping up the worst season in franchise history. That has Pistons owner Tom Gores considering making changes. One of those changes Gores is considering is hiring a president of basketball operations. That person would have final say in all basketball matters. The idea is to have complete organizational synergy from the to...2024
  • Bojan Bogdanović left 1-star review on Pistons’ owner’s business after trade
    • Bojan Bogdanović left 1-star review on Pistons’ owner’s business after trade
    Bojan Bogdanović left a petty review on Pistons’ owner’s private equity firm after trade Tom Gores became a billionaire by founding Platinum Equity. In 2011, he used his fortune to buy the Detroit Pistons. The Flint, MI native and Michigan State grad was hailed as a savior for ending a drawn-out sale by former owner Karen Davidson, but unfortunately results haven’t followed. Since Gores bought the...2024
  • Pistons Could Trade For Veteran Players
    • Pistons Could Trade For Veteran Players
    The Detroit Pistons made NBA history on Saturday by tying the longest single-season losing streak with a 26th consecutive defeat. Despite the consistent losing, Detroit could be looking to add veterans at the trade deadline. The Pistons aren't looking to make any changes in the front office or on the coaching staff, but instead could be looking at the roster. Detroit owner Tom Gores promised chang...2023
  • • Central Notes: Gores, Williams, McConnell, P. Williams, Toppin
    It’s only three games into the season but Pistons owner Tom Gores is already impressed with the impact head coach Monty Williams has made, Keith Langlois of Pistons.com writes. Gores coaxed Williams into coaching the team with a six-year, $78.5MM contract. “He’s made a real difference,” Gores said. “We’re organized. What makes the most sense […]...2023
  • • Inside Monty Williams’ historically big coaching deal with the Pistons
    2023

Tom Gores stats and results

  • • Chargers Daily Links: Wednesday Open Thread
    2024
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  • • Bojan Bogdanović left 1-star review on Pistons’ owner’s business after trade
    2024
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  • • Cade Cunningham After Pistons Lose 25th Straight Game: 'We're Not 2-26 Bad'
    The Detroit Pistons lost their 25th straight game on Thursday night with a 119-111 defeat to the Utah Jazz. The Pistons are now one loss away from the NBA single-season record. "We're not 2-26 bad - no way are we that bad. I think we can turn this around. We can play a much better brand of basketball," said Cade Cunningham, who had 28 points and 10 assists. The Jazz, who were playing on the second...2023
  • • Pistons not yet considering shutting Blake Griffin down for season
    The Detroit Pistons are facing some dire straits, but they are not ready to completely punt on the season just yet. Pistons owner Tom Gores was asked by reporters this week if the team had considered potentially shutting down star player Blake Griffin for the year. “No, we’re not that far, and we’re just gonna assess it in the next week or so,” said Gores, per Rod Beard of The Detroit News. “He’s ...2020
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  • • Tom Gores thinks his Pistons can work through adversity
    Pistons owner Tom Gores was able to see his team up close on Wednesday, with Detroit surrendering a 113-100 loss on national television to the Lakers. Detroit came into the season with somewhat high expectations, sporting a new head coach and talented frontcourt featuring the All-Star tandem of Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond, but the team has recorded an underwhelming 17-22 record 39 games into ...2019
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  • • Chauncey Billups: Pistons rumors in ‘bad taste’
    Former Pistons star and current ABC analyst Chauncey Billups doesn’t want to be associated with rumors involving Detroit’s front office while the current management team remains in place, writes Vince Ellis of The Detroit Free Press.The first report came in March from Marc Stein of The New York Times, who tweeted that Billups might be brought in to run the organization along with former agent Arn ...2018
  • • NBA Rumors: Latest on Seattle SuperSonics, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and More
    2016
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  • • Andre Drummond, Pistons Reportedly Agree to New Contract: Details, Reaction
    2016
  • • NBA's Cap Boom Creating Salary Imbalance That Won't Even Out Anytime Soon
    2015
  • • Why the NBA's Biggest Contract Extension Candidates Should Stay at Home
    2015
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Tom Gores parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Pistons Notes: Gores, Ivey, Duren, Holland
    2024
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  • Pistons owner to buy 27% stake of Chargers, ending Spanos family dispute
    • Pistons owner to buy 27% stake of Chargers, ending Spanos family dispute
    Pistons owner Tom Gores to acquire 27% of the Chargers. The deal still requires approval from NFL owners at a meeting in Atlanta next month....2024
  • • Detroit Pistons owner buys 27-percent share of Chargers
    2024
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  • • Pistons Give Monty Williams Access To Health And Welfare Fund For Family Situation
    Monty Williams' wife was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly before the Detroit Pistons initially reached out about the team's open head coach role, revealed Williams at his introductory press conference. "I had a situation, personally, in my family that needed attention. I talked to my wife today about whether or not we should talk about that publicly, but that was a huge part of my decision-mak...2023
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  • Detroit MLS group scraps plan for new stadium, will use Ford Field
    • Detroit MLS group scraps plan for new stadium, will use Ford Field
    Major League Soccer has come a long way from 10 teams that started in 1996 to the 22 that kicked off the 2017 season. Brian McBride gives a glowing recommendation for Sacramento to join MLS, but questions why the expansion has been delayed. The group leading Detroit's MLS expansion bid announced on Wednesday that it is bringing in the Ford family as co-owners, and that it will use N...2017
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  • • Looking back: Detroit Piston’s Top 10 plays of last season
    The last post on this site focused on the future of the Pistons — that owner Tom Gores is willing to pay to win and keep this young core together. Time to look back at the bright moments from that core from last season — the Detroit Pistons top 10 plays. Those Pistons made the […]...2016
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  • • Pistons and Cavs owners may team up to own MLS expansion team in Detroit
    From Manchester City and the New York Yankees, to the Atlanta Falcons, to the energy drink company Red Bull, to athletes like Magic Johnson, Steve Nash and David Beckham and celebrities like Drew Carey and Will Ferrell, MLS has recently been seen as an attractive market for ownership of those both in and out of sports. It seems like owners of two rival teams in the NBA are looking to team up to ow...2016
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  • • Pistons owner Tom Gores targets Flint water crisis, leads $10M relief effort
    Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores is trying to ease the suffering, which is taking place in his own backyard. Gores announced on the Pistons’ website Thursday he’s leading a $10 million campaign aimed at helping those affected by the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Mich. Gores, a Flint native, hopes to marshal some of his and other private-sector resources toward providing immediate relief and spurri...2016
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  • • Why the NBA's Biggest Contract Extension Candidates Should Stay at Home
    2015
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  • • Why the NBA's Biggest Contract Extension Candidates Should Stay at Home
    2015
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Top Tom Gores news

  • • Phil Jackson, NBA's Lord of the Rings, Faces Ultimate Test: Saving the Knicks
    2015
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  • • NBA owners Tom Gores, Dan Gilbert partner to bring MLS team to Detroit
    2016
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  • • Phil Jackson Moving New York Knicks Forward After First Taste of NBA Failure
    2015
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  • • Why the NBA's Biggest Contract Extension Candidates Should Stay at Home
    2015
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  • • A Meme for Every NBA Team's Offseason
    2015
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  • • NBA Insiders Feel Warriors Will Have Plenty of Competition for Draymond Green
    2015
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  • • Pistons owner willing to venture into luxury tax for this Stan Van Gundy team
    Tom Gores has no problem spending to keep Detroit's core intact...2016
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  • Owner Apologizes for Hapless Pistons Amid Historic Losing Streak
    • Owner Apologizes for Hapless Pistons Amid Historic Losing Streak
    2023

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Tom Gores fantasy rankings and news

  • • Pre-Snap Reads 9/28: How real are our Seahawks at 3-0?
    2024
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  • • Magic Johnson says he turned down opportunity to own the Warriors
    With Magic Johnson working for the Los Angeles Lakers, all seems right with the world. But it nearly didn’t happen. In fact, Magic was given the chance to work in the front office of at least three other teams.Included that group is the Golden State Warriors. According to Magic, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber approached him about joining their group as co-owner of the Warriors.“When Joe and Peter bough...2017
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Tom Gores schedule, game

  • • Everybody wants a WNBA team — two new cities enter expansion mix this week
    2025
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  • • Pre-Snap Reads 9/28: How real are our Seahawks at 3-0?
    2024
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  • • Tom Gores Wants Pistons To Add Players In Free Agency
    2024
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  • • Dunc'd On: Detroit Infamy
    2023
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  • Pistons owner Tom Gores discussing lineup changes with coaches, says 'sell the team' chants are 'ridiculous'
    • Pistons owner Tom Gores discussing lineup changes with coaches, says 'sell the team' chants are 'ridiculous'
    The Pistons have lost 25 games in a row...2023
  • • Inside Monty Williams’ historically big coaching deal with the Pistons
    2023
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  • • Pistons not yet considering shutting Blake Griffin down for season
    2020
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  • • Owner Tom Gores: Pistons 'have to assess everything'
    Speaking on Thursday night to reporters, Pistons owner Tom Gores said that winning is still his top priority, but admitted he wants more than a No. 8 seed and acknowledged that taking a step back in the short term could ultimately help Detroit achieve that goal, tweets James Edwards of The Athletic. “We have to look at everything because we’re not winning, so you’re not winning, to me, you have to...2020
  • • Pistons owner Tom Gores hints at big changes
    Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores spoke with the media on Thursday night and hinted at big changes coming. Gores’ Pistons lost to the Clippers to fall to 12-23 on the season. The Pistons were one of the strongest teams in the East during the 2000s and won a championship, but they spent most of the last decade as an afterthought, only making the playoffs twice. They went 41-41 last season and got swe...2020
  • • Pistons face decisions as NBA trade season ramps up
    Now that 119 of this summer’s free agents are now trade-eligible according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, several playoff-bubble teams have some tough choices to make. Should they shore up their present with moves that may compromise their future (i.e. trading draft picks or still-developing younger players to improve veteran depth), or should they pivot to selling off their more attractive trade options ...2019
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Tom Gores rumors, scandals

  • • Pistons Owner Expresses Support For GM Troy Weaver
    Pistons owner Tom Gores expressed confidence in general manager Troy Weaver during a session with reporters Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, writes Omari Sankofa II of The Detroit Free Press. There has been speculation that Weaver may be replaced amid a historically bad start to the season, but Gores didn’t provide any indication that he’s […]...2024
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  • • NBA Rumors: Latest on Seattle SuperSonics, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and More
    2016
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  • • Rumor: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope demanding more than $20 million annually to sign contract extension with Pistons
    Pistons owner Tom Gores said he’d pay the luxury tax if a contract extension for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope put Detroit over next season. Yet, Caldwell-Pope hasn’t signed an extension with the deadline six days away. What will it take? Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press: There was gossip over the summer that it would take […]...2016
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