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David Mayo: Dumars said he'll take a big at No. 8 for #Pistons if the pool of wings is depleted. Twitter @David_Mayo

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David Mayo: Dumars: #Pistons want a coach before July 1 free agency; have interviewed many more than reported, not just ex-players. Happy at No. 8. Twitter @David_Mayo

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Asked earlier this week on WWJ to give his thoughts on possibly playing for the Pistons next season, the former Wolverine said he'd be all in. "Absolutely (I would)," Trey Burke said. "A lot of people ask me where I want to play, I really don't care, it's just a blessing to be in the NBA. But I'd definitely want to play for the Detroit Pistons. I know Joe Dumars really well, the fan base is right there in Michigan." Booth Newspapers

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Phil Jackson visited and left in his first visible contribution to president of basketball operations Joe Dumars' coaching search, which has included four known formal interviewees, and undoubtedly others whom Dumars has kept under wraps. Booth Newspapers

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Sources say there is no leading candidate, though the Pistons' ability to pry an interview out of Mike Budenholzer certainly represented some leeway in the San Antonio Spurs veteran assistant coach's future plans. Budenholzer long has been considered the top choice to replace Spurs boss Gregg Popovich someday, and while that still could happen, there are only 30 of these jobs and that bird-in-hand thing to consider, if the Pistons' and Budenholzer's shared interest should take them deep into the search process. Booth Newspapers

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Jackson's long relationship with Brian Shaw, the Indiana Pacers assistant regarded as a top head-coaching candidate, also could factor into the search. Pacers president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh has said he would prefer his assistants not interview for other jobs during the postseason, but if Jackson happens to mention to Shaw that he thinks Detroit might be a good fit, and Dumars happens to agree, then the unconventional association between Jackson and the Pistons could pay substantive dividends. Booth Newspapers

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Houston Rockets assistant coach J.B. Bickerstaff is interviewing with Milwaukee Bucks officials on Friday for the franchise's head coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. This is Bickerstaff's second interview for a head-coaching job this week. He met with Detroit general manager Joe Dumars on Tuesday. Yahoo! Sports

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The candidates known to have received interviews are former SuperSonics and Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan, Phoenix Suns interim coach Lindsey Hunter and San San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer. The source added that, if Dumars thinks it would be productive, Jackson would participate in some of the candidate interviews this week. Detroit Free Press

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San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer has emerged as a candidate for the Detroit Pistons' head coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Pistons president Joe Dumars traveled to San Antonio on Wednesday and spent several hours meeting with Budenholzer, the top assistant to Gregg Popovich. Yahoo! Sports

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One source close to the situation told ESPN.com that Jackson's willingness to counsel Gores and Pistons president Joe Dumars as they weigh candidates to replace the ousted Lawrence Frank is an unpaid consultancy stemming from Jackson's friendship with Gores and "does not foreclose any options" with regard to the 11-time championship coach's intentions to find a new full-time NBA management job. ESPN.com

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Jackson's arrangement with the Pistons, according to sources, is an "act of friendship." Former New York Knicks and Utah Jazz executive Dave Checketts previously served as a Pistons adviser to Gores without officially joining team management. ESPN.com

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Detroit GM Joe Dumars met with Nate McMillan in N.C. last week, sources say. Ownership expected to be involved in formal interview today. Twitter

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When Salley chimed in on who he thinks would be the perfect candidate to be the Pistons next coach he mentioned that Pistons owner Tom Gores and team president and general manager Joe Dumars would get a guy who could make the team playoff-bound right away. "“I’m going to say one thing: Brian Shaw should be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons; Brian Shaw should be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons; Brian Shaw should be the next coach of the Detroit Pistons,” Salley said. “If they do (hire Shaw) guaranteed 50 wins.” Booth Newspapers

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Jeff Van Gundy: "The most important player or person in any organization is the person that picks the players. But we don't, as organizations, examine them. We just take the easy way out time and time again. You lose, the G.M. convinces the owner 'We got good players. It's the coach's fault.' We fire the coach; we bring a new coach in; we continue to lose. We fire that coach, saying that 'We have better players.' It just goes on and on. It's typical and I can't believe that the Detroit owners fell for it. I just can't believe it." Deadline Detroit

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Nate McMillan is the early speculative favorite on the list of coaches Dumars might consider. Like a prime Tiger Woods in a golf tournament, size of field could be the former Seattle and Portland coach's biggest obstacle. The Van Gundy brothers also might hold some intrigue. Among those who have not been NBA head coaches, Brian Shaw, a perennial bridesmaid for head-coaching jobs, and Kelvin Sampson also might fit the profile of coaches Dumars might consider. Booth Newspapers

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Dumars also figures to make a courtesy and brain-picking call to Tom Izzo, which might include a feeler to see if the Michigan State coach wants the challenge of a downward move in competitiveness and a sideways move financially. Izzo spurned the Cleveland Cavaliers three years ago, when LeBron James didn't return his calls before The Decision. The Pistons' Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond are more phone-friendly and if Izzo cared to return theirs. Booth Newspapers

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A meeting Thursday with Pistons owner Tom Gores finally confirmed Frank's ouster, after Gores offered very tepid public support of his coach when speaking to local reporters earlier this week. Frank was believed to be largely Gores' choice to replace John Kuester in the summer of 2011, although NBA coaching sources maintain that Pistons president Joe Dumars preferred current Knicks coach Mike Woodson for the job. ESPN.com

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Gores said he met Sunday with both Frank and president of basketball operations Joe Dumars, "so it's very, very clear, coming from me," that he is not happy with the results of a 28-52 season with two games remaining. "Lawrence is a tremendous guy," Gores said. "I've gotten to know him a little bit the last couple years and he's a tremendous guy. But I have to worry about this franchise and what is the best thing to do." Booth Newspapers

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Gores, asked if he has made a decision on Dumars, Frank, or both, said he is "here assessing them, and my job is to move this franchise forward." Asked if the decision on Frank would be his, or if Dumars would be involved, assuming the latter is retained, Gores said it "will be a discussion -- I have to be involved because I'm taking care of this franchise." Booth Newspapers

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Vincent Goodwill: Don't think Dumars is going anywhere, despite the very, very couched reports about his departure. He's got a chance to see this through Twitter @vgoodwill

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