Pistons Fire Flip Saunders

President of basketball operations Joe Dumars said it's "time for a new voice to lead our team." Saunders had a year left on a four-year deal he signed in 2005. The decision comes three years after Saunders took over for Larry Brown, who led the Pistons to two straight NBA Finals.

"Decisions like this are difficult to make, especially with the success we have had throughout the last three regular seasons," Dumars said in a statement. "However, at this time, I feel it is necessary to make a change."

The Pistons will hold a 2 p.m. ET news conference. A message left for Saunders on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

It's just a shame that Flip could do his best coaching job ever and be fired for it. There's other issues on this team other than Flip and I think Joe knows that. I'm just glad that he's being aggressive already and getting some stuff done.

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