According to Adrien Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports the Detroit Pistons have fired Head Coach Maurice Cheeks only a quarter of the way into his original two year contract…
Despite back-to-back victories on the weekend, general manager Joe Dumars informed Cheeks of his dismissal on Sunday morning, sources said.
Cheeks didn’t make it to the All-Star break of his first season as Detroit’s coach. He was in the first year of a two-year contract with the Pistons.
Owner Tom Gores had become increasingly impatient with Cheeks, and sources with knowledge of his plans say that he had been pushing for a change in the coaching staff.
With the team in the 8th seed there’s still time for the Pistons to progress and get higher into the Playoff seeding. Because nobody wants to be in the 7th and 8th…
