Detroit Pistons WNBA bid: Why is league expanding and who are the candidates?
Several ownership groups, including the Detroit Pistons, have submitted bids for the WNBA's 16th franchise as expansion ...
Huron Daily Tribune on MSN7d
Detroit emerges as top contender for WNBA expansion, Piston's owner launches bid
The WNBA's trademark application for "Detroit Shock" suggests Detroit as a leading contender for a new team, with a bid led ...
Detroit WNBA bid: Why did the Detroit Shock leave the city in 2010?
Bill Laimbeer was the Detroit Shock head coach for the title-winning seasons in 2003, 2006 and 2008, Rick Mahorn joined as an ...
Detroit Free Press7d
Detroit Pistons WNBA bid: Why is league expanding and who are the candidates?
They went from worst in the league to winning the 2003 title behind head coach Bill Laimbeer, a two-time NBA champion center with Pistons. However, the club was sold and moved to Tulsa for the ...
USA Today7d
Detroit WNBA bid: Why did the Detroit Shock leave the city in 2010?
After owner Bill Davidson died in 2009 ... Gores bought the Pistons in 2011. The Shock in 2002 finished 9-23, a league worst, with Laimbeer taking over midseason. Then in a meteoric rise, they ...
Austin American-Statesman7d
Detroit WNBA bid: Why did the Detroit Shock leave the city in 2010?
Gores bought the Pistons in 2011. Bill Laimbeer was the Detroit Shock head coach for the title-winning seasons in 2003, 2006 and 2008, Rick Mahorn joined as an assistant in 2005; the two won the ...