After Pistons President Joe Dumars and Johnson couldn’t agree on a contract or a focus of the organization, Dumars quickly moved to hire Kuester. According to multiple reports, Kuester will receive a two-year contract with a team option for a third season.

Last season, Kuester was regarded as the offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Considering that the Cavs won 66 games and their offense appeared to be much improved, Kuester did a fine job.

With the Pistons, he will likely continue to focus on offense. During the offseason, the Pistons signed Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva — two offensive players.

John Kuester - Pistons Head Coach (Image: Zuma Press)

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In his only season as head coach, Curry guided the Pistons to a 39-43 record. In the first round, Detroit got swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a series that was hardly competitive. Considering that the Pistons had come off of a stretch of years where they at least made the Eastern Conference Finals, the 2008-09 season had to be considered a failure.

Pistons president Joe Dumars hasn’t said who he will go after to replace Curry. Names that have come up in early rumors include Avery Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy, Doug Collins and Bill Laimbeer.

Curry had a number of questionable decisions last year. He also struggled with how to best utilize Allen Iverson after the trade that sent Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets.

Michael Curry Fired by Pistons (Image: Zuma Press)

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