Sources in New Orleans tell Matt Dery at WDFN that former Piston Darrell Walker will be likely heading to Detroit soon to sign a contract to be Michael Curry’s top assistant. Walker has served as head coach for two different teams—the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards. He was the Raptors’ second coach, following Brendan Malone, and led the team for a season and a half. In 2000, he replaced the fired Gar Heard in Washington for half a season the first coaching “call up” in history, having previously been the coach of the Rockford Lightning of the CBA, but was then replaced by Leonard Hamilton the next year. He has been an assistant the last couple of years under Byron Scott with the Hornets.

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