Speculation over Pistons coach Flip Saunders is at a fever pitch. Numerous NBA writers are speculating about the status of the Pistons’ embattled coach. One report has the Dallas Mavericks, who fired Avery Johnson Wednesday, interested…Chicago Bulls general manager John Paxson list of candidates also includes Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau and Detroit assistant Michael Curry, who is looking more like the Pistons’ next head coach if Flip Saunders can’t get the heavily favored team through its first-round series with Philadelphia.

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