Porter Brought In To Detroit As Assistant

Terry Porter was added as an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons, the club announced on Wednesday.

Porter spent two seasons as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, leading the team to a 41-41 record and a playoff berth in his first season there.

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Artest Tells Children: "Someone Started Trouble And I Ended It"

DETROIT -- Ron Artest, talking to children as part of his community service sentence, defended his actions in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history.

"Someone started trouble and I ended it," Artest told about 50 children Wednesday at a panel on black empowerment at the Judge Mathis Community Center. "I would always encourage you to protect yourself but in certain situations, if you can avoid them, avoid them."

Artest was at the center of the November 2004 brawl at a Detroit Pistons game. It started when Artest, then with the Indiana Pacers, fouled Pistons center Ben Wallace late in a blowout game.

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Dumars Turns To Thomas For Hall Of Fame Enshrinement

Joe Dumars turned to a friend and former Pistons backcourt teammate to help enshrine him in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday.

Isiah Thomas will present Dumars when the Pistons president is enshrined on September 8-9 in Springfield, Mass. Only members of the Hall of Fame may present new members; Thomas, who won NBA titles with Dumars in 1989 and 1990, joined the Hall in 2000.

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