Hours before the start of NBA free agency, Detroit Pistons president Joe Dumars made a splash of a different sort Tuesday, firing coach Michael Curry after just one season amid ongoing concerns about Curry’s command of the locker room and fears that keeping him could hamper Detroit’s offseason business.

NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com that the Pistons — projected to have more spending money than any team in the league when the market opens for business at 12:01 a.m. ET Wednesday — had been contemplating the move for weeks after Curry’s rocky debut season, and decided to go ahead with the change, in part to help maintain their position as the team with the most free-agent ammunition this summer.

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Detroit Tigers rookie right-hander Rick Porcello has gotten a rave review from one of the most respected baseball men of his time: Whitey Herzog, who attended the game Porcello started in St. Louis a few weeks ago.

“What impressed me the most is that he didn’t try to blow the hitters away,” Herzog said in a telephone interview. “He’s not overpowering. He’s a pitcher. He has good movement.” In the game in St. Louis, Porcello gave up three runs (one earned) in five innings. As Herzog noted, “He could have had a shutout — the Tigers didn’t play good defense.” Herzog, the longtime manager, also has worked in scouting and player development. He has seen lots of young pitchers over the decades.

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