Report: Brown’s future with Pistons still uncertain

According to the Detroit News, the two sides called the meeting "fruitful and productive" despite the lack of any solid agreement. No specifics of the encounter were revealed in the report, but both parties agreed to continue talking over the telephone.

Brown, 64, signed a five-year, $25 million contract with the Pistons two years ago. Detroit won the NBA Championship in 2004 and lost the Finals in seven games to San Antonio this season. But there have been rumors Brown will take a front office job with Cleveland next season, and there were rumors earlier in the year that he would leave Detroit to coach the New York Knicks or the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brown has insisted that if he is healthy enough to keep coaching, he will remain on the sidelines with the Pistons. Following the NBA Finals defeat, Brown checked himself into a hospital for two days because of complications from November hip surgery.

The vagabond Brown has burned bridges all across the country by leaving teams before his contract expired. He has had coaching stints with the Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey Nets and ABA’s Carolina Cougars. He was the head coach at UCLA and the University of Kansas, where he won the National Championship with the Jayhawks in 1988.