Former Pistons Coach, Flip Saunders Passes Away At 60

Flip Saunders passed away on Sunday after battling Hodgkins Lymphoma at the age of 60.

Flip coached a total of 17 years in the NBA, and three of them with one of the greatest Pistons teams of all time.  Flip still has the highest winning percentage of any Pistons coach.

Chauncey Billups talked to ESPN about the impact that Flip had on his career, basically saying that his short time with Saunders made his career better.

Kevin Garnett also posted a touching tribute to Flip Saunders.  KG and Flip were great friends, and his tribute shows how deeply he is feeling the loss of Saunders.