Flip Saunders was a standout at the University of Minnesota and his son is a junior there, but he is not interested in the position.

"My thing is, I'm an NBA coach. I jumped to that 12, 13 years ago," Saunders said. "At this time in my life, I'm geared towards staying here. I like my situation where I'm at with Joe [Dumars, Detroit's president of basketball operations] and John [Hammond, Detroit's vice president of basketball operations] and Mr. D [team owner Bill Davidson], and the players we have. So my thing is winning NBA championships."