 Before return to coaching with the Charlotte Bobcats replaced Sam Vincent, who was fired by team owner Michael Jordan in the 2008–09 season and reached the playoffs in 2010 under the emergence of All-Star Gerald Wallace before he was retired as head coach during the 2010–11 season and replaced by veteran head coach Paul Silas, but after winning only 7 games in his half-season in the Bobcats name during the shortened–lockout season, Silas was released finishing with their worst winning percentage with .106 by a team's single–season in NBA history beating the infamous 1972–73 76ers with .110, and replaced by Mike Dunlap.It was later announced in the off-season that Flip Saunders, who was fired as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves at midseason, would be the Pistons head coach for next season.