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Pistons bidder shot for Delphi

Private-equity baron has Michigan ties

By Bill Shea
Tom Gores isn't a household name in metro Detroit, but he could be this fall.

He nearly bought Troy-based auto supplier Delphi Holdings LLP for $3.6 billion last year and now is rumored to have the inside track on becoming the next owner of the Detroit Pistons, although neither he nor anyone involved will talk much about it.

A source familiar with the situation said bids for the team were submitted by Gores and an undetermined number of other bidders around Labor Day to Citi Private Bank's sports finance and advisory team, which was hired to broker a sale.

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