Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars IIIis an American retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association. At 6'3"Dumars could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. He played for the Detroit Pistons from 1985 until 1999. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best backcourts in NBA history. Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved to point guard following Thomas' retirement in 1994, sharing ball-handling duties...
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We wish him the best and good health going forward.
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We feel like this is a good trade for our team and gives our organization flexibility as we move forward this season and in the future.
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Every hole on your team cannot be addressed by just going out and acquiring. You have to have some internal growth, too. That has to be a part of it. We have some good, young players on our roster. You have to let your young guys grow.
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We will be in the market to add depth at the point guard position. If we can't, we still have four guys who can handle the backup point guard position.
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Maurice is the kind of player we think is going to fit in with our team and our culture. Maurice brings a really strong competitive streak with him and can play two positions for us.
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We're sitting here with 107 consecutive sellouts because we win. My personal belief is that winning supersedes everything.
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It was the same in the regular season. When you win 64 games, that means you're taking care of business.
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The team we ultimately turned into had a great impact on his situation. If we don't turn into the team we've turned into over the past 2 1/2 years, I guarantee his situation would be a lot different and he'd probably still be here.
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Of course we would want him back. Larry knows that.
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Flip has given him a freedom to play to his talent.
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Everything is definitely quiet on this end. We haven't spoken to anybody.
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They understand going out and scoring 30 points and losing games, that's just... You've got to get in a long line of people who've done that. But there's a very short line of people who have actually won.
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A lot of people get caught up in the hype of playing a big-time team. The name on the front of the jersey doesn't matter. Take that jersey off, and he's a human being just like you.
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You don't get an overabundance of calls from people who are looking to make these great deals with you.