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...
biggest deal dealing easier playing time tough
You're going to always deal with tough coaches, ... But a lot of the time you're playing as you're dealing with them. And so it's easier to deal with it. The tough part is when you're not playing. That was his biggest hurdle.
basketball college game great high level
This is some great competition. There's a high level of college basketball here, so it's a great game for me to come and see.
conference finals four high standard straight team three
That's what we all have to live with, because we've set a very high standard here. We've been at least to the conference finals three straight years and we've been a 50-win team four years in a row.
mix playing
They have been playing well and will undoubtedly be in the mix when it's all said and done.
ben both draft fill good guy next ourselves pick position satisfied summer turned year
We have put ourselves in a position to re-sign both Ben (this summer) and Chauncey (in the summer of 2007), and we are getting a pretty good draft pick to fill in with another young guy in the next year or two. I am very satisfied with how this turned out.
bar fame hall players trying
I never even thought about the Hall of Fame as a player. Really, all I thought about was trying to play to a bar that players before me had set.
capable few surprised teams
I'm not surprised at all with our guys. This is one of the few teams you're going to find capable to do that.
athletic fact fit rest
I really like the fact that Maurice is young, athletic and very competitive when he's on the floor. We feel that he will fit right in with the rest of our guys, on and off the court. And getting the right fit is very important to us.
camp chance good looking playing training
He's looking good and playing well. It was just a chance to get to see him play before training camp starts.
smart player three
We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.
league worst offers
Everyone is more focused on presenting the best that the league has to offer, rather than the worst.
responsibility player thinking
I think the (brawl) made the league and the players more conscious of our responsibility to the public.
basketball thinking play
I didn't so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-small forward) spot. If he could've been a pure shooter, great. But if not, we still needed somebody to give us minutes there. I like the guys we've got.
night thinking hands
We can talk about the value of sportsmanship on one hand, and on the other hand, the leading shots, highlights ... you see every night are the outrageous and unsportsmanlike, so I think there is a double standard here. On the one hand, we complain about it, on the other hand it's the first thing you see every night.