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...
front guys
When you are a kid, all you do is look up to the guys in front of you. I wanted to go out and be those guys. I don't think any of us in here can go back and think of a day like this.
along front guys helping kid life manner parents people raising thank
When you are a kid you look up to the guys in front of you. You don't get to this place in life with only one or two people helping you. I thank my parents for raising me in the manner they did and all the other people along the way.
plans
We have no plans to do anything with Derrick at the moment.
agreed both larry sides
We have not agreed to anything with Larry and there is no buyout yet. Both sides are still talking.
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.
fact fun hometown kids promise scrappy team
The fact that these kids are from my hometown makes this especially fun for me. They're a scrappy team and they made a promise that they would represent.