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...
david represents stern team ultimate wants
The ultimate team player. Chauncey represents everything David Stern wants in this league.
brings culture fit player positions streak strong team
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.
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.
break came lottery rookies team
For those who forgot, he didn't come to a lottery team, ... He came to a world championship team. And most rookies are not going to come to a world championship team and break into the lineup, break into the rotation, and play.
great guarantee impact past situation team turn turned ultimately
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.
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.
appreciate attitudes coaches great guys league saying team thank voting
I would just like to thank the coaches in the league for recognizing our players. What the coaches are saying by voting our guys on is that they appreciate unselfishness, great attitudes and team basketball.
cannot guys hole internal players team
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.
knew months
It's not like he knew this two months ago and just waited.
guess
His wisecrack was, ?OK, I guess you were pretty good.
environment great guide surround
All we did was guide him here, put him in a great environment and surround him with a great culture. He did the rest.
awesome feat hat kobe mind tip word
I think it is an awesome feat what Kobe did the other night, and I tip my hat to him. The one word that comes to mind when I think about what he accomplished is SPECIAL.
wants
I think we will get something done long-term. We are going to keep him here. Tay wants that, I want that and Duffy wants that. We'll get something done.
mix playing
They have been playing well and will undoubtedly be in the mix when it's all said and done.