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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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.
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I'm not really overwhelmed by much, but that was pretty overwhelming. To get that phone call, it was a pretty awesome to hear those words.
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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.
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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.
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We wish him the best and good health going forward.
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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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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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To have your body of work honored in this manner is the ultimate in any profession. I was blessed to play with some great players and for a tremendous organization.
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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 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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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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Of course we would want him back. Larry knows that.
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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.