Joe Dumars

Joe Dumars III ( born May 24, 1963 in Shreveport, Louisiana ) is a retired American professional basketball player. Dumars is 1,90 m tall and played on the position of the Shooting Guards. He was known for his versatility, which enabled him to assume the role of point guards addition to its actual position also when needed.

Between 1985 and 1999 he played in the U.S. professional league NBA with the team the Detroit Pistons, with whom he won the NBA championship in 1989 and 1990. He was judged to be the MVP of the finals series in 1989. Dumars was elected four times during his career in the All-Defensive First Team ( 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 ) and called six times in the NBA All -Star team in the Eastern Conference. In addition, Dumars was a member of the U.S. team that won the FIBA World Championship in 1994. Since 2000, Dumars has worked as Team President of Basketball Operations for the Pistons. He was responsible for the construction of the championship teams from 2004, for which he was honored with the NBA Executive of the Year Award. In 2006 he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

NBA career

College

Joe Dumars went to the McNeese State University, where he played four years for the college team. He scored 22.5 points on average and he finished his college career as elftbester points scorer in the history of the NCAA.

Detroit Pistons

Players (1985 - 1999)

With the 18th pick, the Detroit Pistons secured the rights to the young Joe Dumars, who was to represent his whole career this team. For his achievements in the first year as a pro, he was appointed in 1986 team in the NBA All - Rookie. He won two NBA titles in his career as a player in 1989 and 1990, and in 1989 became even chosen as the MVP of the NBA Finals. Michael Jordan once called him the best defender against whom he ever had to compete in the NBA. Joe Dumars was six times part of the NBA All- Star Games and four times part of the NBA All-Defensive 1st teams. In his fourteen- year career with the Detroit Pistons, he collected 16,401 points, 4,612 assists, distributed, fetched 2,203 rebounds and recorded 902 steals for the team.

Although " Bad Boys " days of the Detroit Pistons was during the so-called to the team, where the team showed an aggressive and very physical play way Joe Dumars was known for its quiet and very polite way. He was the first player who was honored in 1996 with the NBA Sportsmanship Award. The Preistrophäse has since been named after him: the "Joe Dumars Trophy". 1994 Joe Dumars was part of the national basketball team of the United States, which was able to secure the gold medal. Since March 2000 his jersey number 4 is no longer awarded at the Detroit Pistons. In the same year he was awarded the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for community involvement.

Team President (2000 -present)

Before the NBA 2000-2001 season, Joe Dumars was named Team President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons. He was responsible for the construction of the championship teams from 2004, for which he was honored with the NBA Executive of the Year Award. The Pistons made ​​it six consecutive years (2003 - 2008) in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

Notable Trades

  • Grant Hill for Chucky Atkins and Ben Wallace, 2000
  • Jerry Stackhouse for Richard Hamilton, 2002
  • Zeljko Rebraca, Bob Sura, Chucky Atkins, Lindsey Hunter and two Erstrundenpicks for Rasheed Wallace and Mike James, 2004
  • Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb for Allen Iverson, 2008

Notable draft picks

  • Mehmet Okur in the second round of the NBA Drafts 2001
  • Tayshaun Prince in the first round of the NBA Drafts 2002
  • Darko Milicic in the first round of the NBA Drafts 2003
  • Jason Maxiell in the first round of the NBA Drafts 2005
  • Rodney Stuckey in the first round of the NBA Drafts 2007
  • Arron Afflalo in the first round of the NBA Drafts 2007

Notable Free Agents

National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Eastern Conference (NBA) 1994 FIBA World Championship NBA All-Rookie Team Richard Hamilton (basketball) Darko Miličić Willis Reed John Havlicek Rick Barry Jo Jo White Bill Walton Wes Unseld Dennis Johnson Cedric Maxwell Moses Malone Larry Bird James Worthy Isiah Thomas Hakeem Olajuwon Tim Duncan Tony Parker Paul Pierce Dirk Nowitzki
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