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NBA Trade Rumors: Joe Dumars Invited To Carmelo Anthony Blockbuster Deal
January 8th, 2011
Word broke last night that the newest team to be invited as a facilitator of the "Get Carmelo Out of Denver" sweepstakes was none other than the Detroit Pistons. New Jersey has been in search of a third team to make a deal work for months. After apparently being rebuffed ...
Why Joe Dumars Has To Blow Up the Detroit Pistons
December 29th, 2010
The other night in Charlotte, NC I got my first live look at this year's Detroit Pistons. After following them closely in broadcast, box score and written article up to that point, I felt this would give me some perspective as to why the team was struggling so much this ...
NBA Rumors: Chris Paul Wants To Go To Magic? How Detroit Gets Involved
July 24th, 2010
And we thought the fireworks would be over once LeBron James signed.
The last few days, the rumor mill has been lit up with talk of Chris Paul's desire to be traded to a team that can contend for a championship. Hard to blame him when it is apparent that New ...
Kings and Sixers Trade: What It Means For The NBA Draft
June 17th, 2010
The weeks before the draft bring a lot of chatter from NBA front offices about what they plan to do come draft day. Usually, you can count on this talk being accurate about as much as you can count on Charles Barkley not doing any more commercials.
So when some genuine ...
The Dumars Principle: Where Will It Take the Pistons Next?
February 21st, 2010
This is the second of two articles on the past, present and future of Joe Dumars and his leadership of the Detroit Pistons. The first part can be read here.
Primarily, we know that Joe Dumars is always trying to build a championship-caliber team. If he looks ...
The Dumars Principle: Behind the Curtain of the Mind of the Detroit Pistons
February 20th, 2010
This is the first of two articles on the past, present, and future of Joe Dumars and his leadership of the Detroit Pistons.
Let me be clear of one thing before we get to far: I truly believe Joe Dumars is one of the best general managers in sports. Therefore, I ...