Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Dumars

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Last updated on April 18, 2025.

Joe Dumars III is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the executive vice president and head of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. He played his entire fourteen-year career with the Detroit Pistons. 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 with Grant Hill. Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Dumars served as the president of basketball operations for the Pistons from 2000 to 2014.

American - Basketball player | Born: May 24, 1963

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Any coach worth his salt will take a look at that and say, 'I'll take my chances with that'

Joe Dumars

We can talk about the value of sportsmanship on one hand, and on the other hand, the leading shots, highlights ... you see every night are the outrageous and unsportsmanlike, so I think there is a double standard here. On the one hand, we complain about it, on the other hand it's the first thing you see every night.

Joe Dumars

You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years.

Joe Dumars

The one thing that I really want, ... is for our second group to be an energy unit. That's what we had in our championship run, and that's what I think you are starting to see with this group.

Joe Dumars

We have very smart players and they've been fortunate to play for three very good coaches.

Joe Dumars

I think the (brawl) made the league and the players more conscious of our responsibility to the public.

Joe Dumars

Everyone is more focused on presenting the best that the league has to offer, rather than the worst.

Joe Dumars

On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

Joe Dumars

I didn't so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-small forward) spot. If he could've been a pure shooter, great. But if not, we still needed somebody to give us minutes there. I like the guys we've got.

Joe Dumars

Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Dumars

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