JOE DUMARS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Detroit Pistons’ Joe Dumars Must Break Through With Another Big Trade Move This Summer
Joe Dumars needs another big trade— and a much better one than when he dealt for Allen Iverson in 2008—to turn the Pistons around this offseason. (mrzh, Flicker)
In the last several months, Detroit Pistons’ fans have been treated to a smorgasbord of heartbreaking basketball trade what if’s courtesy of the national media.
Just some of the names that were rumored to be heading...
Pistons roll out another coach
AUBURN HILLS -- It has become a ritual of sports -- something like the Olympics or the World Cup.
Every two years, the media of Detroit gather at the Palace for the grand unveiling of the new Pistons coach. The ceremony is the same -- the Palace employees gather in the atrium and applaud the new coach, while Joe Dumars talks about how convinced he is that this is the right man...
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Motivated by Tradition, Mo Cheeks Aims to Instill Winning Commitment in Young Detroit Pistons
Maurice Cheeks was introduced Thursday morning as the 33rd head coach in Detroit Pistons’ franchise history. After burning through four of those coaches quite quickly since 2008, one would figure there would be some trepidation within the next man taking the job. In Cheeks’ case, that simply wasn’t so.
Finding a fit working with a former player from his era in Joe Dumars, Cheeks...
LIVE STREAM: Pistons introduce new coach
Joe Dumars, Pistons president of basketball operations, will introduce Maurice Cheeks as the team's new head coach Thursday at 11 a.m.
Watch live streaming video of the press conference right here:
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Detroit Pistons: Maurice Cheeks in as the new coach
After a few days of lingering rumors, the Detroit Pistons have officially announced that their next head coach will be Oklahoma City assistant Maurice Cheeks.
The Pistons will be Cheeks’ third head coaching stint, and prior to being the assistant to Scott Brooks in OKC, Cheeks was the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers (or Jailblazers as they were commonly referred as) and...
The Pistons perpetual cycle of mediocrity
The Pistons have settled in basketball purgatory, stuck between the desire to be a playoff team and truly bottoming out. They’ve been in this situation for a few years now. They might as well own real estate in the back half of the lottery. So goes the woes of the once mighty Pistons. This all started when the Pistons decided to attempt to rebuild on the fly in the Fall of 2008...
Mo Cheeks to the Pistons? What it could mean for OKC
Thunder lead assistant, Mo Cheeks, has been interviewing with the Detroit Pistons for awhile now. Now, according to Mark Stein of ESPN, he’s won the favor of the Detroit endorsement of Pistons’ President, Joe Dumars. He’s into a third interview phase, and seems all but a lock for the position. He’s a third finalist for [...]
The latest buzz on the Detroit Pistons coaching rumors
On June 3rd, 2008, the Detroit Pistons fired Flip Saunders after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals three seasons in a row. June 10th, 2008, the Detroit Pistons hire Michael Curry after serving only one season as an assistant. June 30, 2009 the Detroit Pistons fire Michael Curry after one season and on July 9th, 2009 the Detroit Pistons hire John Kuester. Where am I going with...
Dumars, Pistons 'Comfortable' With No. 8 Draft Slot
Joe Dumars is “comfortable” with the Detroit Pistons staying in the middle of the draft lottery.
"I'm good with it," Dumars said during a conference call with reporters Tuesday night. "I just talked to Tom Gores about five minutes (ago) and I basically said the same thing ... there are no franchise changers, there's no franchise guy, really, that you'...
Detroit Pistons: Dumars, Pistons have a huge summer ahead
Alright, I’m not sure why I keep going on these Detroit Pistons tangents in the midst of one of the best NBA playoffs in recent years, but I can’t stress enough how huge this summer is for the this organization.
With money at their disposal, a top 10 pick in the 2013 NBA draft and young talent that can be shopped around, the Pistons are in a great position to once again contend...
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