Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit?

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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#41 » by Jan_Sobieski » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:12 pm

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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#42 » by Scalabrine » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:17 pm

People said that the Spurs were done at the time the Pistons blew it up. Just saying...
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#43 » by princeofpalace » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:17 pm

Joe had 1 bad year in 2009 that became magnified because the team was for sale and Karen Davidson wouldnt let him make any moves.

Our team is set up nicely though. We have

Prospects w/star potential: Andre Drummond, Greg Monroe, Brandon Knight
2nd round prospects: Khris Middleton, Kim English, Kyle Singler, Slava Kravtov
Solid Vets on good deals: Rodney Stuckey- 2/16, Tayshaun Prince 3/21, Jonas Jerebko 3/14
Expiring Contracts: Cory Maggette, Jason Maxiel, Will Bynum, Austin Daye
1 albatross contract: Charlie Villanueva- 2/16

We have young prospects and financial flexibility all without tanking. Joe D has put this team in a good position.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#44 » by albo23 » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:21 pm

SEBAS-07 wrote:Why did he resign Tayshaun Prince?

He's a veteran leader and mentor.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#45 » by Blkbrd671 » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:49 pm

Love this thread, all Joe D's good moves are because he lucked out and all his bad moves are because he decided them. so he has made 0 good moves.


OP is trolling or ignorant.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#46 » by Uncle Mxy » Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:55 pm

bullsnewdynasty wrote:Gordon was definitely a guy who was not utilized correctly. How else can you explain a guy dropping off so much during his prime years, and not even the result of a major injury? It's almost unprecedented.

He did have a major injury in his first season as a Piston. He blew out his ankle, started sucking, and had surgery right after the season ended. For the past couple seasons, he's largely been passive... more catch-and-shoot than off-the-dribble. My sense is that he got paid and doesn't have the drive that he did when he was in Chicago. The only time we saw a sustained stretch of the player who led Chicago to 7 games vs. Boston was before his ankle injury.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#47 » by Blkbrd671 » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:13 am

Don't forget Michael Curry and Kuester! the POS coaches hired and dumba* schemes didn't help. Mostly due to the Fact Karen Davidson wasn't willing to dish money out for good coaches.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#48 » by Jan_Sobieski » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:15 am

Blkbrd671 wrote:Don't forget Michael Curry and Kuester! the POS coaches hired and dumba* schemes didn't help. Mostly due to the Fact Karen Davidson wasn't willing to dish money out for good coaches.

Now with the new CBA coaches are better to come by.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#49 » by Ripp » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:19 am

Drummond @ 9 will make him look like a genius
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#50 » by KL78192020 » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:27 am

Well he got rid of Gordon, so that was a good move fixing his mistake.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#51 » by Blkbrd671 » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:34 am

^its a matter of what he does with that money. The billups trade wasn't that bad until he signed CV and BG with AI's cap room
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#52 » by FlipTSO » Mon Jul 9, 2012 12:49 am

bullsnewdynasty wrote:
FlipTSO wrote:The funny thing is that Wallace would've been worth every penny of that $12 mil/yr had he stayed with us, because we knew how to use him. CHI spent $15 mil/yr on a player and had no clue what to do with him. I guess you could say the same for Gordon with us, but thats my point. GM'st with far less accomplishments like Paxson have gaffes here and there as well and don't get fired. Yet ppl think Joe should makes no sense.


It wasn't that Wallace wasn't utilized correctly in Chicago. Wallace was old and significantly declined by the 2nd year he was in Chicago. I also think he lost some motivation after he got paid. Gordon was definitely a guy who was not utilized correctly. How else can you explain a guy dropping off so much during his prime years, and not even the result of a major injury? It's almost unprecedented.

I'm not evaluating Dumars based on the Gordon decision alone. He also traded Billups for Iverson, dealt Afflalo for nothing, signed Villanueva, and hired Kuester. His only saving grace is that he's been decent at drafting, although Monroe fell in his lap. Prince contract extension was also confusing. You can't tell me that you are satisfied with Dumars after 3-4 years of mediocrity/losing.


I hate when ppl say Knight, Monroe, and Drummond fell in his lap, because its taking credit away from Dumars. He could've passed on them just like the other GM's, but he recognized the talent there which the other GM's could not identify, and that deserves credit. That's not just luck. He still had to put his name on the line and pick them over all the other the players on the board. Its like when ppl say a team lost a game, instead of crediting the team that won the game.

And yes I'm very satisfied with Dumars because I understand the circumstances and I'm not an impatient fickle fan. When you have a contender whose run lasts 7-8 yrs, eventually that team is going to get old and take 3-4 yrs to rebuild. On top of that, there was a 2 yr stall on the rebuild through an ownership change. He's actually done a remarkable job rebuilding this team, when you consider 2 of the 4 yrs he was stuck at a standstill and couldn't do anything but draft players.

The OP who made this thread must feel foolish today. I remember saying how Joe had us set up great with young talent and upcoming capspace. Well since then he has loaded us with even more young talent, more capspace, and the capspace is now coming a year sooner. Dumars is one of the best GM's in the league and is highly regarded among the other top GM's. Its a joke when fans say otherwise. All the top GM's have down periods and have made bad moves. For reasons unknown fans just ignore those other GM's bad moves, but love to constantly point out the few that Dumars has made. Must be hate stemming back from the Bad Boys or something, lol.

I never hear ppl talk about Riley's #2 pick gaffe, taking Beasley over Westbrook, Love, Gordon, Hibbert, Ibaka, B Lopez, etc. Its only Dumars taking Darko over Wade, Carmelo, Bosh. :roll:
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#53 » by Uncle Mxy » Mon Jul 9, 2012 1:15 am

I can fault JD for the misuse of the cap space the AI trade helped free up, but it's hard to totally blame his instincts on the trade itself.

JD traded for someone who didn't seem badly injured and, just the year before, scored 26 ppg on 46% shooting and led the league in minutes.

Sure, you expect some decline at his age, but his meltdown in Detroit was meteoric, especially given no injury was really involved (except for the totally bogus one at the end which prohibited him from playing in the playoffs).
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#54 » by FlipTSO » Mon Jul 9, 2012 1:29 am

^The reason Iverson isn't in the league today is because of Iverson, not the Pistons. He refused to buy into the team concept, refused to acknowledge and accept his skills were eroding, and that it was time in his career to take a lesser role. Its the same reason no team has wanted him since. The Pistons just happened to be the team to expose him for that.

Like you said AI was coming off a great season. There was no real way of knowing that would be the last year of the great AI, and also know way of knowing he was THAT selfish, that he would rather not even be in the league at all, than to take a lesser role that his new lesser talent suggested he play. Sure, it was mostly for capspace and sure JD spent the capspace poorly, but at the same time how else could he have spent it? If you look at that FA class, BG and CV were honestly the best 2 players in the class. It was just a garbage FA class. And Karen told him if he didn't spend it in '09 he couldn't spend it in '10. So what other choice did he have? Better to take a chance on a couple players than have nothing at all.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#55 » by triplet1984 » Mon Jul 9, 2012 1:29 am

Dumars has made some really awful moves the past few years, but I do feel he usually does a decent job of cleaning up his own messes. He basically steered Detroit into a 2-3 year purgatory, but now they have a really good future with Monroe/Knight/Drummond.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#56 » by NiqtheAntiq » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:19 pm

Da-Met wrote:Dumars has made some really awful moves the past few years, but I do feel he usually does a decent job of cleaning up his own messes. He basically steered Detroit into a 2-3 year purgatory, but now they have a really good future with Monroe/Knight/Drummond.


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Can Pistons fans now agree that Dumars can't make magic strike twice?

They need a guy who will get ride of guys like Prince,Maxiell,Stucky and Villenueva tommorrow.
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Post#57 » by DetroitPistons » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:33 pm

NiqtheAntiq wrote:
Da-Met wrote:Dumars has made some really awful moves the past few years, but I do feel he usually does a decent job of cleaning up his own messes. He basically steered Detroit into a 2-3 year purgatory, but now they have a really good future with Monroe/Knight/Drummond.


1-9

Can Pistons fans now agree that Dumars can't make magic strike twice?

They need a guy who will get ride of guys like Prince,Maxiell,Stucky and Villenueva tommorrow.


Dumars has done a good job with the rebuild and I am very happy with Monroe, Knight, and Drummond as our current core. He has done an awesome job at drafting. The reason we are 1-9 is because of our moronic coach who constantly uses terrible rotations and gives Drummond (our 2nd best big) 12min a game. He has single handedly cost us 3 or 4 games so far. If he keeps it up we will have another good lottery pick to go with our core and I'm just about ready to jump on the tank bandwagon at this point anyways. We also have great cap flexibility too. The thing is, Dumars and Frank are a package deal imo. If Frank doesn't get it together then both with probably be gone because I just don't see Dumars getting another opportunity to hire another coach.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#58 » by Goldtop » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:57 pm

NiqtheAntiq wrote:
Da-Met wrote:Dumars has made some really awful moves the past few years, but I do feel he usually does a decent job of cleaning up his own messes. He basically steered Detroit into a 2-3 year purgatory, but now they have a really good future with Monroe/Knight/Drummond.


1-9

Can Pistons fans now agree that Dumars can't make magic strike twice?

They need a guy who will get ride of guys like Prince,Maxiell,Stucky and Villenueva tommorrow.


This team wasn't built to win this year. The goal was to clear capspace and develop young players. When you do that, 1-9 happens. Young teams don't win many games, generally.

The only problem I have is they aren't playing Drummond enough, but its still only 10 games. He's got 72 left to play more min.

Despite what it may look like, Joe has actually put them in a good position, with young talent, and potentially ~30 mil in capspace this summer. Thats all you can really ask for out of a rebuild.

Maxiell, Bynum, Daye, and Maggette are all exp contracts totaling ~20 mil in space. Rip's 5 mil comes off the books too. If they need more capspace, Joe still has his amnesty, so he can use it on CV for another 8 mil, if nec. And next year is Stuckey's final year of his contract, which is only partially guaranteed for 4 mil. So there's probably a good chance Joe will get rid of Maxiell, Bynum, Daye, Maggette, CV, and Stuckey all this summer.

Then be left with Monroe, Drummond, and Knight all on rookie deals with $30 mil in space to build around them. Plus some nice complimentary pieces in Singler and English. I really like what Joe has done given what he's had to work with, with the 2 yr ownership change that banned him for trades or signing FA. I'm not sure what more coud be asked of him. He's stocked us with 3 top young talents and $30 mil in capspace.

What he needs now is to find a good coach. ppl blame him for Curry, Kuester, and Frank, however, he was only allowed to spend like $1 mil/yr on coach's during the Curry/Kuester hires. I don't know who else he could've gotten better for only $1 mil/yr. He went after Avery and Collins, but ownership wouldn't pay them what they wanted. And the rumor is that Frank was Gores' choice, not Joe.

When Joe's been able to spend on coach's he got Brown/Flip who led them to 5 straight ECF. I think SVG would be the perfect fit for this team. ppl rag on him, but he developed Dwight into the best Center in the league, and took the worst team in the league to the Finals in 5 yrs. I could see him doing the same with Monroe and Drummond.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#59 » by NashtyNas » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:07 pm

FlipTSO wrote:I never hear ppl talk about Riley's #2 pick gaffe, taking Beasley over Westbrook, Love, Gordon, Hibbert, Ibaka, B Lopez, etc. Its only Dumars taking Darko over Wade, Carmelo, Bosh. :roll:


At that point in time, Beasley was viewed as a can't miss number one or number 2 pick. You can't possibly blame Riely for picking him over any of those other guys, most of whom were viewed as projects.

Meanwhile, Carmelo was the can't miss talent in 03 after LeBron, and Darko was a HUGE unknown but still regarded highly as a project big. Imagine that 04 Pistons team with Melo instead of Darko.
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Re: Why is Joe Dumars still GM in Detroit? 

Post#60 » by Woodsanity » Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:14 pm

Wasn't Darko a consensus number 2 pick? Not really Dumars fault. Not to mention Darko was better fit wise. It just turned out he was a bust.
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