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- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Joe Dumars is an American former basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. He played for the Detroit Pistons from 1985 until 1999. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of the best back-courts 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. He served as the President of Basketball Operations for the Detroit Pistons from 2000 to 2014.
His number 4 jersey was retired by the Pistons in March 2000. He has the distinction as being the only Pistons player to ever wear this number.
He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bazza the Beast
- SpouseDebbie Nelson(September 9, 1989 - present) (2 children)
- Guard for Detroit Pistons (1985-1999).
- Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Ma. on September 8, 2006. Other inductees included Charles Barkley and Dominique Wilkins.
- Was a member of the late 80s/early 90s Detroit Pistons teams that were nicknamed "The Bad Boys" for their physical play. Despite playing on "The Bad Boys", he was widely respected around the league for his quiet behavior and sportsmanship.
- As the General Manager of the Detroit Pistons, in the 2003 NBA draft, he drafted Serbian center Darko Milicic with the 2nd overall pick. While Milicic was traded after three lackluster seasons, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, all drafted with later picks, were selected to multiple NBA All-Star games.
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