Ex-Detroit Pistons exec Joe Dumars to the Atlanta Hawks?
As a player for the Detroit Pistons, Joe Dumars won two championships. As the Pistons general manager, he built a title-contending squad that lasted almost a decade, adding one more title to his resume. Now it appears the Atlanta Hawks are interested in Dumars’ services.
The Detroit Pistons franchise owes a lot to Joe Dumars. After all, his services as a player and an executive lead to all three of the franchise’s titles.
Despite his success, Dumars has struggled landing another gig since his days in Detroit.
That said, he might not be out of the NBA much longer.
League sources say Joe Dumars and David Griffin are expected to emerge as candidates in the Hawks' search for a new lead front-office voice
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 5, 2017
Dumars last years in Detroit were rough. In fact, he is responsible for the worst chain of moves in franchise history.
Dumars sent Ben Gordon and a first round draft pick to the then Charlotte Bobcats for Corey Maggette in an effort to clear up cap space. He then used the cleared space to sign Josh Smith to pair with Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.
Josh Smith would eventually be waived.
He also traded Chauncey Billups for Allen Iverson. Billups had a few good seasons with the Denver Nuggets, and Iverson’s time in Detroit was….awful.
Oh, and there was that one time he drafted Darko Milicic ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh, among others.
That said, Dumars, despite all of that, was a good general manager for the most part. His biggest weakness was failing to embrace a rebuild-mode, instead opting to cut every corner he could to keep the Pistons great.
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I hope Dumars gets the job.