Sports / Business & brands
Joe Dumars
born 1963 · basketball player and executive
Hall of Fame Pistons guard who won two championships as a "Bad Boy" and a third as team president, and stayed in Detroit for decades running local businesses.
- Born
Shreveport, Louisiana
age 63- Birth name
- Joe Dumars III
- Detroit years
- 1985–2014
- Field
- Sports, Business & brands
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Drafted 18th overall in 1985, Dumars played his entire 14-year career with the Pistons, forming one of the NBA's great backcourts alongside Isiah Thomas. Known for his quiet professionalism, he was named 1989 Finals MVP after Detroit's four-game sweep of the Lakers and won a second title in 1990. After retiring in 1999 he became the Pistons' president of basketball operations, building the roster that won the 2004 championship and reached six straight Eastern Conference finals. Off the court he ran Detroit Technologies, an automotive supply company he founded in 1996, and opened the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse, a youth sports facility with locations in Detroit and Shelby Township. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Pistons retired his No. 4 in 2000.
Highlights
- 1989 NBA Finals MVP; won two championships as a Pistons player
- Built the roster that won the 2004 NBA title as team president
- Founded Detroit Technologies, an automotive supply company, in 1996
- No. 4 retired by the Pistons in 2000; Hall of Fame inductee in 2006
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 3
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1985–1988
Pontiac Silverdome
Demolished · 1975–2017
Pistons' arena for the start of his rookie season, before the move to the Palace.
Played here · 1988–2014
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Demolished · 1988–2020
His home as a player through 1999 and as team president through 2014; demolished in 2020.
Founded · ?–2022
Joe Dumars Fieldhouse (Detroit location)
Closed · 2022
Indoor youth sports and entertainment facility he founded; the Detroit location closed in May 2022.