NBA: 50 Greatest Players Of The 1990s
By Phil Watson
50 greatest NBA players from the 1990s –15. Joe Dumars
Joe Dumars entered the 1990s as a champion and the reigning Finals MVP. He left it as a future Hall of Famer.
In the 1990s, Dumars was a six-time All-Star, a three-time All-NBA selection and a four-time All-Defensive pick who helped the Detroit Pistons win a second straight title when they topped the Portland Trail Blazers in a five-game 1990 NBA Finals.
In that series, Dumars averaged 20.6 points, 5.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 42 minutes per game, shooting .415/.2-for-7/.892.
He was fourth in the NBA in minutes played in 1991-92, third in 3-pointers in 1997-98, fourth in 3-point percentage in 1996-97, fourth in free-throw percentage in 1989-90 and fifth in minutes per game in 1991-92 and second in 1992-93.
Dumars retired in May 1999, spending his entire career in Detroit after being selected out of McNeese State with the 18th overall pick in the 1985 NBA Draft.
For the Pistons in the decade, Dumars averaged 17.5 points, 4.4 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 36.3 minutes per game, shooting .451/.382/.857.
In the 1990s, Dumars was 18th with 12,354 points and 15th with 958 3-pointers.
Named as president of basketball operations for Detroit in June 2000, Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and held his position as top personnel decision-maker for the Pistons until April 2014.
He remains an adviser to the ownership of the club.