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Joe Dumars Ready To Resign From Pistons?
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All posts by Basketball InsidersUpdated7 hours ago on April 19, 2024
The sun might be setting on Pistons president Joe Dumars’ reign with the only franchise he’s known.
Dumars has told multiple sources within the NBA that he plans to resign — possibly as soon as this week — after a busy offseason that included the signings of high-priced free agents Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings and led to an underachieving 2013-14 season. The Pistons, who many experts picked to return to the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, are 28-49 and out of playoff contention.
Pistons owner Tom Gores had expected before the season that the team would return to the playoffs.
Gores fired Dumars’ hand-picked coach, Maurice Cheeks, after just 50 games, making it one of the top-five quickest firings in the last 20 years. After Dumars tried to save Cheeks’ job, according to an NBA source. It became clear the two sides, bound together by circumstance, were headed for divorce.
