22-625: American basketball administrator and instructor For the building in Cleveland, Ohio, see Oswald Tower (building) . Oswald Tower (November 23, 1883 – May 28, 1968) was an American basketball administrator and instructor at Phillips Academy Andover (1910–1949). Born in North Adams, Massachusetts , he served on the National Basketball Rules Committee from 1910 to 1960,
44-466: A career-high 40.2 minutes per game. In 14 seasons, all with the Pistons, Dumars scored 16,401 points, handed out 4,612 assists, grabbed 2,203 rebounds and recorded 902 steals. Although he was a member of the famed " Bad Boys " teams known for their aggressive play and demeanor, he became personally known for his quiet and upstanding behavior. He was the recipient of the first NBA Sportsmanship Award for
66-553: A player in 1989 and 1990. In the 1988–89 regular season, he averaged over 17 points per game on 50.5% field goal shooting, while dishing out a career-high 5.7 assists per game as the Pistons posted a then-team record 63 wins. They cruised through the playoffs and faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals for a second straight year. Dumars was voted the 1989 Finals MVP , after averaging 27.3 points per game during
88-592: Is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the executive vice president and head of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could play either shooting guard or point guard on offense and was a highly effective defender. He played his entire 14-year career with the Detroit Pistons . During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dumars and Isiah Thomas combined to form one of
110-604: Is an automotive supply company. He sold off his interest in the company in 2006 to pursue other business interests and focus on his role as the Pistons' president of basketball operations. Dumars was the founder and owner of the Joe Dumars Fieldhouse, an indoor sports and entertainment facility located in Shelby Township and Detroit . The Shelby Township location permanently closed in August 2020 due to
132-581: Is different from Wikidata Oswald Tower (building) The Oswald Tower is a skyscraper in downtown Cleveland , Ohio, formerly known as the Ernst & Young Tower . It stands on the east bank of the Flats completed in 2013. It is an example of post-modern glass curtain and steel studded construction. The building rises 23 stories to a height of 330 feet (100 m) and offers 480,000 square feet (45,000 m ) of office space. The major tenant
154-562: The Sacramento Kings . On August 14, 2020, Dumars was named interim executive vice president of basketball operations. On September 17, 2020, he was named chief strategy officer. On May 2, 2022, Dumars was named executive vice president and head of basketball operations for the NBA. Dumars was majority owner as well as CEO and President of Detroit Technologies for approximately 10 years. Founded by Dumars in 1996, Detroit Technologies
176-483: The USFL . Dumars played defensive back on the football team until junior high school when a big hit on the field directed him toward basketball. His father built a hoop in the backyard, where Dumars would practice his jump shot. During his four years at McNeese State University , Dumars averaged 22.5 points per game, including 25.8 points per game as a senior – good for sixth in the nation. He finished his college career as
198-550: The 11th leading scorer in NCAA history. Drafted 18th overall in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft , he played guard for the Detroit Pistons for his entire career, from 1985 to 1999. In his rookie campaign, he took over as the Pistons starting shooting guard roughly midway through the season, replacing incumbent starter John Long . He was named to the 1985–86 NBA All-Rookie first team. Dumars won two NBA championships as
220-596: The 1995–96 season. In 2000, this award was renamed the Joe Dumars Trophy. 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 since the team moved to Detroit. He played for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship , winning the gold medal. Dumars became the Pistons' president of basketball operations prior to
242-620: The Eastern Conference Finals six straight years (2003–2008) under Dumars' watch. This streak would come to an end in the 2008–09 season when the Pistons were swept in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers . On February 9, 2014, Dumars fired Maurice Cheeks as head coach and appointed John Loyer as interim head coach. On April 14, 2014, the Pistons announced that Dumars would step down as president of basketball operations yet remain as an advisor to
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#1732798002228264-8495: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Players Guards R. Allen Archibald Barnett Beckman Belov Billups Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Carter Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Timms Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal Whalen J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden Forwards Arizin Augustus Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bosh Boswell Bradley R. Brown Cash Catchings C. Cooper M. Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley Davis DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley Centers Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Yao Coaches Adelman Alexeeva P. Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Bess Blair Blood Boeheim L. Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Driesell Ferrándiz Fitch Fitzsimmons Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hixon Hobson Holzman Huggins Hughes Hurley Iba Izzo P. Jackson Julian Karl Keady Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan McGraw A. McGuire F. McGuire McLendon Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Mulkey Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Popovich Ramsay Redin Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush B. Russell Ryan Sachs Self Sharman Shelton Sloan C. Smith D. Smith Stanley Stevens Stringer Summitt Sutton Tarkanian Taylor Teague J. Thompson Tomjanovich VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Wright Yow Contributors Abbott Ackerman Attles Barksdale Baumann Bee Biasone H. Brown W. Brown Bunn Buss Clifton Colangelo Collins Costello Davidson Douglas Duer Embry Fagan Fisher Fleisher Garfinkel Gavitt Gottlieb Granik Gulick Harris Harrison Hearn Henderson Hepp Hickox Hinkle Irish M. Jackson Jernstedt R. Jones Kennedy Knight J. Krause Lemon Liston Lloyd Lobo McLendon Mokray Morgan Morgenweck Naismith Newell Newton J. O'Brien L. O'Brien Olsen Podoloff Porter Raveling Reid Reinsdorf Ripley Sanders Saperstein Schabinger Simon St. John Stagg Stanković Steitz Stern Taylor Thorn Tower Trester Valvano Vitale Wells Welts West Wilke Winter Zollner Referees Bavetta Enright Evans Garretson Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh Teams 1948–1982 Wayland Baptist women's teams 1956–57 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1957–58 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1958–59 Tennessee A&I State men's team 1960 United States men's Olympic team 1965–66 Texas Western men's team 1976 United States women's Olympic team 1992 United States men's Olympic team All-American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics v t e 1907 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Frank Arthur George Flint Albert Houghton Marcus Hurley Charles Keinath Gilmore Kinney John Ryan John Schommer Oswald Tower L. Parson Warren Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oswald_Tower&oldid=1238758707 " Categories : 1883 births 1968 deaths All-American college men's basketball players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees People from North Adams, Massachusetts Williams Ephs men's basketball players American men's basketball players Sportspeople from Berkshire County, Massachusetts Basketball players from Massachusetts Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
286-526: The Pistons four-game sweep of the Lakers. In the 1990 postseason, Dumars won accolades during the Eastern Conference Finals when, with Dennis Rodman , he was a cornerstone of coach Chuck Daly 's " Jordan Rules " defensive playbook, which forced the Chicago Bulls to change their offensive strategy to include less of Michael Jordan and more of the other members of the team. According to Jordan, Dumars
308-507: The best backcourts in NBA history, winning two championships together. Dumars was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Initially a shooting guard, Dumars moved to point guard following Thomas’ retirement in 1994, sharing ball-handling duties with Grant Hill . Dumars served as the president of basketball operations for the Pistons from 2000 to 2014 , winning a third championship as an executive in 2004 . Dumars
330-411: The organization and its ownership team. During his 14 years as President, Dumars guided the organization to a 595–536 (.527) regular-season record, 73 playoff wins, six Eastern Conference Finals appearances (2003–08), six Central Division titles, two Eastern Conference Championships (2004 and 2005) and the 2004 NBA championship. On June 21, 2019, Dumars was named special advisor to the general manager of
352-627: The rest of the team. After the game, Thomas spoke about an off-balance prayer Dumars tossed up that somehow went in the basket, saying his first thought was, "Your father put that one in, Joe." During his career, he was selected to the All-Star team six times, and to the All-Defensive first team four times. He led the Pistons in points per game four straight seasons (1990–91 through 1993–94). The 1992–93 season saw Dumars set career highs in points (1,809) and points per game (23.5) while averaging
374-473: The start of the 2000–01 season . He was voted the league's Executive of the Year for the 2002–03 season and quietly went on to build the team that won the 2004 NBA championship . With the win, Dumars became the first African-American executive to lead a team to an NBA championship. During the 2005–06 season , the Pistons had its best regular season record in franchise history (64–18). The Pistons made it to
396-664: The tower was home to the former Cleveland-based metal chemical company OM Group which changed its name to Vectra in 2017 then moved its Headquarters to St. Louis , and is the Cleveland office of San Francisco -based financial corporation Wells Fargo . The tower has an attached Aloft Hotels -branded hotel with 150 guest rooms and the WXYZ bar. (as of August 2024) 41°30′4″N 81°42′14″W / 41.50111°N 81.70389°W / 41.50111; -81.70389 Joe Dumars As executive: Joe Dumars III ( / ˈ d uː m ɑːr z / DOO-marz ; born May 24, 1963)
418-1090: Was an editor of the Official Basketball Guide, and an official rules interpreter from 1915 to 1960. Tower was enshrined in the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959 as a contributor. External links [ edit ] Basketball Hall of Fame page on Tower v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1959 Players Charley Hyatt Hank Luisetti George Mikan John Schommer Coaches Phog Allen Doc Carlson Walter Meanwell Contributors Luther Gulick Edward J. Hickox Ralph Morgan James Naismith Harold Olsen Amos Alonzo Stagg Oswald Tower Referees Matthew P. Kennedy Teams Original Celtics The First Team v t e Members of
440-548: Was born in Shreveport, Louisiana . Dumars' mother, Ophelia, was a custodian at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches while his father, Joe Dumars Jr. (Big Joe), was a truck driver. Dumars grew up in an athletic family and he actually preferred football as a child, as all five of his brothers were defensive standouts at Natchitoches Central High School . His brother David later played professional football in
462-649: Was previously the accounting firm Ernst & Young , which moved from the Huntington Bank Building to the new and then-namesake tower in 2013. Ernst & Young traces its roots back to the firm of Ernst & Ernst, which was established in 1903 in Cleveland. E & Y moved to the North Point Tower in 2023. The building is also the Cleveland office of these law firms: Cleveland-based Tucker Ellis, and Columbus, Ohio -based Porter Wright Morris Arthur. In addition to these major tenants
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#1732798002228484-495: Was the best defender he ever faced in the NBA. In the 1990 NBA Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers , Dumars averaged 20.6 points, including 33 points in a pivotal Game 3 win that took place the same day his father had died. With his father's death imminent, Dumars had instructed his wife, Debbie, not to tell him any news about his condition until after the game. However, Debbie did tell Isiah Thomas, who told
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