Mike Levin: “I would like to make remarks about an American who has made many proud and achieved an incredible milestone this past…”

“I would like to make remarks about an American who has made many proud and achieved an incredible milestone this past weekend. The person I am referring to is Joe Dumars who has been affiliated with the Detroit Pistons professional basketball franchise since he was drafted by the Pistons in 1985. This past Friday, Joe was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA. On behalf of all Michiganders and Pistons fans everywhere, I would like to congratulate Joe and his family on this great achievement. Joe Dumars was born May 24, 1963, in Shrevepoint, LA. He attended Natchitoches High School and later McNeese State University, both also in Louisiana. He was the number eighth overall pick in the 1985 National Basketball Association--NBA--draft, selected by the Pistons for, among other things, his reputation to play defense. In the NBA, Joe lived up to that reputation--often being called on by Pistons head coach Chuck Daly to guard the other team's best player. This was never more evident in the 1980s as the Pistons consistently bested the Chicago Bulls due in part to Joe Dumars' defense on a young guard named Michael Jordan. To this day, Michael Jordan says Joe Dumars was one of the best defenders he ever faced. Always a team player, Joe Dumars became a pillar in the foundation of a Pistons team that went to the NBA finals three times in his career winning the championship twice in 1989 and 1990.…”