Joe Dumars Named President of Basketball Operations

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00:00And it looks like Joe Dumars is getting another big job for whatever reason.

00:06I guess it's because he's from Louisiana.

00:09It seems like that is the reasoning for it.

00:12And this is actually kind of moved a little bit closer as the day has gone on here.

00:18It sounds like that this deal is being finalized.

00:21Dumars is going to become the president of basketball operations for New Orleans,

00:26replacing David Griffin.

00:28Dumars was president of the Pistons from 2000 to 2014.

00:34I guess they credit him with building the 2004 Pistons championship.

00:38And now he returns home to Louisiana.

00:41That is the deal for Joe Dumars with him.

00:45Now, you know, it's like Grubbsy was telling you yesterday,

00:47like he didn't seem too enamored with that for the Pelicans.

00:52It didn't sound like they loved that deal.

00:53Listen, I respect he's a Hall of Famer.

00:59Joe Dumars, great player.

01:01And he's been a very successful executive, certainly at the NBA league office as well.

01:08He ran their, I think, basketball ops for Silver.

01:12I think he was doing it for Stern as well.

01:15But here's the deal.

01:18Good luck.

01:20I don't care where you're from.

01:22I don't care if you spent your entire life in the bayou.

01:27Good luck fixing that mess.

01:31That is an absolute nightmare job.

01:35And everyone else, like remember, like Griffin was, he was a big shot, hot shot.

01:39He was a super executive, right?

01:41Like, you remember him?

01:42He had all the cards, all the marbles.

01:45He had it all figured out.

01:46And he went down there.

01:47And I mean, he died a slow death.

01:50And I mean, they are an absolute mess, a train wreck.

01:54I have said on repeated occasions, including yesterday with Grubbsy,

01:58I said, I don't even think they should be there anymore.

02:01I think they should yank their ass out of there and move them somewhere else

02:04where they really want the NBA.

02:06I don't even think they want it down there.

02:08I don't think they go.

02:09I don't think they support them.

02:11I don't think they care.

02:13I think it's a Saints town.

02:15And they suck too.

02:17And listen, I love it there.

02:18The food's great.

02:19It's fantastic.

02:20What a cool spot.

02:22Very cool spot.

02:23Everybody loves New Orleans.

02:24I'm telling you, their sports teams are a train wreck though.

02:27And that basketball team is the worst franchise.

02:30I think it literally is like, it's got to be the one or two.

02:34It's either one or two, the worst in the entire NBA.

02:36So he ain't got a lot of work to do and he's not exactly a spring chicken.

02:41Good luck.

02:42It's not happening.

02:44I don't believe for one minute.

02:45You're telling me he's going to win a title down there?

02:48My ass.

02:50That is not an easy gig at a Pelican job.

02:55That is not an easy gig whatsoever.

02:57He had a better job at the league office.

03:00God bless.

03:00That's where he was.

03:01God bless and good luck for Joe Dumars.

03:03God bless.

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