Comments on: Joe Dumars shows forgetful side in comments about contract extensions

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:25:10 +0000

@Laser:
“he shouldn’t be listened to or interviewed.”
Haha. Great line. I’d love to see Vince Ellis write, “Joe Dumars wanted to do an interview with the Free Press today, but I declined.”
Also, Rasheed and Billups weren’t extensions. Both were re-signed when they were allowed to hit free agency. This was discussing guys who were signed before their contracts ran out. Wallace’s contract expired right after the championship and his only other offer came from Philly and Billups was a free agent in a year when the only team with real cap space to sign him was Memphis, so he came back on a very team-friendly contract since he got no other substantial offers.

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:34:13 +0000

oh yeah, and rasheed. don’t listen to anything joe dumars says.

By: Laser

Laser — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:33:23 +0000

uh, chauncey billups, anyone? i remember a lot of talk about that extension. how else would that cat still be on the contract he signed here?

also, joe is a bad politician. everything he says is calculated, deceptive. he defers blame, intellectualizes everything. he shouldn’t be listened to or interviewed. a joe dumars interview is a waste of time. i’ll be glad to read his candid autobiography where he’s free to explain all of his mistakes, but interviewing him now is a waste of time.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:27:09 +0000

You are correct sir. I guess when I read extensions, my mind went straight to Stuckey, as he’s the only one I’ve heard discussed at all this summer/preseason…

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By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:37:01 +0000

Also, nothing in the rest of Dumars' response suggests he was only talking about rookie deals:

"I don't think there's any one policy that you live and die by. I think each situation is different. I think you have to judge each situation separately in each individual case, and that's what we've done. When we've felt like it was time to do an extension, we've done them; when we've felt like it was best to wait, we've waited. You have to just sit back and make decisions."

Again, maybe he was, but it wasn't clear in either the question or answer that he was.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:33:31 +0000

@Brian and herm:

But read the question. Maybe Dumars interpreted it as meaning rookie extensions, but Ellis very clearly said "restricted and unrestricted free agents," meaning not just the player on his rookie deal (Stuckey).

By: herm

herm — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:22:30 +0000

What Brian said clearly.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:14:25 +0000

I believe that Joe was referring to rookie extensions – which would make the Prince and Maxiell answer accurate.