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After losing to the Miami Heat in the 2000 Playoffs, Joe Dumars (who had retired following the 1999 season) was hired as President of Basketball Operations. This would prove to be a turning point in the franchise's history. The Pistons even changed their colors back to red, white and blue.After Hill indicated his intentions to leave for Orlando, Dumars dealt him to the Magic in a sign-and-trade deal in return for a pair of largely unheralded players, Ben Wallace and Chucky Atkins. Initially, many Detroit Piston Basketball fans were saddened and angered by the loss of Hill, easily the team's best player at the time. In the end, however, the Grant Hill trade turned out to be a tremendous success for the Pistons.
The Pistons suffered through another tough season, going 32-50 in 2000-01 season. Following this season, Dumars fired head coach George Irvine and gave Rick Carlisle, widely considered one of the top assistants in the league, his first head coaching job. Carlisle subsequently guided the Pistons to their first 50-win season since 1997, earning NBA Coach of the Year honors in the process. The Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors 3-2 in the playoffs, their first playoff series victory since 1991. Wallace was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and led the league in both rebounding and blocked shots. He would receive that honor in four out of the next five seasons. Reserve forward Corliss Williamson won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award that season as well. Meanwhile, Hill missed much of the next four seasons in Orlando with an ankle injury.
To complement Wallace, Dumars revamped the Pistons' roster by signing free agent Chauncey Billups, acquiring Richard "Rip" Hamilton in a trade with the Washington Wizards for Jerry Stackhouse, and drafting Tayshaun Prince. Under Carlisle, the Pistons posted consecutive 50-win seasons and advanced to the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1991, where they were swept in four games by the New Jersey Nets, but some of most underrated selfless players were in the Detroit Pistons Basketball jersey and ready to make a run for a championship.
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Pistons' Stuckey to miss at least another game (Connecticut Post)
DETROIT (AP) — Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey will miss at least a second game after collapsing in Cleveland. Detroit president of basketball operations Joe Dumars says Stuckey won't play Wednesday night against Utah and there is no timetable for his return, which will be determined by doctors. [read more]
Surging Jazz shoot for another win over Pistons (The Sports Network)
Surging Jazz shoot for another win over Pistons [read more]
Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey to miss at least one more game (ESPN)
Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey will miss at least a second game after collapsing in Cleveland. [read more]
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