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June 5, 2022 Only a few of the lucky players get to be a part of the national sports team and represent their countries internationally. American basketball player Tayshaun Prince is one of those lucky few who shined during commercial as well as national basketball. Not only does he have an excellent NBA career, but he also has won Olympic gold ! Tayshaun was born in California to a religious and sporty family which helped him shape as a disciplined basketball player. Following a lustrous collegiate career, he was drafted by Detroit Pistons in 2002. He played in the NBA professionally for many years for teams like Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies, Boston Celtics, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Tayshaun Prince spent most of his career playing for Detroit Pistons After retirement in 2016, Prince is still active in the field of basketball. 42 years old Prince is working at the executive level at the Memphis grizzlies club. In this article, we will revisit his journey from a humble backgrou...

https://www.mitchalbom.com/the-joe-nobody-knowslots-to-tell-about-piston-with-little-to-say/ BY MITCH ALBOM   NOV 21, 2008 | DETROIT FREE PRESS   He stepped inside the hospital room and took a deep breath. There lay his father, a strapping truck driver who had always been the image of strength. The sheets were pulled up to his waist. “Come here, son. I want you to see this.” Joe Dumars walked slowly to the edge of the bed. “It won’t do any good to feel sorry for me, you know. I don’t need that now. Just look and get it over with.” He pulled back the sheets. The left leg was gone, amputated at the knee . Diabetes. Dumars looked down and fought back the tears. “Hey, hey,” said the father. “It’s done. We just go on with life. No feeling sorry for me, OK?” “OK, Dad,” whispered his son, and nothing more was said. This is a story about The Joe Nobody Knows , the good man behind the basketball star who has suddenly become nationally famous. On Friday night, the Pistons beat Chicago, ...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/06/26/man-in-the-slow-lane-as-the-pistons-toasted-their-nba-title-finals-mvp-joe-dumars-was-the-most-invisible-player As the Pistons toasted their NBA title, Finals MVP Joe Dumars was the Most Invisible Player Bruce Newman Sports Illustrated -  June 26, 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS ORIGINAL LAYOUT Boopie Dumars finally comes home this weekend. After the victory parade in front of 125,000 screaming fans through the streets of Detroit, after the Rose Garden ceremony with the President at the White House, after the presentation of a Jeep in New York City for being named MVP of the NBA's championship series and after a lot of other fuss he probably could have lived without, Joe (Boopie) Dumars III will finally return to Natchitoches, La. (pop. 16,000), where a two-day celebration in his honor is planned. It will culminate in the enshrinement of Dumars's size-13 footprints in concrete in front of the bank on Main Street . They'll be immortalized along...