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https://www.sunjournal.com/2004/06/11/dumars-good-fit/ Posted June 11, 2004 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) – After the Detroit Pistons drafted Joe Dumars in 1985, he was picked up at the airport by the team’s trainer. Dumars, a skinny, unknown shooting guard out of McNeese State, was dropped off at a hotel in suburban Detroit and has been a fixture in the city ever since. First, as a six-time All-Star during a 14-year career – the longest any player has been with the Pistons. Now, Dumars is in his fourth season as the president of basketball operations in the only NBA home he’s had. Fifteen years after the MVP of the NBA Finals led Detroit over Los Angeles, Dumars has built a team good enough to face the star-studded Lakers in the NBA Finals. Four years to the day that Dumars started running the Pistons, they stunned the Lakers with a 87-75 victory in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. “It’s the ultimate thrill for me to be able to say I played for one team and worked for one team, especially these...

https://2kleague.nba.com/news/life-on-the-sidelines-tommy-abdenour-transitions-from-g-league-to-nba-2k-coach/ Jonathan Raber  July 26, 2018 Basketball runs in the blood of the Abdenour family. For Tommy Abdenour, his position as head coach of Warriors Gaming Squad can be traced back to his youth. It was during those indelible years that his love of the game was fostered, coincidentally enough because of the Warriors organization. His father, Tom Abdenour, is best known in NBA circles as the longtime head athletic trainer of the Warriors, a role he held for 24 years. Tom’s brother, Mike Abdenour, spent over three decades as an athletic trainer with the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to the front office. Together they hold the distinction of being the first brothers to serve as athletic trainers in professional sports. Growing up with a father and uncle whose lives revolved around the NBA naturally steered Tommy Abdenour towards basketball. “When it’s in your family with that D...