I was a big Detroit Pistons fan growing up, and my favorite player was probably Joe Dumars–a great player, but also a gentleman who was completely at odds with the trash-talking generation that succeeded him. Now he’s made a successful transition into management, where he’s assembled the best team Detroit has put on the court in a decade. In several important ways, he even built the team in his image. Today’s Washington Post runs a nifty feature on Joe D.