Get Ready for NBA Son #3
At A2.com, Mike Rothstein reports that Jordan Dumars will be eligible to play for the MBB as soon as his fall semester grades are posted.
Before Dumars, who transferred to Michigan from South Florida midway through his freshman year, can become eligible, his first-semester grades must be posted. As of Wednesday afternoon, he and Michigan coach John Beilein were waiting. “I’m e-mailing (the professors),” Dumars said earlier this week. “Making sure. It’ll be either (Bryant) or the Purdue game.”
When he's eligible, Dumars will join Tim Hardaway, Jr and Jon Horford as sons of former NBA players on the active Michigan roster (2012 verbal commit Glenn Robinson, III will make it four in two years).
And get ready for a Joe Dumars appearance at Crisler.
He said his entire family will attend his first Michigan game, be it Bryant on Thursday or for the Big Ten opener against Purdue on Tuesday. “I can’t wait, man,” Dumars said. “As it’s gotten closer, it’s been a little bit harder to go to sleep because it’s been on my mind.”
December 22nd, 2010 at 7:50 PM ^
all your NBA offspring are belong to us???
December 22nd, 2010 at 7:54 PM ^
When do we get Kobe, Chauncy, and Lebron Jr?
December 22nd, 2010 at 7:57 PM ^
In 2012.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:06 PM ^
I heard that Lebron Jr. plans on taking his talents to South Beach and be a Miami Hurricane.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Till you see the ESPN Special, The Decision, Jr.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
Does that mean he is going to spurn OSU to go to Miami? Because if that's the case then I'm looking forward to it.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^
For that.
December 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 AM ^
My popcorn just popped.
December 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 AM ^
Lebron Jr could cure cancer and I would still hate him due to affiliation with his father.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
is there some sort of pattern or correlation as to why he has been getting all these former pros kids?
Is Beilein schmoozin with NBA circles? I just don't get it. It's pretty cool though.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:20 PM ^
As I recall Dumars was playing elsewhere and was unhappy with play time and also wanted to be closer to home. I'm not expecting a lot from him (think LLP last year) but the depth won't hurt
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<br>I believe Hardaway was really a case of Beilein winning over the father and son. Father knew Beilein could teach Jr how to play the game
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<br>I think Horford wanted to stay closer to home and MSU either wasn't interested and/or used up their scholarships. Glad we got him
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<br>So overall I think it's just been sort of a fluke thing. I doubt Joe D talks much with Tito or Hardaway Sr. It just worked out for us
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:56 PM ^
They were always high on U-M. Al Horford originally committed to us before switching to Florida.
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 AM ^
Al Horford tried to find any place other than UM to take his little brother. No takers, so we got him.
December 23rd, 2010 at 11:25 AM ^
big brother Al tried to prevent little brother from attending Michigan? Why would he do that?
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:07 PM ^
Recruiting conspiracy theories are fun (but frequently way off-target).
December 30th, 2010 at 10:43 AM ^
Western Michigan was one of the schools big brother was trying to get little John into. I am sure if you asked Bacari he would confirm that WMU did not want him and the last place Al wanted John to end up at was Michigan.
If Al loved U of M so much he would have enrolled at U of M himself. This is no conspiracy theory, or BS, as 99.9 % is on this site.
December 30th, 2010 at 10:48 AM ^
Ok, I get it now. You're basically just making shit up.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:08 PM ^
Forget evaluating our coaches, Dave Brandon should be concentrating on setting Kobe up with Candice Parker.
BOOM 2028 FINAL FOUR
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:49 PM ^
Well, they're both married but, I'm sure in the interest in the program, everyone will be down.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
That didn't stop him in Colorado in 2003.
zing!
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:44 PM ^
Sorry she had a baby with Mr.Sheldan Williams 
December 23rd, 2010 at 3:49 AM ^
Mr. Shelden Ackbar Williams
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:28 PM ^
We should just recruit every illegitimate child of Shawn Kemp. That would be quite a show.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:40 PM ^
Are we going to be able to have a JV team also? Not sure a hoops roster is big enough.
December 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 AM ^
we don't have that many scholarships to give
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:29 PM ^
What roll is Dumars going to play? I havent heard much of him and there really hasnt been much hype.
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:52 PM ^
The 3rd MBB team memeber to be a former NBA players son.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:19 PM ^
The premium boards noted rumors that they seen him rollin', they hatin', but can't confirm.
December 23rd, 2010 at 12:26 AM ^
his ROLE will be a Matt Vogrich-esque 10 minutes a game (at most) in which almost every shot he takes in a three. He can pry D-up a little better than Matty Ice, but isn't the shooter either. An earlier poster said think LLP last year -- my expectations are lower than that
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
He averaged 10 points per game as a HS senior, playing against Class B competition. Frankly, if he weren't the son of an NBA player, he probably wouldn't have drawn much attention at all. In any event, it's still cool having Joe D around the program.
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/dumars_jordan00.html
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
Isn't Jon horford al horford's brother? To my knowledge, they don't have a parent who was in the NBA. Maybe I'm wrong.
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<br>Still, NBA pedigree in the genes is nice.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
Father Tito played in the League.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:26 PM ^
Wouldn't that be, as they say on ESPN, "The Association"?
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:40 PM ^
Hopefully it's the Bryant game. Not knowing what his role in the rotation will be, I see his chances at playing time being much greater there.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 PM ^
has a few kids, maybe we could get 1 or 2 of them. The odds seem pretty good.
December 22nd, 2010 at 9:58 PM ^
Maybe Barry's son will play basketball here after he kills on the football field? Would be good to start (extend?) our tradition with son's of NFL studs...
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
My son played 7th grade hoops for a local A2 middle school last winter. Most of the kids were 5'0" to 5'9" or so, age 12 or 13. Some kids had grown/matured while others were still little kids. My son's team played 2 games against the Clague middle school team.
Tyrone Wheatley's son (TJ) played on the Clague team. He was about 6'2" 170 lbs and very well put together. Built like a young Tyronne. He was an unbelievable athlete. Biggest, strongest, quickest, fastest and most coordinated kid I've seen. His voice hadn't changed yet. I think his mom was a pretty good college hoopster herself. I'm guessing he has moved to SYR, but i'm not sure.
It will be intersteing to see how he develops. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a kid that shows up on all the recruiting sights in football or basketball in a couple of years.
It would be cool if he ended up at MI.
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:46 PM ^
@6'2 170 in the 7th grade places him within Shaq's growth progression. Shaq had a growth spurt in the 8th/9th grade of around 5-6 inches.
December 23rd, 2010 at 12:05 AM ^
Given that Tyrone himself is 6'1", I can't imagine his son would become Shaq-sized. Most kids that are that tall in the 7th grade are simply early bloomers who are just about done growing. A very, very small percentage continue to shoot up in height.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:31 PM ^
I don't think you'll see Dumars get many minutes. At most he might be sub for Morris for 5 minutes per game. He wasn't playing a ton at his previous school, they rarely take Morris off the court at PG, and Novak-Douglas-Hardaway-Vogrich have the wing position pretty locked up. Great for depth, might develop into a solid role player, but he's a walk-on for a reason.
December 22nd, 2010 at 10:39 PM ^
Was U-M ever in on Glen Rice, Jr.?
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:00 PM ^
I believe we recruited him, but there wasn't a ton of interest on his side. I think he wanted to blaze his own trail and stay closer to home.
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:30 AM ^
If we were just recruiting names, Juwan Howard's kid is playing too.
December 23rd, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
Pershing High School in Detroit. Think he was getting recruited by smaller schools, I could be wrong. Can someone help me ? I rememeber reading about him a about a year or so ago.
December 23rd, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
He went to Country Day. (The Dumarses live in Bloomfield Hills.)