Drafted 18th overall in 1985 out of McNeese State. Fourteen seasons in Detroit, every one of them. Quiet, methodical, devastating in the corner late in the fourth.
Took Finals MVP in 1989 sweeping the Lakers. He guarded Magic Johnson, then Michael Jordan, then whoever was best on the other team. The Jordan Rules had three components and Joe was two of them.
The NBA Sportsmanship Award is now named after him — the league that built itself on rivalries named its highest character award after a man who never spoke a word out of turn. He later ran Detroit's front office and built the 2004 title team.