There will be changes in Detroit when Tom Gores officially takes over as owner of the Pistons.

One thing that won’t change, however, is the man in charge.

According to a source close to the situation, Pistons president Joe Dumars will keep his gig — even after the ownership change.

Gores, a billionaire California investor, agreed to buy the team Friday. He’s expected to be approved by the NBA and take control of the franchise in June.

First, this is a relief to the beleaguered brain trust here at Life on Dumars, who couldn’t imagine changing the name of the blog or of migrating to wherever namesake Joe D. winds up next. Second, for all the criticisms thrown at Dumars in the past four or five years, I think he’s still a hell of a GM, and I have faith that he can build up the Pistons if given another opportunity.

• Anybody catch Rob Parker on Sports Final Edition last night?
• In Rob’s ever hilarious substance-less Clubhouse Confidential bit, Rob said something to the tune of the Pistons selecting Brandon Jennings at #15.
• Does Wob really have inside information (like the Stones moving up to get Jennings-because Jennings aint falling down to 15) or is this a case of Wob just being Wob?
• A player to keep on your draft day radar: Philadelphia City Paper via TrueHoop

Previous #15 selections

1995- Brent Barry- Pretty solid career, slowing down quite a bit recently

1996- Steve Nash- Guy can play a little

1997- Kevin Cato- The shot blocking beast was last seen in 07 on the Knicks

1998- Matt Harpring- Solid NBA backup still kicking

1999- Frederic Weis- never played a game in the NBA, but did get slammed on by Vince Carter in the  2000 Olympics

2000- The late Jason Collier

2001- Steven Hunter-  Often injured backup to the backup center

2002- Bostjan Nachbar- No longer in the NBA but was a decent backup wing player for the Nets for a few years

2003- Reece Gaines- No longer in the league

2004- Al Jefferson- Averaged 23.1 ppg last season

2005- Antoine Wright- Made a nice career for himself so far

2006- Cedric Simmons- Still in the league but probably not for long (just 75 career games played)

2007- Rodney Stuckey-  Future All-Star?

2008- Robin Lopez- Will not be as good as Brook but not a bad investment

Group as a whole is very mixed, but there is a lot to like.  I doubt there is a Nash or a Jefferson in this season’s teens, but a Harpring, Barry, or Wright wouldn’t be bad.