How many people have seen the movie "American Me"? Remember the scene between Santana and J.D. in which J.D. expresses doubt about Santana's heart? With a 13 game losing streak in Detroit I wouldn't be surprised if the latest meeting between Dumars and Kuester went something like this..

Joe Dumars: I hear Tayshaun's name is on a piece of paper, ese.
John Kuester: I want you to cosign it.
Joe Dumars: I'm taking it off, ese.
John Kuester: That punk missed 20 games, set us all back. Now he’s running around talking loud s*** about how he wants out of Detroit. His number’s up, homes.
Joe Dumars: I said I’m taking it off, ese.
John Kuester: What’s gonna happen is gonna happen. Don’t try to stop it. You understand me? I’m asking you, carnal.
Joe Dumars: Is that where it's gotten to, ese?
John Kuester: Fans are talking about you.
Joe Dumars: What are they saying, ese?
John Kuester: They’re saying that you’re not showing them anything.

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.