Bill is like that criminal uncle that you hear stories about from your dad but when you meet him he's actually funny and would give you 20 bucks behind your parents back.
@@shaunphillips3236 Zeke was literally fine after that handshake and his legacy is just fine. He didn’t make the Dream Team but it doesn’t matter. He was still a force of nature in his time and will always be remembered for that.
Bill is really a savage. Look at the evil grin when she read that quote from Jordan about how he hates them to this day 😂 he was even more delighted by the James worthy quote “I cant believe MJ even survived” lol
@@sonsolar Yes, that's why today he STILL unapologetic about walking out of the stadium like a baby refusing to shake the Bulls' hands. He clearly harbors ill feelings toward the Bulls, period. 🙄
Mark W doesn’t matter if they didn’t want to shake the bulls hands. it’s respect for the game of basketball and respect for the competition aspect it presents. even if it’s against your will, show respect for the game.
Ethan Tampus Than MJ and Co. should’ve respected the game and respected the champions: It takes more than dirty tactics to two NBA Championships in a row.
That whole pistons team stuck to their guns. They were a tight knit group that didn't allow any infiltraters. Look 30 yrs later they're still all the same!😆 fkn assholes
never liked them because he was jealous of hearing about MJ all the time even when they won. Not a respectfull person to not shake their hands after MJ did it for 3 straight years.
You all forget, the Pistons learned that physical play from the Lakers and Celtics.... the difference was that Pistons was a small market team making noise and embarrassing the league's crown jewels in the Lakers and Celtics by being better than them at their own style of play.
If Bill was not hated, he would think he was doing something wrong. Most people do not understand what made the Bad Boy Pistons tick. They could not have played any other way.
That's because the Pistons fans were rushing the court before the game was over. McHale shook many players hands as they were leaving. Watch the videotape.
@@JimmyButlersdreads thats all bs. Him and magic use to practically blow each other before games. It was mj that said he wouldn't play if isiah was on the team and that came from the Bulls Gm who was part of the Olympic team's selectioncommittee. Mj denies it in the Jordan Rules but why would the gm lie?
@@JimmyButlersdreads There were several people that didn't want Isiah on the team, but I'm sure that it was Jordan's decision. That being said, Isiah deserved to be on the squad.
@John Mateus “actual greatness” needed years to get past Detroit, just like Detroit needed years to get past Boston. MJ didn’t just walk into the league in ‘91 and take over. Jordan doesn’t become the GOAT without having the Pistons to force him to get better until Chicago finally beat them as the Pistons aged and unraveled in the wake of their second championship.
@John Mateus that part is just something you made up to make yourself feel better for some odd reason. It was a tense rivalry and there’s nothing wrong with not wanting to play nice afterwards. The Pistons had nothing to hang their heads about seeing as they won 2 rings and their time was clearly up. Bill Laimbeer is an “actual champion” lol whatever that means.
@John Mateus Thank you for proving my point. The league was glad to see Chicago finally vanquish Detroit because they had tense rivalries with Detroit, especially Boston and LA, the teams that were the biggest roadblocks to Detroit winning their championships. Of course the league was rooting for Chicago to vanquish the winners that had upset the league’s landscape in recent years. Respect isn’t necessary for a tense rivalry. I guess if it makes you feel better to pretend Detroit was somehow crying about their time being up that’s cool. They had no reason to be upset. Their time was clearly up and their prime was behind them in 91. Chicago was in 91 what Detroit was in 87 when they finally got past Boston. Detroit had nothing to be upset about in 91 as their time was up and they had an amazing run. The league didn’t view Chicago as a rival like they did Detroit until Chicago became the team to beat in 91, and by that time Boston and LA were well past their primes.
@John Mateus you’re wrong though. They clearly weren’t cheats seeing as they played within the rules. They learned their style of play from Boston and LA. They certainly weren’t cowards as they had the mental toughness to vanquish Boston to become the best team in the East, sustain a run as a contender, make 3 finals, and win 2 rings. Cowards would’ve folded against those great Boston and LA teams and cowards certainly couldn’t have kept Chicago at bay as long as Detroit managed to before they inevitably fell as the Jordan era began. “Trash” doesn’t have 2 titles and a winning playoff record against Bird, Magic, and Jordan lmao. No other team managed that feat. I’m starting to think you just don’t know basketball at all seeing as you can’t understand the basic concept of the rivalries of the 80’s and harbor some kind of irrational hatred for Detroit that is so intense you remain impervious to basic facts that are common knowledge to even the most casual fans.
I'm fine with it too. I don't see why Michael Jordan is upset and how he's being betrayed. Most great people have terrible personalities and are disliked.
Bill really does seem like a likable guy, and I bet in an alternate universe where him and Mike played on the same team, I bet they would have been great friends.
@chowderchowdown pippen says now since he has gone wild that he & mj were never friends off the court. Mj's best friend on the bulls to this day is Charles oakley. After oak got kicked out of the garden mj himself called Dolan the next day to help oakley. Mj is cook w/ a number of players but oakley has done interviews where they hang out all the time. Guys years after for whatever reason don't always keep lots of close friendships. He also put oak on the wizards when he partial ownership & was president & gm. That's also when he played for a little while.
I wish more NBA players today would be like this straight toughness. Imagine how lit the playoffs would be if the players wanted to kill the other team
Or you can play basketball and not try to be a wannabe boxer who would be on the ventilator if the took one clean shot from Foremen, Ali, Frazier, Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe
@@bhavikupadhyaya972 exactly people act like football doesn't exist for a reason, if bill laimbeer was truly deserving of respect he would have took his attitude and physicality to football......
Both times when the Pistons knocked the Bulls out of the playoffs in 89 and 90, MJ shook hands with every Pistons player. He then stayed on the court and called them the better team in an interview. What a whiner he was.
you can say whatever about Laimbeer (and i'm a MJ fan!)..he stands straight and still backs his believes after all these years..that's Bad Guys toughness for you!!
Paul Jansen bill is actually a pretty cool guy, he accidentally hit my car once in 1992 and was very corporate and took full responsible for it. He then paid for my insurance 😀
@@jjimenez9568 As a Detroit pistons fan thank you for watching the bad boys make Micheal Jordan runaway like a little girl crying for mommy just saying.
Bill is Bill, he doesn't back track. He had everyone including Larry Legend by their gonads to win a championship. Like magic said "Win by any means necessary." *LEAVE THE LANE CLEAR, I'M WELFARE LIKE LAIMBEER* -- Biggie Smalls
The only sad thing with Bill is that almost every one remembers him as a trouble maker, and not as a very good center that was a top rebounder and a good shooter.
Pistons crashed the glamour party of Bird’s Celtics, Magic’s Lakers, and MJ’s Bulls. Bill did what he had to do, wasn’t pretty, but he got the job done. 🏆 🏆
Yeah, if it was up to the NBA the '88 Finals would've been a Magic vs Bird rematch, and '89 through '92 would've been four straight years of alternating Jordan vs Magic and Jordan vs Drexler matchups.
No disrespect to the guys playing now, but I bet half of the league now wouldn’t have lasted playing in those days, the physicality was intense,in today’s game you’re called for a foul with the physicality that those guys played with ,enough said
Okay so wat about no help defense all u had to do is take ur man 1 on 1 with no help side defense image a giannis or LeBron driving to the lane all game long with no help defense its a wrap I give it to u they had hand checking but I don't want to here ppl won't last in that era that's ballonie
@@mauricedavis1740 Indeed. People love to say someone like LeBron wouldn't have lasted back then. Do they see how LeBron is built? But even then that's irrelevant because most of today's players could dominate previous generations by just hitting shots from the outside, and I'm sure many players from previous generations would've practiced more outside shots if brought into this era.
The spirit of the game is what counts. Never should it be reduced to senselessly & unfairly beating up your opponent, in which case you lose, especially in the way posterity judges you. Nobody will make a 'Last Dance' for Laimbeer.
Watched Bill Laimbeer his whole career with my Detroit Pistons, and the only thing he was concerned about was taking care of business and winning on the court. It didn't matter who got in the way, who was whining, crying, and complaining on the court and in the media, Laimbeer didn't and still doesn't care what anybody thinks...Even MJ and the Bulls. "The Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons were coming to your house to kick your tail and win a basketball game. Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Detroit has a winning record in the playoffs against all three, and your 1988-89 and 1989-90 Back-to-Back NBA World Champions! Bad Boys! Bad Boys! Bad Boys! Bad Boys!
They can't handle the TRUTH! The BAD BOYS came into your town and own your stadium and team ! No apologies whatsoever.... Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Booooooooooooooooooys!!!!
I grew up loving the Celtics. But Detroit was as close to an actual group of warriors as you’ll ever see. Unapologetically themselves and would back it up. It’s not like that group was controversial for controversy’s sake. It’s just a rare moment where a mix of guys with fierce determination met PLUS they considered winning the ultimate goal. Yes we talk about all the great teams of that era, but The Pistons were pretty special.
Lmao “bad boy” Bill Laimbeer...he’s such a bad boy that MJ calling them bad champions and bad people set them off? He obviously cares what everyone says About them otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten pissy and left prematurely
Mitchell Brock he implied that claimed to not care about other players hating him, obviously he lied otherwise he wouldn’t whine on national media about it
Between game 3 and 4, Phil Jackson, Micheal Jordan, and Scottie Pippen, all sat there in the Palace, and just TRASHED, the Pistons, what they had done, and earned, the fans of team, the City of Detroit, in an all day media binge. Detroit's media, was shocked, and put it on the 5:30, 6, and 11 news shows. I remember when I saw them, I taped them, and have not seen them since, but THEY PISSED ME OFF! And when the Bad Boys snubbed the Bulls, exactly like the CELTICS DID TO THEM in 88, I SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT! In fact, most Detroiters to this day, WOULD WALK OFF THE COURT WITHOUT SHAKING THOSE CLASSLESS WINNERS, hands! And later in 2004, PHIL JACKSON, wrote a book about that season, and NEVER GAVE THE 2004 PISTONS any credit, mentioned the team or city's name, and bitched about everything! But in the end, as the TRUTH has gotten out about LORD JORDAN and the Jordanaires, Espn has run to DEFEND THEM with this 6 part mini series, just like NBC did back in 91 and for decades! Funny, they called the BAD BOYS, thugs, and punks, and said they were bad men, who were bad for the game! Well, WHY IS EVERYBODY INTERVIEWING THEM NOW? As time has shown, they CALLED US THE BAD BOYS, but we were really GREAT MEN! And the Bulls grew into PETTY, BITTER, NAME CALLING, SELFISH OLD MEN, who when the light is shown on them, NOBODY REALLY LIKES! So they shall be known as the BITTER BOYZ! BULLS, WE'RE STILL IN YOUR HEADS, 30 YEARS LATER, IT'S JUST A GAME, LET IT GO! BAD BOYS FOREVER!
On court Laimbeer was the dirtiest player I've ever seen and the badest of the bad boys by far. He was eager to take cheap shots any time the refs weren't looking. The media around the league, with justification, disliked his thugish play. The media used the Hall of Fame's character clause, which makes integrity, sportsmanship and character qualifications a voting consideration, to keep Laimbeer out of the HOF. On his stats and accomplishments alone, he would be in the HOF.
I agree 100% with Laimbeer. Jordans bulls were a bunch of feminine little girls crying that the Pistons were too physical with them!! If you're going to cry like a whiner,you are NOT worthy of respect or a handshake!! Like Bill says,sure,they finally beat them because they got old,but because they cried and complained like little girls about the physicality of the game,the pistons were 100% correct in refusing to shake hands with jordans bulls. Deal with My opinions.
Hard-core ok but how about mj being the hardest mfr of them all in 91' playoffs Chicago Beatout the knicks,76ers,pistons, in that order then went on and beat LA in finals . 🙉 from a physical perspective that's insane. Today's nba sahhhhhks
And that is what tainted Detroit's legacy. The Pistons walked off early and basically said "we give up, we'll never be able to compete against this team again", instead of regrouping and stepping up, they folded.
That and the fact they were ungracious winners and sore losers. Lambeer was blackballed out of the league and the fact that he never got a head coaching job eats at him every day. He is a bitter old man. Get off my lawn
They didn't get old! They got swept! Pistons ages when the Bulls beat them in 1991 were Salley 26, Dumars 27, Thomas 29, Rodman 29, Aquire 31, Laimbeer 33, Vinnie Johnson 34. When the Bulls won in 1998 there ages were Longley 29, Kukoc 29, Pippen 32, Harper 32, Jordan 34 and Rodman 36.
Guards don't last as long as wings .. and 5 straight ECF 3Finals 2Ships take a lot out of you ... they were old as far as basketball standards go and going far.
@@AnanseSavage Jordan and Pippen went to 6 Finals in 8 years. Jordan had the Olympics in 92 and Pippen had the Olympics in 92 and 96. Guards will age faster but not enough to make up the gap of Isiah's 29 to Jordan's 34 years of age or Dumars 27 to Pippens 34 years of age.
The Jazz were Stockton 36, Hornacek 35, Malone 34, Carr 38, Morris 31, Foster 30, Russell 28. The Jazz were older so what's your point about that 98 Bulls age? The Pistons in 91 have that fatigue factor and they have there own locker room issues in that 91 season according to their own espn documentary. The Bulls got better in 91 but I believe it could have been a better series (4-2 Bulls) if not for fatigue and there own issues.
@@dobz746 The Bulls swept the Magic in the 96 ECF. They had Penny 24, Shaq 23, Grant 30, Anderson 28 and Scott 27. They also swept Heat in 97 and swept the Wizards in 98. All three teams star players were much younger but you don't see MJ and Scottie saying they lost cause they took care of business. Pippen and Jordan had gone to 5 NBA Finals in 7 years going into the 1998 playoffs. Also if the Pistons were tired from their run back in 1991 then Rodman was definetly long in the tooth by the time 1998 rolled around. The 91 Bulls swept the Knicks 3-0, beat Philly 4-1, swept the Pistons 4-0 and beat the Lakers 4-1 in the Finals. They weren't even tested as they only lost two games in that playoff run. From an athletic standpoint Pippen and Jordan were in their prime and the role players had found their confidence. The Pistons had no chance against them because prime Jordan and Pippen with a supporting cast is so much better than Prime Thomas and Dumars (or whoever you want to put as their number 2) with their supporting cast it's not even funny.
I love that Bill Laimbeer is standing on that!! That is the exact reason I’m disappointed in Isiah!! He is back pedaling on the house he built because he wants to be liked!! Stand on it Zeke💯💯💯💯
@@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253 no! The Detroit Pistons are remember for teaching the Chicago Bulls how to win. Therefore, Michael Jordan should be thanking the Pistons not hating on them.
It is sad that such a talented player as Lambier resorted to such dirty playing. He was a great rebounder, great outside shooter, and tough defender. Instead he will be remembered for intentionally trying to end careers. Very malicious human being. Should have been given a lifetime ban.
“We weren’t bad people” who tried to go out and end people’s careers because you weren’t a good enough players to win playing the game. You can justify anything for a trophy and a pay check....good people indeed, saints!
Clearly you didn't see them play during that era, what you are missing is that other teams played just as hard, not just them, it was that type of era, go back and look at the plays between Lakers and Celtics, it was like a Race war !
If you put the whole narrative in objective prespective, yeah thats a bad sportsmanship from the Pistons regardless of what bulls or pistons exchanged as words in media before or after thier games. I ain't a Jordan fan, but the guy still shaked thier hands (Twice) before when he lost against them. which puts pistons in bad situation with public and fans of basketball clearly. I don't care what celtics did to pistons, "You should not treat people the same way others treated you by justifiying that as a reason to your actions toward a third party or the same people smh. What I mean is jordan didn't do that to them, regardless of his media comments back in the days... I'm talking about the actions in court in that moment. At the end, your actions speak louder than your words and emotions should be handled and let on in the moment not after years as a grown man. There is nothing wrong with taking an L and giving respect for the better competitor and clapping back to them if they win.. thats humility and self respect right thier for yourself including others. Actually when you recognise the better competition you learn from them in order to get better next time in any given sports. Even Jordan himself as great he was he said it many times that he failed many times in order to succeed.. which most people now see only " The Success Part of his Life " which is the final product and desitination of years of his hard work and dedication. So I don't get the motive really behind the situation when couple of pistons players apply sportsmanship while the rest of that team didn't?! .. I'm just curious which is seems to be a "personal issue" toward the poor guy Jordan... why? coz he Swept the pistons 4 - 0 or whatever it maybe as a win. In my opinion, come on bruh that shows madness.. call it weak.. salty.. pity or whack spirit and attitude as a compititor I don't care lol. Notice: I'm not jordan die hard fan, just trying to be objective and stoic here.
Gotta love laimbeer....hes like u guys suffer from the disease of loving jordan and needing his approval but I don't and my team didn't and players from that era didn't. Hes right about what he said...when jordan lost he whined in the media everytime. And when he finally wins they're expected to honor him w a handshake. Its jordan espn worship spin.
They were in the conference finals for 6 plus years went to the finals 3 str8 years battling out with Boston and the Lakers. Just like GS they eventually lost due to mileage (long playoff runs and injuries). The Pistons own the Celtics, Lakers and Bulls in the late 80's MJ and nem own the 90's ... Mike wasn't ready for the 80's era of the NBA ..... FACTS!!!!! Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Booooooooooooooooooooooys!
Not age wise but as a unit they were clearly on a decline. 1990 they won 59 and the championship. when Bulls beat them in 91 they won only 50. The next year they lost in the first round next year, 40-42. Not saying prime Bulls couldnt beat prime Pistons but they never did and Pistons didnt beat prime Bulls. Jordan's timing was great to take over.
Yes, it wasn`t just their age but 3 straight finals appearances and 5 straight conference finals..you finish and the season starts again in a few weeks..
If you put the whole narrative in objective prespective, yeah thats a bad sportsmanship from the Pistons regardless of what bulls or pistons exchanged as words in media before or after thier games. I ain't a Jordan fan, but the guy still shaked thier hands (Twice) before when he lost against them. which puts pistons in bad situation with public and fans of basketball clearly. I don't care what celtics did to pistons, "You should not treat people the same way others treated you by justifiying that as a reason to your actions toward a third party or the same people smh. What I mean is jordan didn't do that to them, regardless of his media comments back in the days... I'm talking about the actions in court in that moment. At the end, your actions speak louder than your words and emotions should be handled and let on in the moment not after years as a grown man. There is nothing wrong with taking an L and giving respect for the better competitor and clapping back to them if they win.. thats humility and self respect right thier for yourself including others. Actually when you recognise the better competition you learn from them in order to get better next time in any given sports. Even Jordan himself as great he was he said it many times that he failed many times in order to succeed.. which most people now see only " The Success Part of his Life " which is the final product and desitination of years of his hard work and dedication. So I don't get the motive really behind the situation when couple of pistons players apply sportsmanship while the rest of that team didn't?! .. I'm just curious which is seems to be a "personal issue" toward the poor guy Jordan... why? coz he Swept the pistons 4 - 0 or whatever it maybe as a win. In my opinion, come on bruh that shows madness.. call it weak.. salty.. pity or whack spirit and attitude as a compititor I don't care lol. Notice: I'm not jordan die hard fan, just trying to be objective and stoic here.
Yeah back then that was it, 30 years old you were done. Medical tech is amazing now compared to the Stone age that was the 70s and 80s. A torn acl guys are back in 6 months now. Back then it was a death sentence.
I hate how fans discredit the Pistons after the last dance documentary but here's the thing with them getting "old" Key role players of the Pistons were in their mid-thirties. Vinnie Johnson, Laimbeer, Edwards, even Aguirre, they even lost Mahorn to an expansion draft in 1989. The exhaustion of playing three straight finals also caught up with them (even to add their 1987 run to the ECF when they lost to Boston in 7). Try to watch the Bad Boys documentary and they really folded after that 91 season because of age and injuries. Rodman, Isiah, and Dumars were all in their primes in 1991 but they never had the supporting cast they once had and they never stood a chance against the Bulls.
@Lift1One Bruh stop the excuses. The 96 Bulls Had MJ at 32, Pippen 30 Rodman 34 and had their former old Detroit Pistons Rival James Edwards at 40 years old and John Salley 31. 72 and 🏆... 91 Pistons also beat Niques Hawks and Bird Celtics... let's not
Other than my Rockets winning 2 NBA Championships, the most memorable NBA Finals were the 89' and 90' Detroit Piston Bad Boys. I hated the Boston Celtics back in those days, but today I have to admire how good that mid 80's team was. They'll never be another Larry Bird.
"we hated the Boston celtics." footage shown of lambieer bodyslamming bird
Gran Thurismo Laimbeer**.
lmfao
It was Rodman's leg that wrapped around bird's head and bird took it out on lamb beer
@@BBBYpsi oh well I'm sure he still deserved to get punched in the face by bird
"Bodyslamming"? Not quite.
Draymond Green: "I'm the toughest player in NBA history."
Bill: "Hold my Laimbeer"
@Luckytron asmr LuckyFri Rodman was soft compared to Oakley.
Luckytron asmr LuckyFri most nba “tough guy” are bully
I don’t recall Draymond saying that,
I know Jimmy Butler thinks he’s the toughest in today’s era.
Alonzo mourning the toughest
Luckytron asmr LuckyFri what’s the difference
Bill is like that criminal uncle that you hear stories about from your dad but when you meet him he's actually funny and would give you 20 bucks behind your parents back.
@NonyaBusiness! they matched up to Jordan talent wise
@ that's the lie that the last dance wants you to believe, in truth the pistons had more talent until pippen really came into his own
That's how they justify their behavior.
my uncle gave me 20 bucks but I had to earn it if you know what I mean
Good description
Isiah: If we did it again I'm shaking everybody's hand.
Bill: Fook outta here!
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Isiah might of made the dream team if he had shook hands Bill had no chance anyway.
Bill Laimbeer had absolutely nothing to lose but Zeke lost everything going forward & it hurt his legacy
@@shaunphillips3236 Zeke was literally fine after that handshake and his legacy is just fine. He didn’t make the Dream Team but it doesn’t matter. He was still a force of nature in his time and will always be remembered for that.
Love him or hate him you got to respect that he doesn't flip his story around.
@shaolin1200 yep for sure man haha
Do u have a brain ? Just because he doesn’t change his story doesn’t mean he’s not trash . Lol
ok great - hate him
Hate him but I totally agree
Not really. He's a clown
Bill is really a savage. Look at the evil grin when she read that quote from Jordan about how he hates them to this day 😂 he was even more delighted by the James worthy quote “I cant believe MJ even survived” lol
Bill is terrific. Tell me you wouldn't want to be in the trench with him in a war. He'd fight until the last drop of blood.
He is proud of the legacy they left
Ikr. People in the comment are saying Bill is still salty lol. He and the Piston are still living rent free in Jordan's head as proven by that quote
Love Bill Laimbeer. Pistons were my team😄😄😄
I remember when Robert Parrish punched him in the face
At least Bill has always kept that same energy.
I love my pistons.... Only savages that ever existed in sports
“If I listened to everything the media said, I’d be a basket case” lmao I think a lot of athletes today needa hear that
AMEN!!
Absolutely!
Don't shake Dirty Bill's hand. You will never the stink off.
Bill Laimbeer hate MJ till this day 😂🤣🤣
Till this day! Deontay wilder voice
M. Sordam 😂
Greendro Emzzy Emerali TILL DIS DAY!!!
Dude literally has never said anything specifically about Jordan. And has a winning record against him. Uhhhh ok buddy
@@sonsolar Yes, that's why today he STILL unapologetic about walking out of the stadium like a baby refusing to shake the Bulls' hands. He clearly harbors ill feelings toward the Bulls, period. 🙄
I give Bill credit for sticking to his guns. He is who he is.
If MJ tried to go in that room to sit down for an interview, Bill would bodyslam him. Nothing for free.
Yup. A complete A-Hole.
Mark W doesn’t matter if they didn’t want to shake the bulls hands. it’s respect for the game of basketball and respect for the competition aspect it presents. even if it’s against your will, show respect for the game.
Ethan Tampus
Than MJ and Co. should’ve respected the game and respected the champions: It takes more than dirty tactics to two NBA Championships in a row.
That whole pistons team stuck to their guns. They were a tight knit group that didn't allow any infiltraters. Look 30 yrs later they're still all the same!😆 fkn assholes
Lambeer was real old school and loyal to his teammates!
*Outta all the Bad Boy's, I respect Bill Laimbeer the most, homie NEVER liked the Bull's & always kept the same energy*
Anthony Bennett he was also the dirtiest
@@jay_1212 They just kick ##$% ....lol
BaaaaaaaaaadBoooooyyys!
Jay_ 12 thats the good old basketball yall keep bringing up.
Get outta here you bust
never liked them because he was jealous of hearing about MJ all the time even when they won.
Not a respectfull person to not shake their hands after MJ did it for 3 straight years.
You all forget, the Pistons learned that physical play from the Lakers and Celtics.... the difference was that Pistons was a small market team making noise and embarrassing the league's crown jewels in the Lakers and Celtics by being better than them at their own style of play.
Detroit not no small market
Not just the Lakers and Celtics. There's also the Bucks and 76ers.
Detroit 187 in terms of the nba? Especially then we weren’t a major media outlet type of City. Like the pacers
Yeah that’s complete fabrication. Pistons were dirty and bad for the league. Only trash people defend them Laimbeer belongs behind bars
@@micsheridan Bahahahahahahaha 🤣 What a complete load of horseshit. Nice try.
Bill is straight up most gangsta white boy ever lol. Pistons were gangstas.
Real talk
Bird was gangsta too with trash talking
Gangsta don’t cry 30 years later . Lol
For real tho
Until the Knicks came along, those guys gave the pistons a taste of their own medicine
Love that Laimbeer don’t give AF what Michael Jordan or anyone else thinks. Bad Boy for Life!!! 😂😂😂
More like D-Bag for life.
@@bluestar9463 40 years have passed and ur still mad 🤦♂️
@@bluestar9463 40 years have passed and bill still living in your head
@@rinderurulade5785 You're right - Laimbeer stays in my POS room.
I love it, he regrets NOTHING and would do it all over again !!!
Until he does it against your team. Trust
@@joeenco OH, Shut Up!
Bill was the most hated player in the NBA back then, bar none.
That’s pretty badass
Danny ainge was pretty hated too
@@mscottlawrence2037 true even when he played in Phoenix.
If Bill was not hated, he would think he was doing something wrong. Most people do not understand what made the Bad Boy Pistons tick. They could not have played any other way.
And he deserves it. Useless, dinosaur, a distraction and a douchebag.
We looooooooooooooooove bill laimbeer in Detroit.....go anywhere n Detroit.....bill laimbeer can go anyyyyyyyywhere n Detroit ....no problem.......
Richard Wrynn 😂
Lambeer played tough and the bulls seem whiny
Do people in Detroit reallllllly have to eloooooongate their words?
@@famguy218 no that’s just him
I’ve never heard Laimbeer talk and I love it 😂he don’t give af lol
The Celtics walked off the court in the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pistons but no one gives them grief.
That's because the Pistons fans were rushing the court before the game was over. McHale shook many players hands as they were leaving. Watch the videotape.
@@daleholmgren6078 True. just as Sally did in 1991. Those two were the out liars.
@@daleholmgren6078 that's a nice excuse from a Celtics fan.
@@richbrake9910 It was Dumars not Sally
@@fml5910 yeah, Kevin McHale had a lot of class, when he clotheslined Kurt Rambis
Got more respect for Bill Laimbeer keeping it real than whatever it was Isiah Thomas was trying to spin all over ESPN
Isiah Has a lot of regrets though, he didn't make it to the olympic's team because of that act. Bill lost nothing for not shaking their hands.
@@JaceTimes Isiah didn't make it because of what he said to Magic Johnson.
@@JimmyButlersdreads thats all bs. Him and magic use to practically blow each other before games. It was mj that said he wouldn't play if isiah was on the team and that came from the Bulls Gm who was part of the Olympic team's selectioncommittee. Mj denies it in the Jordan Rules but why would the gm lie?
Isiah is keeping it real too, he's an individual just like Bill is. It's not uncommon for two people to see things differently lol
@@JimmyButlersdreads There were several people that didn't want Isiah on the team, but I'm sure that it was Jordan's decision. That being said, Isiah deserved to be on the squad.
A Detroit LEGEND!!!!
John Mateus who's ur team? Go back sunshine. This for bad boys not softies. Probably a LeBum fan
@John Mateus “actual greatness” needed years to get past Detroit, just like Detroit needed years to get past Boston. MJ didn’t just walk into the league in ‘91 and take over. Jordan doesn’t become the GOAT without having the Pistons to force him to get better until Chicago finally beat them as the Pistons aged and unraveled in the wake of their second championship.
@John Mateus that part is just something you made up to make yourself feel better for some odd reason. It was a tense rivalry and there’s nothing wrong with not wanting to play nice afterwards. The Pistons had nothing to hang their heads about seeing as they won 2 rings and their time was clearly up. Bill Laimbeer is an “actual champion” lol whatever that means.
@John Mateus Thank you for proving my point. The league was glad to see Chicago finally vanquish Detroit because they had tense rivalries with Detroit, especially Boston and LA, the teams that were the biggest roadblocks to Detroit winning their championships. Of course the league was rooting for Chicago to vanquish the winners that had upset the league’s landscape in recent years. Respect isn’t necessary for a tense rivalry.
I guess if it makes you feel better to pretend Detroit was somehow crying about their time being up that’s cool. They had no reason to be upset. Their time was clearly up and their prime was behind them in 91. Chicago was in 91 what Detroit was in 87 when they finally got past Boston. Detroit had nothing to be upset about in 91 as their time was up and they had an amazing run.
The league didn’t view Chicago as a rival like they did Detroit until Chicago became the team to beat in 91, and by that time Boston and LA were well past their primes.
@John Mateus you’re wrong though. They clearly weren’t cheats seeing as they played within the rules. They learned their style of play from Boston and LA.
They certainly weren’t cowards as they had the mental toughness to vanquish Boston to become the best team in the East, sustain a run as a contender, make 3 finals, and win 2 rings. Cowards would’ve folded against those great Boston and LA teams and cowards certainly couldn’t have kept Chicago at bay as long as Detroit managed to before they inevitably fell as the Jordan era began.
“Trash” doesn’t have 2 titles and a winning playoff record against Bird, Magic, and Jordan lmao. No other team managed that feat.
I’m starting to think you just don’t know basketball at all seeing as you can’t understand the basic concept of the rivalries of the 80’s and harbor some kind of irrational hatred for Detroit that is so intense you remain impervious to basic facts that are common knowledge to even the most casual fans.
20+ years and he is keeping that same energy. I ain’t mad at it
I'm fine with it too. I don't see why Michael Jordan is upset and how he's being betrayed. Most great people have terrible personalities and are disliked.
laimbeer dont give asf and i like it.
He's a Bad Boy Piston for life
🔥
Bill really does seem like a likable guy, and I bet in an alternate universe where him and Mike played on the same team, I bet they would have been great friends.
Ya the way rodman and Jordan got together to win.. Maybe not great friend's but they'd win together
He might have been the same enforcer that Oakley was in Jordan's early days.
Athletes generally become tribalistic to whatever team they're put on.
Highly unlikely they'd be great friends. I don't even think MJ and Pippen were friends.
@chowderchowdown pippen says now since he has gone wild that he & mj were never friends off the court. Mj's best friend on the bulls to this day is Charles oakley. After oak got kicked out of the garden mj himself called Dolan the next day to help oakley. Mj is cook w/ a number of players but oakley has done interviews where they hang out all the time. Guys years after for whatever reason don't always keep lots of close friendships. He also put oak on the wizards when he partial ownership & was president & gm. That's also when he played for a little while.
I actually have respect to Bill for sticking to his guns.
laimbeer absolutely keeping it real
still no sportsmanship and no respect.
@@MrAcedelux 🤦♂️
I respect Mr Laimbeer for holding his ground on not shaking their hands. Not like some of the others.
So you're saying you respect him for openly admitting to not agreeing to sportmanship? Isn't that like showing respect for not showing respect?
@@oscarwahlstrom5426Didn’t Dumars and Salley shake their hands?
After seeing how jordan acts in the next episodes im a pistons fan
a cold white boy
There’s more excuses for the bulls losing in 89/90 than anything.
I wish more NBA players today would be like this straight toughness. Imagine how lit the playoffs would be if the players wanted to kill the other team
Or you can play basketball and not try to be a wannabe boxer who would be on the ventilator if the took one clean shot from Foremen, Ali, Frazier, Tyson, Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe
@@bhavikupadhyaya972 exactly people act like football doesn't exist for a reason, if bill laimbeer was truly deserving of respect he would have took his attitude and physicality to football......
Y’all Sound Soft And Weak
@Krazie Genius you probably the type to call fouls at the park haha
You say that now until your favorite player has to retire by age 30 because of injuries stfu
"I dont care what the media says if I did I would be a basket case"
Badass Bill Laimbeer
Good advice to people in the public eye to be honest.
LeeTravius Mckay bill the goat
Both times when the Pistons knocked the Bulls out of the playoffs in 89 and 90, MJ shook hands with every Pistons player. He then stayed on the court and called them the better team in an interview. What a whiner he was.
Bill is the toughest White man ever to play the game I love this guy , yeah I said 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Bird?
Detlef Schrempf?
Bird was tougher. Bird was also 100x better.
“The players are bigger, faster and stronger and there’s less room to move, so you have to be able to shoot from deeper.” I love this.
Salute to the Pistons.
Did you regret it? No! 👍
Probably the coolest interview I’ve ever seen lol
you can say whatever about Laimbeer (and i'm a MJ fan!)..he stands straight and still backs his believes after all these years..that's Bad Guys toughness for you!!
Well Bill was 34 or 35 in 91 so he was old by NBA standards back then anyways.
Paul Jansen bill is actually a pretty cool guy, he accidentally hit my car once in 1992 and was very corporate and took full responsible for it. He then paid for my insurance 😀
@@TrideepNagg I've heard a few sories over the years about what a gracious person he is when you meet him.
Real G certified goon
No matter what you say about Bill, he still is a two-time World Champ! Respect.
By being a cheap shot artist
Bad boy pistons besides old Chicago fans who would hate them? They're so dope.
I'm a lifelong Rockets Fan and i loved watching the Bad Boy Pistons play!!! Especially when they was BEATING DOWN the Bulls... 🤣😁😂
Us old school Laker fans!😤😂😂😂😂
Back when there was genuine dislike between the players, they wanted so bad to beat each other.
Lol no one really liked Detroit other than Pistons fans
@@jjimenez9568
As a Detroit pistons fan thank you for watching the bad boys make Micheal Jordan runaway like a little girl crying for mommy just saying.
Bill is Bill, he doesn't back track. He had everyone including Larry Legend by their gonads to win a championship. Like magic said "Win by any means necessary."
*LEAVE THE LANE CLEAR, I'M WELFARE LIKE LAIMBEER* -- Biggie Smalls
Today's NBA players stand on the shoulders of these players. Yes they had their flaws and were rough around the edges, but they had heart.
The only sad thing with Bill is that almost every one remembers him as a trouble maker, and not as a very good center that was a top rebounder and a good shooter.
Pistons crashed the glamour party of Bird’s Celtics, Magic’s Lakers, and MJ’s Bulls. Bill did what he had to do, wasn’t pretty, but he got the job done. 🏆 🏆
Yeah, if it was up to the NBA the '88 Finals would've been a Magic vs Bird rematch, and '89 through '92 would've been four straight years of alternating Jordan vs Magic and Jordan vs Drexler matchups.
The Pistons were good, but like every team you eventually lose to a better team
💯 😂 and I loved em for it
No disrespect to the guys playing now, but I bet half of the league now wouldn’t have lasted playing in those days, the physicality was intense,in today’s game you’re called for a foul with the physicality that those guys played with ,enough said
Okay so wat about no help defense all u had to do is take ur man 1 on 1 with no help side defense image a giannis or LeBron driving to the lane all game long with no help defense its a wrap I give it to u they had hand checking but I don't want to here ppl won't last in that era that's ballonie
Nah, they wouldve bitched about the no-calls but they would've adjusted.
These days players are Sofffffffff without the T
Anthony Rendo any GREAT player would adapt to any era, I’ve always said that. I always thought the era argument was weak...
@@mauricedavis1740 Indeed. People love to say someone like LeBron wouldn't have lasted back then. Do they see how LeBron is built? But even then that's irrelevant because most of today's players could dominate previous generations by just hitting shots from the outside, and I'm sure many players from previous generations would've practiced more outside shots if brought into this era.
The spirit of the game is what counts. Never should it be reduced to senselessly & unfairly beating up your opponent, in which case you lose, especially in the way posterity judges you.
Nobody will make a 'Last Dance' for Laimbeer.
I hate to say this but that woman is asking all the right questions. What happened since the 90-s?
They only bring up the negative about this team. You don’t see the highlights of being the highest scoring team in the league.
They loved it
Highest attendance average too.... They had 50-60-000 at some games because they played in a dome.
Watched Bill Laimbeer his whole career with my Detroit Pistons, and the only thing he was concerned about was taking care of business and winning on the court. It didn't matter who got in the way, who was whining, crying, and complaining on the court and in the media, Laimbeer didn't and still doesn't care what anybody thinks...Even MJ and the Bulls. "The Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons were coming to your house to kick your tail and win a basketball game. Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Detroit has a winning record in the playoffs against all three, and your 1988-89 and 1989-90 Back-to-Back NBA World Champions!
Bad Boys! Bad Boys! Bad Boys! Bad Boys!
They can't handle the TRUTH! The BAD BOYS came into your town and own your stadium and team !
No apologies whatsoever.... Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Booooooooooooooooooys!!!!
*cringe*
@@rc7625 🤣 asf
I grew up loving the Celtics. But Detroit was as close to an actual group of warriors as you’ll ever see. Unapologetically themselves and would back it up. It’s not like that group was controversial for controversy’s sake. It’s just a rare moment where a mix of guys with fierce determination met PLUS they considered winning the ultimate goal. Yes we talk about all the great teams of that era, but The Pistons were pretty special.
Bill Laimbeer was a beast.
Such an underrated player when you look at everything he brought to the table.
He was a thug and dirty player, he was an average to barely above average player
Correction: they weren’t old when they lost in 91, however after losing to the Knicks in 92 that was the end of the bad boys.
Isiah, Bill, Vinnie, and James were all 30+ while the Bulls were just hitting their prime.
That’s 2 starters and 2 key bench players.
You a clown
Lmao “bad boy” Bill Laimbeer...he’s such a bad boy that MJ calling them bad champions and bad people set them off? He obviously cares what everyone says About them otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten pissy and left prematurely
Theres a difference between the media and other players
Mitchell Brock he implied that claimed to not care about other players hating him, obviously he lied otherwise he wouldn’t whine on national media about it
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball is the best Basketball game ever made. No, I'm not joking.
I prefer NBA street vol.2, but for it's time Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball was actually an amazing game.
Between game 3 and 4, Phil Jackson, Micheal Jordan, and Scottie Pippen, all sat there in the Palace, and just TRASHED, the Pistons, what they had done, and earned, the fans of team, the City of Detroit, in an all day media binge. Detroit's media, was shocked, and put it on the 5:30, 6, and 11 news shows. I remember when I saw them, I taped them, and have not seen them since, but THEY PISSED ME OFF! And when the Bad Boys snubbed the Bulls, exactly like the CELTICS DID TO THEM in 88, I SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT! In fact, most Detroiters to this day, WOULD WALK OFF THE COURT WITHOUT SHAKING THOSE CLASSLESS WINNERS, hands! And later in 2004, PHIL JACKSON, wrote a book about that season, and NEVER GAVE THE 2004 PISTONS any credit, mentioned the team or city's name, and bitched about everything! But in the end, as the TRUTH has gotten out about LORD JORDAN and the Jordanaires, Espn has run to DEFEND THEM with this 6 part mini series, just like NBC did back in 91 and for decades! Funny, they called the BAD BOYS, thugs, and punks, and said they were bad men, who were bad for the game! Well, WHY IS EVERYBODY INTERVIEWING THEM NOW? As time has shown, they CALLED US THE BAD BOYS, but we were really GREAT MEN! And the Bulls grew into PETTY, BITTER, NAME CALLING, SELFISH OLD MEN, who when the light is shown on them, NOBODY REALLY LIKES! So they shall be known as the BITTER BOYZ! BULLS, WE'RE STILL IN YOUR HEADS, 30 YEARS LATER, IT'S JUST A GAME, LET IT GO! BAD BOYS FOREVER!
You took this personally...
6>2
Pistons only beat Bird twice, and Lost twice. The 1989 season Bird did not play. 2-2 record get your facts straight.
“We got old “ this guy
@Notorious1503 Isiah Thomas was 29 Dennis was 29 dumars was 27 tf u mean they got old........
pretty old for back then i guess
Isiah legs were gone guy tf you talking about
Liban Geldon Lol maybe he was talking about himself because Bill was 33
@Notorious1503 They got Beat
My dude Bill kept that same energy 😂😂😂 he like fooook em
Man bill laimbeer just keeps it real ! Love this dude lol haha
Laimbeer is gangsta
Bill standing strong
Isaiah like...."if Ida known back then............
Isaiah lost more then bill did
@@Abandonsoyciety touche my dude
This guy is super straightforward 🔥
He never changed. You have to respect that.
88-90 Detroit is the best team in nba history
On court Laimbeer was the dirtiest player I've ever seen and the badest of the bad boys by far. He was eager to take cheap shots any time the refs weren't looking. The media around the league, with justification, disliked his thugish play. The media used the Hall of Fame's character clause, which makes integrity, sportsmanship and character qualifications a voting consideration, to keep Laimbeer out of the HOF. On his stats and accomplishments alone, he would be in the HOF.
I agree 100% with Laimbeer. Jordans bulls were a bunch of feminine little girls crying that the Pistons were too physical with them!! If you're going to cry like a whiner,you are NOT worthy of respect or a handshake!!
Like Bill says,sure,they finally beat them because they got old,but because they cried and complained like little girls about the physicality of the game,the pistons were 100% correct in refusing to shake hands with jordans bulls. Deal with My opinions.
If yall seen The Bad Boys Documentary, u will see why the pistons was playing hardcore against teams in that era
Yeah I love that documentary.
Hard-core ok but how about mj being the hardest mfr of them all in 91' playoffs Chicago Beatout the knicks,76ers,pistons, in that order then went on and beat LA in finals . 🙉 from a physical perspective that's insane. Today's nba sahhhhhks
And that is what tainted Detroit's legacy. The Pistons walked off early and basically said "we give up, we'll never be able to compete against this team again", instead of regrouping and stepping up, they folded.
That and the fact they were ungracious winners and sore losers. Lambeer was blackballed out of the league and the fact that he never got a head coaching job eats at him every day. He is a bitter old man. Get off my lawn
They didn't get old! They got swept! Pistons ages when the Bulls beat them in 1991 were Salley 26, Dumars 27, Thomas 29, Rodman 29, Aquire 31, Laimbeer 33, Vinnie Johnson 34. When the Bulls won in 1998 there ages were Longley 29, Kukoc 29, Pippen 32, Harper 32, Jordan 34 and Rodman 36.
Guards don't last as long as wings .. and 5 straight ECF 3Finals 2Ships take a lot out of you ... they were old as far as basketball standards go and going far.
@@AnanseSavage Jordan and Pippen went to 6 Finals in 8 years. Jordan had the Olympics in 92 and Pippen had the Olympics in 92 and 96. Guards will age faster but not enough to make up the gap of Isiah's 29 to Jordan's 34 years of age or Dumars 27 to Pippens 34 years of age.
The Jazz were Stockton 36, Hornacek 35, Malone 34, Carr 38, Morris 31, Foster 30, Russell 28. The Jazz were older so what's your point about that 98 Bulls age? The Pistons in 91 have that fatigue factor and they have there own locker room issues in that 91 season according to their own espn documentary. The Bulls got better in 91 but I believe it could have been a better series (4-2 Bulls) if not for fatigue and there own issues.
@@dobz746 you're absolutely right .. not to mention Isiah missed most of that season with a broken wrist
@@dobz746 The Bulls swept the Magic in the 96 ECF. They had Penny 24, Shaq 23, Grant 30, Anderson 28 and Scott 27. They also swept Heat in 97 and swept the Wizards in 98. All three teams star players were much younger but you don't see MJ and Scottie saying they lost cause they took care of business. Pippen and Jordan had gone to 5 NBA Finals in 7 years going into the 1998 playoffs. Also if the Pistons were tired from their run back in 1991 then Rodman was definetly long in the tooth by the time 1998 rolled around.
The 91 Bulls swept the Knicks 3-0, beat Philly 4-1, swept the Pistons 4-0 and beat the Lakers 4-1 in the Finals. They weren't even tested as they only lost two games in that playoff run. From an athletic standpoint Pippen and Jordan were in their prime and the role players had found their confidence. The Pistons had no chance against them because prime Jordan and Pippen with a supporting cast is so much better than Prime Thomas and Dumars (or whoever you want to put as their number 2) with their supporting cast it's not even funny.
I love that Bill Laimbeer is standing on that!! That is the exact reason I’m disappointed in Isiah!! He is back pedaling on the house he built because he wants to be liked!! Stand on it Zeke💯💯💯💯
I agree... no matter what isiah does, he’ll always be hated and marked as a bad boy piston... be like laimbeer and own it.
Bill was underrated he played hard
This was definition of a rivalry. Real hatred and bad blood between both teams
Love how he keeps it real! Everything is so fake and PC nowadays.
I love this guy. Favorite Pistons Player.
30 years and Chicago still crying 😂😂😂
Facts
Seems that with 6 championships they got over it okay.
@@trohlack5150 Still they cry...
@@ricardofilipe2126 more like rub it in. They are remembered for being great. Detroit is remembered for being dirty. And that's facts.
@@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253 no! The Detroit Pistons are remember for teaching the Chicago Bulls how to win. Therefore, Michael Jordan should be thanking the Pistons not hating on them.
You shouldn’t regret it..I love it period….. you cant say Oh I regret it after 28 years or so come on . Good for you laimberr
not making excuses. makes me wanna forgive him for his SNES game.
It is sad that such a talented player as Lambier resorted to such dirty playing. He was a great rebounder, great outside shooter, and tough defender. Instead he will be remembered for intentionally trying to end careers. Very malicious human being. Should have been given a lifetime ban.
He got his just reward. The NBA blackballed him and the fact that he never got a head coaching job eats at him everyday. He is a bitter old man.
“We weren’t bad people” who tried to go out and end people’s careers because you weren’t a good enough players to win playing the game. You can justify anything for a trophy and a pay check....good people indeed, saints!
Clearly you didn't see them play during that era, what you are missing is that other teams played just as hard, not just them, it was that type of era, go back and look at the plays between Lakers and Celtics, it was like a Race war !
@@mikes8964 educate em
If you put the whole narrative in objective prespective, yeah thats a bad sportsmanship from the Pistons regardless of what bulls or pistons exchanged as words in media before or after thier games.
I ain't a Jordan fan, but the guy still shaked thier hands (Twice) before when he lost against them. which puts pistons in bad situation with public and fans of basketball clearly.
I don't care what celtics did to pistons, "You should not treat people the same way others treated you by justifiying that as a reason to your actions toward a third party or the same people smh. What I mean is jordan didn't do that to them, regardless of his media comments back in the days... I'm talking about the actions in court in that moment. At the end, your actions speak louder than your words and emotions should be handled and let on in the moment not after years as a grown man.
There is nothing wrong with taking an L and giving respect for the better competitor and clapping back to them if they win.. thats humility and self respect right thier for yourself including others. Actually when you recognise the better competition you learn from them in order to get better next time in any given sports.
Even Jordan himself as great he was he said it many times that he failed many times in order to succeed.. which most people now see only " The Success Part of his Life " which is the final product and desitination of years of his hard work and dedication.
So I don't get the motive really behind the situation when couple of pistons players apply sportsmanship while the rest of that team didn't?! .. I'm just curious which is seems to be a "personal issue" toward the poor guy Jordan... why? coz he Swept the pistons 4 - 0 or whatever it maybe as a win.
In my opinion, come on bruh that shows madness.. call it weak.. salty.. pity or whack spirit and attitude as a compititor I don't care lol.
Notice: I'm not jordan die hard fan, just trying to be objective and stoic here.
@@weekendkruthey act like they forgot
Gotta love laimbeer....hes like u guys suffer from the disease of loving jordan and needing his approval but I don't and my team didn't and players from that era didn't. Hes right about what he said...when jordan lost he whined in the media everytime. And when he finally wins they're expected to honor him w a handshake. Its jordan espn worship spin.
A winner ,two rings and more imortant they defeated the bulls 3 consecutive time
LOL, I didn't know about his Hollywood career.
The man had his own video game too😂
Pistons weren't that old when they got beat...
I was thinking the same thing. They were probably in the league for about 5 to 7 years at that time.
They were in the conference finals for 6 plus years went to the finals 3 str8 years battling out with Boston and the Lakers.
Just like GS they eventually lost due to mileage (long playoff runs and injuries).
The Pistons own the Celtics, Lakers and Bulls in the late 80's
MJ and nem own the 90's ... Mike wasn't ready for the 80's era of the NBA ..... FACTS!!!!!
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Booooooooooooooooooooooys!
@@TeamTuc ...😒
Not age wise but as a unit they were clearly on a decline. 1990 they won 59 and the championship. when Bulls beat them in 91 they won only 50. The next year they lost in the first round next year, 40-42. Not saying prime Bulls couldnt beat prime Pistons but they never did and Pistons didnt beat prime Bulls. Jordan's timing was great to take over.
Yes, it wasn`t just their age but 3 straight finals appearances and 5 straight conference finals..you finish and the season starts again in a few weeks..
I actually admire Bill Laimbeer after this hahahaha
Bill keeping it real.
I Love Listening to Bill Talk
Bill lamber is the real GOAT
lol
greatest thug of all time
The Chief also doesn't regret landing those punch!!!!
Laimbeer does not cry and has more money than the chief
Jordan can't talk about sportmanship when he got suspended for gambling amd testified in Mr. Bouler trial! Others implied he gamble on nba games.
If you always bet "win" you should be able to honestly. Jordan would never bet lose.
How that relate to sportsmanship? Lol
It was a mistake. Admit it and let it go. Instead of headlining about how great the team was, the media touts this incident.
If you put the whole narrative in objective prespective, yeah thats a bad sportsmanship from the Pistons regardless of what bulls or pistons exchanged as words in media before or after thier games.
I ain't a Jordan fan, but the guy still shaked thier hands (Twice) before when he lost against them. which puts pistons in bad situation with public and fans of basketball clearly.
I don't care what celtics did to pistons, "You should not treat people the same way others treated you by justifiying that as a reason to your actions toward a third party or the same people smh. What I mean is jordan didn't do that to them, regardless of his media comments back in the days... I'm talking about the actions in court in that moment. At the end, your actions speak louder than your words and emotions should be handled and let on in the moment not after years as a grown man.
There is nothing wrong with taking an L and giving respect for the better competitor and clapping back to them if they win.. thats humility and self respect right thier for yourself including others. Actually when you recognise the better competition you learn from them in order to get better next time in any given sports.
Even Jordan himself as great he was he said it many times that he failed many times in order to succeed.. which most people now see only " The Success Part of his Life " which is the final product and desitination of years of his hard work and dedication.
So I don't get the motive really behind the situation when couple of pistons players apply sportsmanship while the rest of that team didn't?! .. I'm just curious which is seems to be a "personal issue" toward the poor guy Jordan... why? coz he Swept the pistons 4 - 0 or whatever it maybe as a win.
In my opinion, come on bruh that shows madness.. call it weak.. salty.. pity or whack spirit and attitude as a compititor I don't care lol.
Notice: I'm not jordan die hard fan, just trying to be objective and stoic here.
@@FullSpeed-qq4np Agreed, he and the rest are undercutting their legacy by dragging this out.
Didn't know 28-30 is old
It's not. These dumbasses just reaching for excuses 😂
Tell em
When the Warriors’ core was that age, they were in their prime but Detroit was old 🤔
Yeah back then that was it, 30 years old you were done. Medical tech is amazing now compared to the Stone age that was the 70s and 80s. A torn acl guys are back in 6 months now. Back then it was a death sentence.
Hamilton Johns one thing I will say regarding the Pistons is there was def a lot of tread on their tires after all those deep runs in the playoffs
I hate how fans discredit the Pistons after the last dance documentary but here's the thing with them getting "old"
Key role players of the Pistons were in their mid-thirties. Vinnie Johnson, Laimbeer, Edwards, even Aguirre, they even lost Mahorn to an expansion draft in 1989. The exhaustion of playing three straight finals also caught up with them (even to add their 1987 run to the ECF when they lost to Boston in 7). Try to watch the Bad Boys documentary and they really folded after that 91 season because of age and injuries. Rodman, Isiah, and Dumars were all in their primes in 1991 but they never had the supporting cast they once had and they never stood a chance against the Bulls.
Bill yall weren't old. If yall were old 2019 Warriors were ancient stop it
Always an excuse..
Word.
Sole Magus he was 33 and Isiah was 29 when the Bulls defeated them, thats not old.
@@genocide222 yup
@Lift1One Bruh stop the excuses. The 96 Bulls Had MJ at 32, Pippen 30 Rodman 34 and had their former old Detroit Pistons Rival James Edwards at 40 years old and John Salley 31. 72 and 🏆... 91 Pistons also beat Niques Hawks and Bird Celtics... let's not
Other than my Rockets winning 2 NBA Championships, the most memorable NBA Finals were the 89' and 90' Detroit Piston Bad Boys. I hated the Boston Celtics back in those days, but today I have to admire how good that mid 80's team was. They'll never be another Larry Bird.
I'm pissed about the 86 Finals.....they were just too much. Sampson was never the same player after that series
Imagine getting all your clout off fighting in the NBA 😂😂😂
4 time allstar
@@ericwall3526 nobody remembers those 4 Allstars..they remember them clotheslines tho!
Bad boys beat Jordan more than they got beat by him, only team that can really say that. I remember them for that over everything.
@TheBestFighter yeah to young go know..
I mean and hes an all time great WNBA coach
Bill kept it Real to this day and you can't take ot from him
That’s a good interview!
I love Bill Laimbeer. Just a 100% REAL individual. My Taurus Rising brother lol STILL 💪