Bad Boys.

The Pistons were a solid group that held together the couple of years in between truly transcendent eras by the Celtics, Lakers and Bulls. The only difference between the Bad Boys and the Olajuwon led Rockets of the mid-90s is that the Rockets lack the marketability of being utter *******s.

 

Exactly correct. A bunch of guys that filled the void between greatness.

 

A Cal fan calling someone a loser. Rich.

 

Yep. Getting 12 or so rebounds a game in the '80s was the product of "creating and being a dipshit." Got it.

 

Aside from an extra Hall of Famer, a Hall of Fame coach, etc., etc.

 

Two rings, transitional era title team, one great player with some very good to borderline great players, etc.

 

Call Dumars a "borderline great" player around the guys who played and coached against him. Watch them laugh directly in your face. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

 

Know one when I see one.

 

Compared to 2 of the top 5 players of all time plus another top 50 player and a hall of fame coach?

 

Laimbeer himself in that documentary said they won because the celtics and lakers were old. Even he doesn't think they had a prayer of winning when those teams were in their prime.

 

That's why we consider Michael cage one of the greatest players of all time.

 

He wasn't any better than Drexler.

 

Run that by their peers. You won't like the response. Drexler was JR Rider without a rap sheet. One of the five most overrated players ever.

 

Jabbar is lucky if he's one of the five best centers ever, let alone five best players. A one dimensional crybaby who finishes his career with nary a ring without Big O and Magic to drive the train.

 

He was completely undefendable and vastly underrated defensively. Two time finals MVP and 6 time nba regular season MVP. Best center of all time

 

Uh, no. He wasn't at all underrated defensively. He sucked on that end and everyone recognized that. Simple equation.

 

If Kareem wasn't an ******* he'd be considered the best ever by everyone. Russell played the media game perfectly.

 

Kareem made the all nba defense team 5 times

 

I believe he himself addresses this claim.

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Yep, overrated players average 22 points in the NBA Finals while winning his first ring and make the 50 Best All-Time list. Just like J.R. Rider, good call. In the end, Dumars and Drexler have the same number of rings.

Again, the Bad Boys were good, but they came at a time in which a couple of truly great teams were aging and another truly great team was still finding their legs. Without that window, the Pistons were a slightly better version of the Ewing-led Knicks that came out a few years later.