Instead his bad boys reputation is living on as laimbeer indicated he has no regrets for refusing to shake hands with the chicago bulls after laimbeer s detroit pistons were swept in the 1991.

Bill laimbeer detroit pistons bad boys. Center bill laimbeer was a man of war he literally fought tooth and nail during his time with the detroit pistons and was the baddest of the. The bulls needed to get previous the detroit pistons and the unhealthy boys to make the finals. Those meetings were intense and some of them got downright ugly. The bulls had to get past the detroit pistons and the bad boys to make the finals.

Detroit s bad boys made up of bill laimbeer dennis rodman and isiah thomas were always battling boston s big 3 of larry bird robert parish and kevin mchale in the eastern conference playoffs. But while he still irritates the nba his edgy style is perfect for the wnba. One of the major storylines of chicago finally beating detroit in 1991 was isiah thomas bill laimbeer and. On april 19 1990 an infamous fight between the philadelphia 76ers and the detroit bad boy pistons broke out during the game after isiah thomas got ejected.

Detroit pistons was a heated rivalry. Laimbeer s reputation as one of the pistons bad boys was such that in 1991 he even came to endorse a video game for the super nintendo entertainment system called bill laimbeer s combat basketball a futuristic basketball game in which physical play is encouraged.

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