BTP - 1989 Detroit Pistons
We have this dope vintage 1989 Detroit Pistons Finals T-Shirt available here.
The 1988-89 and 1989-90 Detroit Pistons teams are considered by most to be some of the greatest in NBA history.
The “Bad Boys” were largely responsible for the demise of the great Lakers and Celtics teams of the ‘80s. The Pistons defeated the LA Lakers for the organization’s first championship ever in 1989.
If you weren’t a Detroit Pistons fan in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s then you undoubtedly hated the “Motor City Bad Boys”.
Led by a physically aggressive, defense-orientated core of players, the Pistons literally fought their way to back-to-back championships in ’89 and ’90.
Detroit’s initial inability to successfully defend “His Airness” led Pistons head coach Chuck Daly instituiting the so called “Jordan Rules”.
Daly vowed that Jordan himself would never defeat the Pistons again.
Devised by Isiah Thomas in 1988, the Pistons' strategy was "to play him tough, to physically challenge him and to vary its defenses so as to try to throw him off balance.
These following three players were the baddest of the"Bad Boys":
RICK MAHORN was considered to be one of the baddest boys of them all. He was never considered a spectacular athlete, but what lacked in athletic ability he made up for in physical tenacity. Mahorn was infamous for his ability to wreak havoc both on and off the field.
DENNIS RODMAN was universally known for his fierce defensive and rebounding abilities. He played the game with a controlled sense of reckless abandon, night in and night out he would put his body on the line. He played outside of himself, and welcomed the challenge of defending opposing teams’ greatest superstars.
BILL LAMBEER was a man of war. No one in the history of the NBA played with more fire and desire than Bill Lambeer. He literally fought tooth and nail during his time with the Detroit Pistons, and was the baddest of the “Bad Boys”. His antagonistic demeanor and physical play were the source of countless on-court altercations.
