With the Detroit Pistons leading the NBA with the best 35-5 record, many have said that the Detroit Bad Boys are back. It’s a nice testament to the glory days of Thomas, Dumars, Laimbeer, Mahorn, and others. But to call them the Bad Boys takes away from the new generation of Piston champions. Chauncy Billups, Rip Hamilton, Big Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, and Tayshaun Prince are the starting five envy of the league. Along with great players off the bench like McDyess, Evans, and Arroyo, this team is the epitome of team work and defense. And with the help of Flip Saunders, offense is added to the team repertoire.
I think this team deserves its own nickname. They’ve been around for a few years now and have won a championship by their own right. In my mind they have their own style of basketball. They deserve their own legacy. Maybe the name for them is what Mason, the game announcer, phrased “DEEETROIT BASKETBALL!” It says it all in one swoop!
I am not alone in this thought. There’s a contest to give the Pistons a new nickname. Maybe you can come up with a better nickname. The link below takes you there.
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatNBA?event_id=9899
-Jovina
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