"We were the most devastating, in the most devastating era."

The Lakers were the best team of the '80's and its a joke to compare the Pistons to them. They did have their minute of fame in the Magic/Bird era. Magic won in '87 and '88 as Kareem's role died out. So a person can say in '89 the Piston's won once in the '80's. They did win the next year which was far from the most competitive year in the 80's. 1982 thru 87 had a few all time great teams in them. Better teams than in '87 to '90. Detroit probably was the roughest, true. Era's are not three years.

I am surprised that people here are hyping the Pistons of that time and never talking about Isiah in these top PG discussions or as being top 20.

Had they gone soft by '91 when Malone intentionally almost killed their best player with no retaliation?

[QUOTE=24-Inch_Chrome]Goddamn, a legitimately good, non-obnoxious 3ball post. :applause:[/QUOTE]

aside from the obligatory shot at pippen

[QUOTE=ClipperRevival]You watched the documentary and didn't see the parts I was talking about? You are a worse Pip fan than I thought.[/QUOTE]
Its not there. He never said he choked. He said (and im paraphrasing) "I woke up in the morning with a headache I had never expierenced in my life. As the pressure grew (im assuming the magnitude of the game) it got worse. And I couldn't answer the bell."

Dont see how that could be interpreted as he choked. Unless you feel he was lying. Which would make you a despicable individual.

[QUOTE=chips93]aside from the obligatory shot at pippen[/QUOTE]
Exactly.

[QUOTE=chips93]aside from the obligatory shot at pippen[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but it wasn't as bad as he usually is. I let it slide.

Dennis Rodman biography from 1996

[I]We'd target Pippen and make sure Michael didn't have a lot of help.[/I]

[I]Scottie impressed me when I first got to Chicago. He's better when you're playing with him than against him.[/I]

[I]I pushed Scottie from the back and he landed on his chin in the first row. He has a nasty scar. I don't expect Scottie to forgive me or forget about that.[/I]

[I]Scottie took himself out of the game after that incident. He got freaked out by me. All of the sudden he had a migraine headache. A lot of people think he was faking, but I think it was real. Maybe he had Rodman on the brain.[/I]

[I]I was doing my job, making Scottie think about what he had to do tomorrow to make up for his mistakes today.[/I]

[QUOTE=97 bulls]Its not there. He never said he choked. He said (and im paraphrasing) "I woke up in the morning with a headache I had never expierenced in my life. As the pressure grew (im assuming the magnitude of the game) it got worse. And I couldn't answer the bell."

Dont see how that could be interpreted as he choked. Unless you feel he was lying. Which would make you a despicable individual.[/QUOTE]

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlbpMlJqA3I[/url]

1:08.00 to 1:10.45.

[QUOTE=ClipperRevival][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlbpMlJqA3I[/url]

1:08.00 to 1:10.45.[/QUOTE]
Where did he say he choked?????

You guys need to read up on the effects of a migrane. Ive seen people thag have them and it puts them on their knees. And being in that type of environment can only make it worse. Bright lights, loud noise, do make it worse thus why he used the word pressure when talking about how it was effecting him. Then go out and play 42 minutes against guys who are cheapshotting you all night.

Did he have an awful game? Obviously. But how is that a "choke"

[QUOTE=97 bulls]

[B]Im positive that the Pistons players would say something totally different today.
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[B]The quote where Laimbeer said the Pistons "[I]didn't even think about Pippen[/I]" was made [COLOR="Red"]THIS YEAR[/COLOR] - it's from the Bad Boys documentary - I already posted the link - here it is again:[/B]

BILL LAIMBEER:

[INDENT]"[I]We didn't even think about Scottie Pippen. It was Michael Jordan and the Jordannaires - and you can't win championships like that with only 1 player[/I]."

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqC74bv46Z8&t=1h07m33s[/url][/INDENT]


So you were DEAD WRONG - you weren't "positive" about shit.. Accept you're wrong on this - Pippen was nothing in 1989 (10/7 on 40% in ECF), and cost the Bulls the championship in 1990 with his choke in Game 7 of ECF (remember, the Bulls likely beat Blazers in Finals, since Pistons only needed 6 to beat Blazers, but needed 7 and Pippen choke to beat Bulls).

[QUOTE=3ball][B]The quote where Laimbeer said the Pistons "[I]didn't even think about Pippen[/I]" was made [COLOR="Red"]THIS YEAR[/COLOR] - it's from the Bad Boys documentary - I already posted the link - here it is again:[/B]

BILL LAIMBEER:

[INDENT]"[I]We didn't even think about Scottie Pippen. It was Michael Jordan and the Jordannaires - and you can't win championships like that with only 1 player[/I]."

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqC74bv46Z8&t=1h07m33s[/url][/INDENT]


So you were DEAD WRONG - you weren't "positive" about shit.. Accept you're wrong on this - Pippen was nothing in 1989 (10/7 on 40% in ECF), and cost the Bulls the championship in 1990 with his choke in Game 7 of ECF (remember, the Bulls likely beat Blazers in Finals, since Pistons only needed 6 to beat Blazers, but needed 7 and Pippen choke to beat Bulls).[/QUOTE]
He was talking about that point in time you simpleton. You continue to take that quote and use it as if it held true throughout Pippens career. Im the first to say Pippen wasnt ready to take on the Pistons at that time. But he eventualy came into his own and after that...the rest is history. Funny thing is the "Jordan rules", it seems to me that Pippen got the same treatment.

[QUOTE=97 bulls]

He was talking about that point in time you simpleton.

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Exactly... At that point in time - 1988, 1989 and 1990 - the Pistons "[I]didn't even think about Pippen[/I]"... Those were the 3 years the Pistons beat the Bulls.

And no, Pippen never faced the Jordan Rules... You must be literally 11 years old if you think that flies... Pippen never got double-teamed - and that's what the Jordan Rules were: [url=http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386210]every-possession[/url] double-teams.

Isaiah played in a game with a broken foot. That would never happen in today's soft era.

[QUOTE=3ball]Exactly... At that point in time - 1988, 1989 and 1990 - the Pistons "[I]didn't even think about Pippen[/I]"... Those were the 3 years the Pistons beat the Bulls.

And no, Pippen never faced the Jordan Rules... You must be literally 11 years old if you think that flies... Pippen never got double-teamed - and that's what the Jordan Rules were: [url=http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386210]every-possession[/url] double-teams.[/QUOTE]
You obviously don't knw what the Jodan rules were. If Jordan drove to the baskets he was to get put on his ass. The same held true for Pippen.