Detroit and the face of Pistons basketball. Dave Bing (1966-1975)Īt 2, we are going back even further into Pistons history to Dave Bing, Prior to Isiah Thomas, Dave Bing was Mr. Thomas was the unquestionable star of those teams and is the most important player ever to wear a Pistons jersey. They ended the Celtics dynasty with Larry Bird in 1988 and then defeated the Lakers and Trail Blazers in 19 to win the NBA championship in back-to-back years.
They punished teams and were led by Thomas and his running mate, Joe Dumars, on offense. Teams like the Celtics, Bulls, Cavaliers, and Lakers all hated the Pistons, making them the most disliked team in basketball.Īnd instead of caving to the pressure, Thomas and the Pistons embraced their image and were called the Bad Boys. The Pistons played a tough brand of basketball, beating up the other team’s players, and Thomas was the ring leader of the tough-nosed defense. Thomas gained the reputation as a villain amongst the NBA’s stars during the 90s. For his career, Thomas averaged 19.3, 9.3 assists, and 1.9 steals per game, leading to two titles and an easy Hall of Fame selection. He had the quickness and dribbling ability to beat any defender off the dribble and the strength to finish around the rim in an era where you got punished attacking the rim as a guard night in and night out. Standing at just 6’0, Isiah Thomas is pound-for-pound one of the most talented players in NBA history. He is undoubtedly the most important player in franchise history because he led the Pistons to two out of three franchise championships and established Detroit among the other dominant teams of his era. Isiah Thomas was the star player of the Bad Boys era Pistons teams of the late 80s and early 90s. There will also be some personal bias for some of my childhood heroes towards the bottom of the rankings because I didn’t watch the old guys play. I will look at stats as well as their impact on the franchise as a whole to assess these players. There are plenty of amazing players that have played for the Pistons, and differentiating between some of these players can be difficult, and people have their own opinions on some of these players. I am going to go through the best Pistons players in the history of the storied franchise, and explain why players are ranked where they are.
In that time, the Pistons have amassed some of the best teams in NBA history and had many stars littered on their rosters. The Detroit Pistons have a rich history as a franchise, dating back to 1948.
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