This documentary covered the years of the Pistons from the late 80s to early 90s when they were dominating the league with there hard and rug gush play that coined them the name "Bad Boys." The purpose of this film was to inform people about how this team changed basketball for the good and the bad and how they were doing it. The film shows how this gritty basketball team built their franchise from scratch and acquired tough nosed, gritty players who didn't fear anyone, and won championships with there very physical play.
In this film it starts off with how awful this Detroit Pistons team was in the late 70s and early 80s. In 1981 they secured the second overall pick and drafted future hall of fame point guard Isiah Thomas. He alone was a force in the league right out of the gate but he couldn't do it alone so they got bigger, more athletic, and offensively sound as they acquire Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorne, John Salley, Dennis Rodman, and Adrian Dantley.
They became the most physical team in NBA history and teams always were on edge when they knew they had the Detriot Pistons coming up on their schedule. Every time someone drove in the paint on them they committed some gruesome fouls that would be called flagrant fouls in todays game. With there physical play everybody started calling them the "Bad Boys."
They were battling year after year in the playoffs against the two dominant forces in the league, which were the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. They just couldn't get over the hump and win a championship so they traded Adrian Dantley for Mark Aguirre. After that big trade they came together and won their first championship and won again the following season. They were stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals by the Chicago Bulls the following year that kept them from a three peat. In the last 10 seconds of that final game is still today one of the most controversial stories in NBA history. The whole Pistons team left the bench with time still remaining in the game and they have been looked down upon ever since. The team soon broke up shortly after the end of that season and that ended the Bad Boy era which was a tremendous transitional period in the NBA.
This film really gave very valuable information on this team and also what was going on around the league from the players themselves and they did a remarkable job telling the story. What really stood out to me was when they were showing how physical they were and how they showed no remorse for the other team. It actually seemed like they were intentionally trying to hurt the other players.
The story behind the players really exceeded my expectations. Dennis Rodman's story really was inspiring. He came from hard times and "dealing with a mother that didn't love me," as he say in the film, and how he gusted played his heart out on the court each and every time he stepped foot on it.
I discussed how this Detroit Pistons team turned there whole franchise around from horrible to outstanding, and how they scratched and clawed there way into becoming one of the power houses in the NBA with their physical play. If you are a fan of the NBA trust me this a film you want to see.
In this film it starts off with how awful this Detroit Pistons team was in the late 70s and early 80s. In 1981 they secured the second overall pick and drafted future hall of fame point guard Isiah Thomas. He alone was a force in the league right out of the gate but he couldn't do it alone so they got bigger, more athletic, and offensively sound as they acquire Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorne, John Salley, Dennis Rodman, and Adrian Dantley.
They became the most physical team in NBA history and teams always were on edge when they knew they had the Detriot Pistons coming up on their schedule. Every time someone drove in the paint on them they committed some gruesome fouls that would be called flagrant fouls in todays game. With there physical play everybody started calling them the "Bad Boys."
They were battling year after year in the playoffs against the two dominant forces in the league, which were the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. They just couldn't get over the hump and win a championship so they traded Adrian Dantley for Mark Aguirre. After that big trade they came together and won their first championship and won again the following season. They were stopped in the Eastern Conference Finals by the Chicago Bulls the following year that kept them from a three peat. In the last 10 seconds of that final game is still today one of the most controversial stories in NBA history. The whole Pistons team left the bench with time still remaining in the game and they have been looked down upon ever since. The team soon broke up shortly after the end of that season and that ended the Bad Boy era which was a tremendous transitional period in the NBA.
This film really gave very valuable information on this team and also what was going on around the league from the players themselves and they did a remarkable job telling the story. What really stood out to me was when they were showing how physical they were and how they showed no remorse for the other team. It actually seemed like they were intentionally trying to hurt the other players.
The story behind the players really exceeded my expectations. Dennis Rodman's story really was inspiring. He came from hard times and "dealing with a mother that didn't love me," as he say in the film, and how he gusted played his heart out on the court each and every time he stepped foot on it.
I discussed how this Detroit Pistons team turned there whole franchise around from horrible to outstanding, and how they scratched and clawed there way into becoming one of the power houses in the NBA with their physical play. If you are a fan of the NBA trust me this a film you want to see.