Two fans recall the Detroit Pistons' feared 1980s dynasty and why everyone hated them. One couldn't stand the team until 1996, when a key player joined the Bulls. Their manager Kevin Parker still held a grudge about the Pistons knocking off the Lakers.
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One of the things that stood out to me with you guys, Isaiah, Dumars, Rodman, yourself, was that tenacity that you guys brought to the game was like no other. But seeing how you guys approached the game, the mentality, that championship grit, I can tell you, man, as a kid, I could not stand you guys until '96 and you joined the Chicago Bulls. That's when everything changed.
It was funny you say that. I had a manager. still a good buddy of mine named Kevin Parker. Shout out to Kevin Parker, KP, everyone. And the Pistons finally dethroned the Lakers. And all I did is talk smack. He was like, I hated you. He said, now that I'm managing you, he goes, you know, it's a little bit off. I don't hate you as much. It's so funny. I thought I was gonna be a Chicago Bull.