Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told
Some call them the Bad Boys, others just call them bad news—either way, few teams carry the passion, power, and determination exuded by the Detroit Pistons. A collection of incredible basketball talent revered in Detroit and despised throughout the rest of the NBA, the Pistons are anything and everything but boring. Now Perry A. Farrell will take fans into the locker room and onto the Pistons court in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room. With help from Pistons legends Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars, Farrell shares stories that cover all the key characters, including Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, John Salley, Vinny Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and coach Chuck Daly. Mahorn discusses the wars with the Bulls, Celtics, and Knicks, and championship battles with the Lakers and Blazers.

The book also examines the sorry state of the franchise before the two titles, their attempts to recapture their NBA magic with Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse, and the recent run of success that Dumars is having as the team’s general manager. Mahorn’s role as color analyst for Pistons radio broadcasts has kept him in the loop as Dumars has added players like Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, and Darko Milicic, along with coach Larry Brown, over the past few seasons. Sharing stories from his playing and announcing days is a part of what makes Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room a must-have for any Pistons fan.
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Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told
Some call them the Bad Boys, others just call them bad news—either way, few teams carry the passion, power, and determination exuded by the Detroit Pistons. A collection of incredible basketball talent revered in Detroit and despised throughout the rest of the NBA, the Pistons are anything and everything but boring. Now Perry A. Farrell will take fans into the locker room and onto the Pistons court in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room. With help from Pistons legends Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars, Farrell shares stories that cover all the key characters, including Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, John Salley, Vinny Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and coach Chuck Daly. Mahorn discusses the wars with the Bulls, Celtics, and Knicks, and championship battles with the Lakers and Blazers.

The book also examines the sorry state of the franchise before the two titles, their attempts to recapture their NBA magic with Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse, and the recent run of success that Dumars is having as the team’s general manager. Mahorn’s role as color analyst for Pistons radio broadcasts has kept him in the loop as Dumars has added players like Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, and Darko Milicic, along with coach Larry Brown, over the past few seasons. Sharing stories from his playing and announcing days is a part of what makes Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room a must-have for any Pistons fan.
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Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told

Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told

Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told

Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told

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Overview

Some call them the Bad Boys, others just call them bad news—either way, few teams carry the passion, power, and determination exuded by the Detroit Pistons. A collection of incredible basketball talent revered in Detroit and despised throughout the rest of the NBA, the Pistons are anything and everything but boring. Now Perry A. Farrell will take fans into the locker room and onto the Pistons court in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room. With help from Pistons legends Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars, Farrell shares stories that cover all the key characters, including Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, John Salley, Vinny Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and coach Chuck Daly. Mahorn discusses the wars with the Bulls, Celtics, and Knicks, and championship battles with the Lakers and Blazers.

The book also examines the sorry state of the franchise before the two titles, their attempts to recapture their NBA magic with Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse, and the recent run of success that Dumars is having as the team’s general manager. Mahorn’s role as color analyst for Pistons radio broadcasts has kept him in the loop as Dumars has added players like Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, and Darko Milicic, along with coach Larry Brown, over the past few seasons. Sharing stories from his playing and announcing days is a part of what makes Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room a must-have for any Pistons fan.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683580690
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date: 03/01/2013
Series: Tales from the Team
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Perry A. Farrell has been at the Detroit Free Press for 15 years and during that time has covered the NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball, and nine Final Fours. His other professional stops include the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Milwaukee Journal, where he covered the University of Wisconsin for four years. Farrell has been covering the Pistons full-time for seven years and he has seen many coaches--Chuck Daly, Ron Rothstein, Doug Collins, Alvin Gentry. George Irvine, and Rick Carlisle--come and go.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Oh Isiah! 1

Chapter 2 Dave, Bob, and Not Much Else 15

Chapter 3 The Bad Boys 25

Chapter 4 Rivals 46

Chapter 5 Dennis Rodman 57

Chapter 6 Life After the Bad Boys 63

Chapter 7 The Coaching Carousel 80

Chapter 8 Rebuilding Take Two 95

Chapter 9 Foreign Imports 114

Chapter 10 The 2004 Playoffs: Back to the Conference Finals 133

Chapter 11 The 2004 Playoffs: Best of the East 152

Chapter 12 The Finals 166

Epilogue 191

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