“I don’t know if that’s the Bad Boys way or not. But they’re playing really physical.” More: 'I'm ready to go': Pistons' Cade Cunningham looking forward to playoff debut at MSG ...

While the Pistons of the late '80s built a legacy around physical play and bruising defense, Salley claimed the true “Bad Boys” of the NBA weren’t his Pistons at all—it was the Boston Celtics.

Two Pistons legends reunited on Saturday.Rodman and Laimbeer teamed up to lead the Pistons to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 as the Pistons ran through the Bulls, Celtics, Lakers ...

Whether it was the Bad Boys of the late '80s and early '90s or the 2004 team that won a championship averaging 87 points per game in the playoffs, we know the Pistons as a gritty, defense-first ...

No one knows Pistons basketball -- Deeeetroit Basketball -- better than Isiah Thomas, the Hall of Famer who led the Bad Boys to three straight trips to the NBA Finals and back-to-back ...

Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart The Pistons snapped their 16-game losing streak to the Knicks by defeating them 120-111 on Dec. 7, 2024, jumping out to a 39-23 lead inside MSG.

NBA Knicks, Pistons both forged with the same ‘Bad Boys’ DNA: Isiah Thomas By Jared Schwartz Published April 19, 2025, 12:56 a.m. ET ...

Stefan Bondy These whiny Pistons are furthest thing from Bad Boys— and Knicks aren’t much better By Stefan Bondy Published April 28, 2025 ...

Enter today’s Pistons. Not quite the Bad Boys 2.0, this team has a young nucleus that is no longer a guaranteed win on opposing teams’ calendars. Detroit is also no pushover as a unit.

J.B. Bickerstaff, the Pistons’ head coach, wouldn’t have it any other way. And while neither he nor anyone else in the organization is claiming this is the start of a new Bad Boys era in ...

The Detroit Pistons made it to the NBA Playoffs this season and put up a hard-nosed fight against the eventual NBA runners-up the New York Knicks before bowing out in the first round. The Pistons ...