Chapter 4: The Bad Boy Army

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1983-1984 The Pistons are getting better, Thomas averages 21.3 points and 11.1 assists per game, Tripka averages 21.3 points per game, Ranbier averages 17.3 points and 12.2 rebounds per game, John Long can score 16.3 points, Venice Johnson averages 13.0 points per game, under the leadership of Daley, the Pistons have a new look, one by one like hungry wolves prey, on December 13 of this year, the Pistons played against the Denver Nuggets, and remember that year David Thompson wore the Nuggets jersey to score 73 points in order to brush the scoring champion, nailing the Pistons to the shame pillar foreverAt this time, a full five years have passed, and the former Skywalker Thompson is no longer in Denver, and he is in the last year of his career, but this revenge Pistons team has been recorded, and they finally ushered in the moment of revenge!

The Pistons battled with the Nuggets for three overtime games, and finally won the game with the highest score in NBA history of 186-184, thus allowing the Nuggets to set a record for the NBA's regular season scoring and losing, in that game Thomas scored 47 points, John Lang scored 41 points, Tripka scored 35 points, and when the Pistons played the Chicago Bulls in January, Plitka went on a rampage and scored 56 points in the whole game. This broke the record of 54 points held by Dave Bing in 1971 for the highest scoring in a single game, Thomas also scored this season, hitting 13 consecutive goals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, scoring 204 steals throughout the season, being named to the NBA First Team for three consecutive years, and winning the All-Star P with 21 points and 15 assists in the All-Star Game, the Pistons won 49-33 all season and entered the playoffs again, but due to the lack of playoff experience, In the first round of the game, they lost to the New York Knicks, and Knicks boss Bernard King averaged 30+ hits per game to send the Pistons home to fish.

1984-1985 season, Thomas averaged 21.2 points and 13.9 assists per game, and defeated the Lakers' Magic Johnson with a total of 1,123 assists this season, and was crowned the assist king for the first time in his career, Ranbir averaged 17.5 points and grabbed 12.4 rebounds per game, second only to Moses Malone and second in the league in rebounds per game, and the Pistons scored 46-36 this season to reach the playoffs for two consecutive years, swept the New Jersey Nets with Buck Williams 3-0 in the first round, and faced the Boston Celtics in the second round because of a passing error by Thomas in the final minute of Game 6, and the Nets buried the game, 2:4 was sent back to his hometown by the Celts.

Thomas, who made a fatal mistake, did not give up on himself, he even blamed himself a little, and then there was a big smile at the corner of his mouth, revealing a row of white teeth, he told himself that no matter how difficult it was, he broke through, and it was useless to dwell on the past, and it was imperative to be himself now!

In 1985, the Pistons attracted strong reinforcements, they selected guard Joe Dumas with the 18th pick in the first round of the draft, Dumas is 191 cm tall, weighs 86 kg, and mainly plays scoring guard, Dumas can be said to be dominant in the college arena, with outstanding offensive means, sharp breakthroughs, accurate shots, and is the top ten super scorer in the college arena, Jack McCrosley, who was the general manager of the Pistons at the time, admired Dumas, but the Pistons only had the first round No. 18 pick that year, At that time, Dumas was the favorite in the lottery area, perhaps because of the providence of the underworld, and none of the top 17 teams chose Dumas, but was selected by the Pistons, which proved to be an extremely wise decision.

Compared with the team's general manager Jack's love for Dumas, the team's head coach Daley is not interested in Dumas at all, the reason is very simple, at that time, Thomas, Tripka, Venice Johnson, John Lang were all very efficient scorers, and the offensive work was not yet a rookie to solve, so at the beginning of Dumas's career, Daley only let him play as a substitute, and limited his number of shots, requiring him to start from defense, Dumas has a gentle personality and treats people gently, He followed Daley's almost harsh instructions, and despite his martial arts, he still sat on the bench and diligently learned to defend, which proved to be very beneficial for Dumas's later growth, and Dumas averaged 9.4 points and 4.8 assists per game in his rookie season, shooting 48.1% from the field.

Dumas is not the only reinforcement for the Pistons this season, they also poached the "gold medal fighter" Rick Mahon from the Washington Bullets, this person is 208 cm, weighs 109 kg, has a muscular face and a fierce face, and goes to the TV series to play an underworld bodyguard without makeup, Ranbir is evil, but most of him is secretly evil, from time to time to give you an elbow, from time to time to give you a kick so that you are defenseless, but Mahon is hard, he didn't agree with a word, and immediately started to do it, known as the most gold medal fighter in the NBA league at that time, At that time, there was such a saying in the alliance -

When Rick Mahon turns around and you see his angry face, you see the hospital bed......

Rick Mahon the court skills are not too outstanding, there is nothing unique in technology, the only foundation based on the rivers and lakes for 18 years is attitude, muscles and fists, Mahon can not only fight, but also has strong anti-beating attributes, rough skin and thick meat, not afraid of death, not afraid of suspension, not afraid of fines, he is like a vicious dog, as long as Daley gives an order - rush! Go up and bite him! Mahon immediately rushed over, like a mad dog, without blinking an eyelid, which made him comfortable dealing with all kinds of situations in the league.

This season, the Pistons scored a 46-36 record to reach the playoffs, and faced the Hawks in the first round, losing 1:3, and the Hawks' star nickname is "The Essence of Human Movies" Dominic Wilkins averaged 34.3 points per game, guard Doug Rivers played well in that series, averaging 13.8 points per game and 10.8 assists, while the Pistons' Thomas averaged 26.5 points and 12.0 assists per game, Ranbir averaged 22.5 points and 14.0 rebounds per game, Tripka averaged 21.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and the 3 scored 20+ points and failed to win the series, which is unthinkable now. Joe Dumas, who was still a rookie, scored 15.0 points and 6.3 assists in the first round of the playoffs of his career, shooting 61.0% from the field, and he replaced Lang as the team's starting guard, while Lang became a member of the team's bench and averaged only 13 minutes per game and scored 7.0 points. Long currently has 9,023 points for the Pistons, which ranks 10th in team history, and 649 steals is the seventh highest in team history.

Isaiah Thomas, Bill Lambir, Rick Mahon, Vinier Johnson plus Joe Dumas, these people have made up half of the squad that later became the fearsome "Bad Boy Army", and the complete version of this lineup is just two people missing!

Adrian Dantley is 196 cm tall and weighs 94 kg as a scoring guard, he is an unsmiling person, always a cold look on the court, unlike Ranbier and Mahon, he never takes the initiative to cause trouble on the court, but when his teammates are in the middle of the battle, Dantley will also be the first to shoot the horse to arrive, Dantley is an extremely effective attacker, his own ability to develop offense is extremely strong, nicknamed "singles king", three-point, mid-range shot, breakthrough, basket back, hook hand, including free throws, Dantley is good at everything, Dantley is not heavy, but the upper body strength is very developed, the inside back can eat almost all the outside of the league, his free throws are also a must, the current "porcelain king" Harden has the charm of Dantley - he will deliberately dribble very high when he dribbles, and when he breaks through, he will deliberately expose the ball outside to lure the opponent to pull the ball, and then make a shooting action along the opponent's arm, the whistle will naturally sound, Dantley has hit a total of 6832 free throws in his career, ranking ninth in history, Hitting 7.2 free throws per game is the fourth highest in history! The highest 29 free throws in a single game were 28 shots, tied with Chamberlain for the first place in history! And the night Chamberlain hit 28 free throws, he scored 100 points!

Dantley arrived at the Pistons in the final glory of his career, his eleventh season, after averaging more than 30 points per game for four consecutive years with the Jazz and winning two scoring titles.

Dantley is a key figure in the Jazz's revival, but the super breakup was at odds with head coach Raidon and had to leave Salt Lake City, and the Pistons also made a mistake in order to get the super attacker, they sent Kyrie Tripka and the meritorious veteran Terry Benson and two second-round draft picks to the Jazz to welcome the arrival of the scoring champion, Dantley also lived up to his mission, coming to the Pistons' first season, averaging 21.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and by the way, he sacrificed 53.4% 's shooting percentage became the Pistons' No. 1 offensive option.

In the 1986 NBA Draft, the Pistons selected Dennis Rodman, who was 201 cm tall and weighed 95 kilograms, with the third pick in the second round.

Rodman's childhood is no different from those bitter children in the NBA, his father is a pilot, but when Rodman was three years old, he abandoned his mother, abandoned Rodman, abandoned Rodman's two younger sisters, his mother raised three children alone, and his two younger sisters showed good basketball talent at a very young age, which made his mother value her two daughters more, and didn't care about the young Rodman, this structural framework of an all-female family made Rodman's heart twisted, he became introverted and withdrawn, Believing that women are the most elusive animals in the world, at the age of 20 were still virgins, and for the first time gave to a prostitute standing on the street.

Rodman did not show any special athletic talent since he was a child, when he was in high school, Rodman was only 168 cm tall, and his basic basketball skills were very poor, and he often couldn't go to the basket, Rodman did not receive any college basketball team invitation after graduating from high school, in order to fill his stomach, Rodman had to go to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to do ground cleaning, with an hourly salary of 6.5 US dollars, it was during this period that Rodman's height soared to nearly two meters, so Rodman rekindled his desire for basketball.

Rodman wanted to play, but he had no way, he had to turn to his two younger sisters, at this time his two sisters were already ace players of Louisiana Tech University and Stephen Austin State University, after being ridiculed by the two younger sisters, the two younger sisters still recommended Rodman through a relationship - Cook County University in Texas, a school in the United States Sports Division III minor league, where Rodman found the feeling of basketball, averaging 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds per game, But he worked here for less than a year, and was ordered to drop out of school because of his poor studies, but there was no end to the road, and at this time, Rodman met the noble man in his life.

Coach Ron Rasman and Coach Jack Harden, basketball coaches at Southeastern University in Oklahoma, decided after watching the video of Rodman's game that Rodman could have a good future and offered him a scholarship to recruit Rodman to the team, which was very incomprehensible to people at the time. Southeast University is not a school in the NCAA league, but affiliated with the NAIA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) NCAA is mostly public universities and large private universities, with about 1,500 members, while NAIA has only more than 200 members, mostly small private schools, including two Canadian schools and a Bahamian school, the intensity of the game is certainly not as good as the NCAA, where, Rodman ushered in a new life, he averaged 27 points per game, grabbed 17 rebounds, and shot as high as 64% That performance earned him the Pusmouth Predraft Training Camp, a training camp for NBA draft players, where Rodman won the MVP and managed to catch the attention of Pistons scouts, and eventually, in the 1986 draft, the Pistons took Rodman with the second pick in the second round and brought him to Detroit.

In order to get Dantley, the Pistons sent away forward Terry Benson, the team was a little empty inside, Rodman seized the opportunity, playing an average of 15 minutes per game in his first season in Detroit, averaging 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, shooting 54.5% from the field, but in fact, Rodman was just the team's second insurance, they selected the 211-centimeter-tall center John Sayley with the 11th pick in the first round of the 1986 draft, It can be seen from the draft pick that the Pistons actually value Sailley, nicknamed "Big Spider" with two thick beards under his nose, and he is good at defending in the face of ferocity, he joined the team and Baidanteli as a teacher, but he failed to learn much offensive skills, but he made a good contribution on the defensive end, averaging 5.3 points and grabbing 3.6 rebounds per game in his rookie season, averaging only 17.8 minutes per game but 1.5 blocks, and shooting 56.2%.

The addition of Dantley and Rodman allowed the Pistons' bad boy army to complete the final piece of the puzzle, and after that, the NBA was mired in a decade-long white terror from the Pistons.