Detroit Pistons

Western Conference 1. Golden State Warriors - Imagine a rich guy winning the lottery; that’s the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors. Can they win 74 games in the upcoming regular season? 2. San Antonio Spurs - Swap Tim Duncan for Pau Gasol and what do you get? Basically the same Spurs team as last year: still old, but still good. 3. Utah Jazz - The new kids on the block. The up-and-comers. The millennials of the NBA. The Jazz have been bad for a while, but that should stop now. 4. Portland Trail…

Heat in their best-of-seven East Semis series four games to three and advances to face the conference defending champions Cleveland Cavaliers, who were undefeated in the postseason. The LeBron James Cavaliers swept all their opponents from the Detroit Pistons in the First-Round to the Atlanta Hawks in the Second-Round of the 2016 NBA playoffs. "It's great to hear the home crowd," DeRozan said. "This organization deserves it, this country deserves it, to see them get to the next step, somewhere…

Player Award. The Bulls reached 40 wins, The Bulls finished 50–32, However, the Bulls then lost in five games to the more experienced Detroit Pistons, However, the Pistons again defeated the Bulls, this time in six games, In an unusual ending to the fourth and final game, Isiah Thomas led his team off the court before the final seconds had concluded. Most of the Pistons went directly to their locker room instead of shaking hands with the Bulls. The Bulls advanced to the NBA Finals for the first…

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beat. Even when it comes to sports, for example, the 2004 Detroit Pistons were the most talented group of gentlemen, certainly not as talented as the Kobe and Shaq led Los Angeles Lakers when it comes down to raw talent. The Lakers and Pistons met in the Finals that year with the Lakers the favorites to win. The Pistons played the series with such a different type of play than the Lakers were used to that they just couldn’t beat the Pistons, and they ended up losing the series 4 games to 1.…

the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. He was a point guard that was is 6 foot tall and is now 42 years old and retired from the NBA. He was drafted by the Sixers in 1996 and played for 14 years in the NBA. He also played for the Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, and the Memphis Grizzlies. He also played for the 2004 summer olympic team and won a bronze metal. His coaches said that he barely went to the practices and somehow magic would happen. H e pulled off crazy shots and amazed the crowd wit…

tied for the third spot in the conference with the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks. Another .5 games back is the Charlotte Hornets at 40-30 with 12 games remaining on its schedule. With three more teams (Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons) within 3.0-3.5 games of the Celtics, a playoff spot is far from assured. Of the nine teams occupying the top nine spots in the conference, only one team has failed to record a winning record over the last 10 games. That team is the…

88,91,92,96, and 98, 10 time NBA 2nd team Defensive player of the year in 88, 9 time all defensive first team , rookie of the year 85, 14 time all star, all star MVP in 88, 96, 98, and Olympic gold medalist in 84 and 92. During his career the Detroit Pistons made up rules called “Jordan Rules” this consisted of every time he got the ball in the lane they fouled him and outside the lane they double teamed, making another player beat them ("JORDAN'S LASTING LEGACY") ("The Sports Archives…

Controversy As we all know, Michael Jordan was a role model, and somebody that everybody could look up to, but that doesn’t mean that there weren’t some bad things that happened along the way. Some examples are that he punched his teammate Steve Kerr, Michael Jordan's first retirement, His ownership with the Charlotte Hornets, Denying Nike's unfair labor practices, and Leaving Isiah Thomas out of the Dream Team. These have been some of the main issues and controversies Michael Jordan has faced…

Onika Tanya Maraj, who is famously known as Nicki Minaj, was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to New York with her family at the age of five. Her father also lived with her who was a severe drug addict and had a very violent past. He even attempted to kill Nicki’s mother by setting fire to the family house but it failed. After all the struggle she has been through, she said in an interview, “I've always had this female empowerment thing in the back of my mind because I wanted my mother to…