Topic: 1989 Pistons vs. 2004 Pistonshttp://www.bballworld.us/forum/1989-Piston...ons-t23144.html<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (urgeigh @ Feb 4 2007, 11:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think nostalgia always wins out in these contests, and I dislike this type of discussion as a whole. The older guys will always say "Bad Boys" and the younger crowd is gonna go with '04. However, to say no contest is a slap in the face to a team that won an NBA championship. Could Isiah guard Chauncey effectively in the post? Probably not. (Nothing against Isiah but Chauncey is a big, strong man for a point guard). Could Mark Aguirre guard Tayshaun, I doubt that very much, and if not who would? As GREAT of a defender as Joe D is, you can't rotate him to Tayshaun and leave who on Rip? Aguirre? Not possible. Sally on Tay or Rip? No. Your only real viable option for guarding Tayshaun would have to be Rodman I suppose, but he's still not nearly as fast as Tay, and Tay's ambidexterity gives him an advantage over most anyone when he's aggressive. On paper this is almost a nightmare for the Bad Boys. Sheed and Mahorn going against each other would be a great thing to watch, but let's face it. You can talk about Mahorn being a "bad ass" all day, the fact is Sheed's an all around better baller (When he wants to be). And Ben Wallace of 2004 vs. Bill Laimbeer of the bad boy era. I'd loooove to see Bill throw an elbow in Ben Wallace's face (Hi, motivation). Bill was a great and dominant player in the paint as well (and no doubt, infinitely more effective on the offensive end than Ben), but his best individual years weren't the championship seasons. Ben (of 2004, I dunno about today) is the only person on that list, on both teams, I've ever seen dominate or change the entire tide of a game so frequently without offense (I know, Rodman was a phenomenal defender and a freak on the glass, but he wasn't much of a shot blocker or on steals, and I dunno, I can't describe it but Ben was just ..Ben). Now, with all that said, it probably seems I'm quite biased towards the '04 team, but like I said, "on paper." The truth is you can't factor in all the intangibles. While I think overall the '04 team has the more talented squad and the advantage as far as match ups go, you can't factor in things like, Isiah's uncanny and ridiculous ability to take over a game at will, or whether or not your coach will even exploit said mismatches (which I felt Larry Brown and Flip always played against our mismatches, and it bugs the crap out of me to this day), or who shows up with their A game, or which role players come through in the clutch, or which unlikely hero shows up to save the day. My brain and the paper are telling me '04, but I can't help that gut feeling that the Bad Boys would find a way in the end. Sorry that got so ridiculously long, but it really got me thinkin and saying one thing leads to another, and the flood gates open. And hey, it's Sunday mornin, and Detroit Pistons Superbowl Sunday Mornin at that, followed by a Family Guy Marathon! I've got nothing to do all day but relax and think.</div>Read Chucknevittrules rebuttal, and what PF11 and Reppin had to say.I wish he posted here more often.
