PSometimes a rivalry gave as much to talk about as the one between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ‘Bad Boys’ imposed their physical game until Michael Jordan and their Bulls They pulled that rock out of their shoe and eliminated their arch nemesis in 1991.
That series was memorable for many factors, but the most important was that the Pistons they refused to shake hands with the Bulls after they swept them in the Eastern Conference Finals. To this day, that remains one of the most unpleasant moments in NBA history.
However, not a single player of the Pistons has shown remorse in all these years. They take pride in that and nothing changes for them. For example, Rick Mahorn, one of the baddest of the ‘Bad Boys’, a low-talent player who doles out everything but candy, sticks in that position and, over the years, still thinks they didn’t do anything wrong.
I never shake hands when I lose a championship. Man forget it
“Fuck them,” Mahorn said on the Dan Le Batard, va ‘Jesse Pantousco of audacy’. “I never shake hands when I lose a championship. Man, forget it.” That was a “tradition” for Mahorn, and he always kept it. Not even the Jordan-led Bulls could change that. “If you want to talk about a bad boy, here’s one.”
That was a tradition, if you want to talk about a bad boy, here is one
The Pistons earned a nasty reputation in the NBA thanks to their style of play, making many enemies in their successful path. Chicago was one of them, and the fact that Detroit did not want to shake hands was the biggest victory of all for Phil Jackson’s team.
The ‘Bad Boys’ had a good run, but after that series they could no longer compete to play in the Finals, with Jordan stealing the torch and leading his Bulls to six championships in eight years.
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