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"He could not fight" - Hakeem Olajuwon said Bill Laimbeer was a dirty player but a terrible fighter
"Laimbeer, in particular, was dirty, but he could not fight," Olajuwon wrote in his 1997 book " Living the Dream: My Life and ...
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"I go for the ball, not the jugular" - Pistons legend Bill Laimbeer claimed his "dirty" play style was perfectly legal
Bill Laimbeer earned a reputation as the NBA’s most hated Bad Boy, but his physical defense and perimeter shooting helped ...
Bill Laimbeer, years after his playing career, continues to have a bad reputation in and around the NBA. The poster boy of the Bad Boy Pistons was notorious for his unsportsmanlike behavior and dirty ...
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"We're not looking to fight this time" - Michael Jordan explains how the Bulls tried to beat the Bad Boys at their own mental game
Jordan and company knew better than to engage with the Pistons when things got heated. He noticed that Bill Laimbeer and the ...
Q. I want both of you guys to tell me a a story on a fight in practice. (…) Olden Polynice: Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, those were the participants. So, we're in practice. I don't even know how the ...
There are certain sports franchises -- and players and coaches, for that matter -- who do weird things that at first make you say, "You're kidding. Seriously, they did that?" But then you say, "Oh, ...
The rugged big man known for his low-post defensive tactics was a key member of Detroit's title teams. From NBA.com Staff Bill Laimbeer was one of the NBA’s most rugged big men in the 1980s and early ...
[Editor’s note: This article is from The Spun’s “Then and Now” magazine, featuring interviews with more than 50 sports stars of yesteryear. Order your copy online today, or pick one up at retail racks ...
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