It is not exactly a secret that there was no love lost between Hall of Fame Boston Celtics small forward Larry Bird and his arch-nemesis Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Pistons in their so-called "bad ...

In 1987, Detroit was building what would soon become a championship team. With a backcourt of Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, ...

Nobody despised Laimbeer for this quite as much as Bird did. Bird's public campaign against Laimbeer's style of play dated back to the Celtics-Pistons playoff series in 1985, and really took off after ...

Larry Bird and Bill Laimbeer already have earned plenty of honors. Now, they can add another one. During recent episode of the All The Smoke Podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, they were ...

The Detroit Pistons are one of the most storied franchises in NBA history, but one era of the team stands out above the rest. The franchise also got key contributions (and reputational support) from ...

They called it “Untenable Toll,” but it could have and maybe should have dubbed “What Might Have Been.” Episode VI of HBO’s “Celtics City” documentary that aired Monday night covers the time between ...

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 ...