In Detroit earlier this year, Bill Laimbeer hit Scottie. No matter what player they mess with, somebody will retaliate.
"If they do something wrong, they're going to get checked. "If it didn't get through to them, it will if they ever do it again," Oakley said.
I'm very grateful he came over and tried to take up for me." "I think my teammates really cared about the way I was being treated," Jordan said afterward. While it will likely never end, here's a look at the timeline of how the bad blood formed between Michael Jordan's Bulls and the "Bad Boy" Pistons. Recently, Pistons legend Isiah Thomas took a not-so-veiled shot at Jordan, saying he wouldn't necessarily be the greatest player ever if LeBron James and Kevin Durant had played during his era. The history between Jordan's Bulls and the Pistons goes back to the early days of Jordan's career, and has even continued to this day. As you can imagine, this led to countless altercations, fights and technical fouls, as the Chicago Bulls kept knocking at the door of Eastern Conference supremacy and were continually rebuffed by Detroit. The "Bad Boy" Pistons were known for their physical play, which they took to new extremes against Jordan in the playoffs. Jordan entered the league in 1984 but didn't make the Finals until 1991, and that's largely because they ran into the Detroit Pistons in four consecutive postseasons.
Yet that wasn't the case for his whole career. When we think of Michael Jordan, playoff success and championships come to mind.