Chauncey Billupss Explains How The Pistons Beat Kobe & Shaq In The 2004 Finals

Chauncey Billupss Explains How The Pistons Beat Kobe & Shaq In The 2004 Finals | ALL THE SMOKE

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Former Piston's star, Chauncey Billups reflects on Detroits 2004 title and how the team thought Kobe, Shaq and the Laker's had no chance at beating them. He explains the game plan they executed in the series.
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@alexanderadonyae7937 Жыл бұрын

Chauncey the only point guard in the 2000's to take a team to the conference finals 7 times! 6 with Detroit and 1 with Denver (2009) no other marquee point guard (Jason Kidd and Steve Nash) has done that.. 5 × all star 2004 finals mvp! back to back nba finals appearances..chauncey will be in the hall of fame next year for sure 🔥

@dennisjr77 Жыл бұрын

He’s a HOF’er for sure!!!

@accountant3847 Жыл бұрын

FR...he gotta be hof ffs

@6ixman140 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Bigshot

@sportstalkonly1442 Жыл бұрын

He is also the only player that has a winning record vs jordan kobe and lebron in both the regular season and playoffs.

@almadeunrebel Жыл бұрын

lebron

@Kennyisdarkvanilla Жыл бұрын

Chauncey was one of my favorite PGs during the Pistons run. As a Blazer fan, I’m glad he’s our coach.

@TL2354 Жыл бұрын

Their coach

@shawnhussain7713 4 ай бұрын

Rockets fan, he was my favorite player when I was younger. He was awesome!

@chozen3769 3 ай бұрын

you are NOT a blazers fan if you're happy that he's your coach rn lmaooo

@jeffmilligan7030 Жыл бұрын

Chauncey was the most underrated point guard - and player - in decades

@schondos8073 Жыл бұрын

Bro I straight up used to dislike CB for no good reason. But to learn this man was a true team player, didn’t give a SHIT about FMVP and led Detroit to six conference finals… and Denver once. Holy shit man I think I just discovered one of my favorite players ever. I feel like I’ve been hiding under a rock.

@HelzHeli313 Жыл бұрын

We had no murders that whole summer here in Detroit that year.. Best team.. And good year for us.. We should've repeated

@HelzHeli313 Жыл бұрын

@Tony G None..

@lifeonmars03 Жыл бұрын

I'm from the d & idk about that lol. Probably none that were reported you mean

@nickkoslakiewicz7845 Жыл бұрын

I lived a mile outside Detroit and her gunshots every night

@HelzHeli313 Жыл бұрын

@@nickkoslakiewicz7845 Didn't hear them during the summer of 04

@TruthSpeaker4 Жыл бұрын

Detroit sad😂

@accountant3847 Жыл бұрын

2004 pistons the most underrated championship team ever

@joshuafult84 7 ай бұрын

Most overrated

@TheMarksman0415 5 ай бұрын

@@joshuafult84Nope, that's what a championship team is supposed to look like. They shut down the best team by working together, well deserved.

@VideoRandomChannel 3 ай бұрын

@@joshuafult84they’d stop your favorite team today

@whoknows20232 3 ай бұрын

without derrick fisher hitting that ridiculous .4 second buzzer u guys not winning that chip

@tbjb009 3 ай бұрын

@joshuafult84 how can you be overrated and be the underdog at the same time?? 🤦🏿‍♂️🤔

@billbixby557 4 ай бұрын

I was in the rec tent directly behind Baghdad International Airport watching this series with a few dozen other folks every morning ( one of the few benefits of working 7pm - 7am )...talk about a LIVE environment, probably one of the better viewing experiences of my Life, we were cutting up the whole time. There were a handful of Representatives of the Laker Nation jawing back and forth with the rest of the tent. Obviously we all know how the series went but the joy of camaraderie that was provided by those players truly helped everybody take their minds off of the madness that surrounded us. RIP KOBE

@cpme1711 Жыл бұрын

I love this 04 pistons team. Definition of teamwork, no star player or ball hog, i remember their defense the opponents were held atleast 70 points. The lakers were more talented in paper but of course you had the kobe shaq thing, kobes case, malone and payton way past their prime

@accountant3847 Жыл бұрын

They the ONLY championship team that doesn't have any nba top 75...if that doesn't tell u how good of teamwork the team was, idk what can

@kingrell116 Жыл бұрын

No star player but had 4 or 5 all stars lol

@cpme1711 Жыл бұрын

@@kingrell116 hu u

@jag8005 Жыл бұрын

Lakers fan i agree

@trentonpearson7353 10 ай бұрын

Plus the Lakers had zero depth that was unreliable. Shaq was the only one that had a good series and he wasn't his dominant self.

@TMS_CJamez Жыл бұрын

My favorite finals EVER ! I was a kid so turnt ! Detroit stand up !

@era_emissary Жыл бұрын

My favorite was the year after. Detroit was MIA

@jmcgee39 Жыл бұрын

Question is if they take Melo, do they still trade for Sheed? Taking Darko helped them get Sheed because he didn't work out like they hoped he would have. I think Melo would've made it impossible for them to get Sheed but they'd most likely still win the Championship that year and probably the one they lost to San Antonio. He also brought up an interesting question: had they taken Melo, would Bron still be Bron? Ben Sheed (If they get him midseason) Melo Rip Chauncey with Tayshawn as the 6th man.

@2UGamingProductions Жыл бұрын

What if Bron then got sheed and sheed shot the shot not Darnell marshall

@antihero8265 Жыл бұрын

They did a 3-way deal and gave up guards, a 3rd string big & draft picks for Rasheed. Def could’ve happened taking Melo instead of Milicic. Team still needed another inside presence to tag team w/ Wallace.

@jmcgee39 Жыл бұрын

@@antihero8265 So you're saying that they still would've gotten Sheed?

@adampena8030 Жыл бұрын

Bron probably would've went to Boston 🤣🤣🤣

@antihero8265 Жыл бұрын

@@jmcgee39 rabbit hole. Can’t say anything for sure. Just allowing for the “what if” to play out in my head a bit

@maakuw Жыл бұрын

Man, Yawncy.. that was a GREAT time for Detroit. I was livin' in LA and STILL rooting for the home team. Loved them years...

@drewbean2411 Жыл бұрын

The pistons strategy was simple. They weren’t going to double Shaq. They wanted the other lakers to get wide eyed and start feeding him down low. Kobe was at his most selfish though and started to get upset that he wasn’t seeing the ball. So he started chucking shit 😂 He also wanted the finals mvp as well. So this finals loss I blame on injuries and Kobe Bryant

@melvynsngltn27 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kobe fanboys always pretend 🙄 he didn't nothing wrong

@juliopoueriet2031 Жыл бұрын

@@melvynsngltn27 What i have never heard nobody excusing Kobe for this series , he even admitted .

@melvynsngltn27 Жыл бұрын

@@juliopoueriet2031 Kobe fanboys make 1,000,000 excuses for everyone except Kobe

@JovaniMiller0401 Жыл бұрын

U gotta understand to the lakers 2004 team did not work either Karl Malone was to old Kobe Bryant got in trouble in Colorado and Shaq was fueding with dr buss Gary Payton the only player who played 82 games on that squad that year and Gary Payton said the team didn’t work out itself

@JovaniMiller0401 Жыл бұрын

I’m not saying Karl is too old but Karl was injured most of the season

@robert.mills5 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite PG'S ever! His ability to was a team, get shots for himself and others is underrated!

@jeviosoorishas181 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite team of the 2000's. I remember they had a stretch of about 4 games where no team scored up to 70 or 80 on them. I also remember the full court press they used to run with Lindsey Hunter and Mike James who were both fast as hell and had great hands, which is still the most devastating full press I've ever seen. Also remember Mehmet Okur and Corliss Williamson coming off the bench and wrecking havoc on that team. It's crazy how much depth that team had in retrospect. One thing to mention though is that a big reason the Lakers lost the way they did was because Karl Malone got hurt in game 2 and was never himself afterwards. Malone was the heart of the team that year despite having a ton of beef with Kobe. You could tell he was severely injured in the Pistons series, especially after seeing how impactful he was in the conference finals when they defeated the MVP that year: Kevin Garnett.

@ramboluib2752 Жыл бұрын

I remembered back then an analyst who I can't remember said that even Shaq and Kobe would both score 30 plus a game during that series, there's no way they were going to beat the Pistons if the other players doesn't contribute because the Pistons defense was so good they love limiting teams to under 80 pts when beating them.

@jmgonzales7701 Жыл бұрын

people hated that era due to low scoring tbh i loved lower scoring games, it makes scoring more valuable.

@MykeRucker74 Жыл бұрын

That was a great underdog team!!

@lario1030 Жыл бұрын

💯💯

@casperjones3455 2 ай бұрын

Pistons. They only won cuz of Kobe.

@whips8 Жыл бұрын

The Pistons not drafting Melo is one of the biggest what ifs in NBA history. That team would have competed for titles for many years to come. Wow Detroit fucked up.

@Getloose360 Жыл бұрын

Joe D, will go down in infamy with that horrible decision.

@Loganbub Жыл бұрын

Would of been one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. Even until their last year together in 08 with Larry Brown and Ben Wallace gone for years at that point, they still won 59 games (2nd in the NBA) and lost to the eventual champs in 6 with a hobbled Billups and McDyess.

@whips8 Жыл бұрын

@@Loganbub they probably would have beat that Boston team in 08 too

@kifley19 Жыл бұрын

The Bears taking Tribusky instead of Watson or Mahomes is.

@dmoney7184 Жыл бұрын

@@kifley19 how about the Steelers not drafting Dan Marino ???? 😁😁

@OrondeBranch Жыл бұрын

The way Jack kept saying “it did not work” 😂😂😂😂. Maaaaan the whole city was like “whhhhhhat?!”

@KJM3SMG 3 ай бұрын

"Let's get it started" that song by Black Eyed Peas was what I remember during this, and how I was rooting for them to upset the Lakers. What a great team effort.

@zachary261 3 ай бұрын

Pistons should've kept that 2004 roster intact. I thought the departure of Corliss Williamson and Mehmet Okur hurt their depth. But man...Pistons not drafting Melo has to rank up there with Portland not drafting Michael, as the biggest draft blunder.

@cactusjack2264 Жыл бұрын

Difference between the 2004 Lakers and Pistons was that the Pistons *built* their team while the Lakers *bought* their team(that only lasted a season btw). Don’t matter how much talent you throw together, at the end of the day all that matters is team chemistry. The Pistons proved that, that season.

@chadf1368 Жыл бұрын

And Shaq was overweight, Kobe was in and out of court and Malone got injured. The Pistons got a perfect storm. Reason the only have 1 ring.

@daniellecarruth6443 Жыл бұрын

@@chadf1368 Detroit got 3 rings 5th most in NBA history dam alot of team really always been trash

@chadf1368 Жыл бұрын

@@daniellecarruth6443 the Chauncey billups team has 1

@Loganbub Жыл бұрын

@@chadf1368 none of that stopped them from getting to the finals beating the Spurs and MVP KG with his top seed Wolves that year. They only got 1 ring (with no superstars) but came really closer to knocking off back to back dynasties with no superstars.

@Christian-eq6pq Жыл бұрын

Detroit bought and traded for their talent just like the Lakers, if anything Lakers had more homegrown talent. Fisher, Kobe, Luke Walton, Devean George, and Kareem Rush were all drafted. Shaq and Karl Malone were the only bought stars but Malone and Payton were washed by that point.

@kincamell2 Жыл бұрын

Heavy Gratitude for sharing. Ps Cedric Maxwell and Chauncey Billups are the only Finals MVP winners eligible for the Hall of Fame who have not been voted in. Pps Love when the underdog wins. Ppps Let them in the Hall of Fame. They earned it.

@ReCharredSigh Жыл бұрын

4:40 this is why i love chauncey. His mentality was never about how huge his points/assists numbers were or his fg%. It was always about whether he got the W.

@razkable Жыл бұрын

Players can learn a lot from him...he wasn't as talented as a kidd parker or nash...he just worked harder than most pgs and cared about the win...

@benjaminawokumaka5366 Жыл бұрын

This Pistons team is one of my favorite teams of all time.

@AridGems Жыл бұрын

That Lakers squad was in turmoil. As a Laker fan we all knew it. Even tho I still hate that series loss til this day, it was necessary. That ushered in The Black Mamba era.

@nectarpeach2853 Жыл бұрын

Those teams were so shit tho, Kobe literally had to carry so much of the damn load night in and night out, who da fuq was Chris Mihm, Chucky Atkinson, Smush Parker

@shakimx6918 Жыл бұрын

Always a excuse for kobe when he lose omg,when he got swept by the suns he was tired,when the Cavs swept him he hurt his little toe haha

@shakimx6918 Жыл бұрын

@@nectarpeach2853 kobe got handled period

@shakimx6918 Жыл бұрын

No it didn't cuz kobe got swept by the mavs and beat by the suns,facts hurt

@AridGems Жыл бұрын

@@shakimx6918 when did Kobe get swept by the Cavs??? Bruh Bruh. You're reaching and obviously know nothing about basketball. Do some research before sprewing your nonesense.

@chrisrobinson8339 Жыл бұрын

I'm still mad about my Lakers losing that championship.

@ragernation7138 Жыл бұрын

It birthed an iconic team becoming history though 🤷🏽‍♂️ Y’all got enough rings for the time period, let someone else get some shine 😂

@georgemataele9271 Жыл бұрын

Same

@MrJimmyzgroovin Жыл бұрын

Agreed.💯%!!

@wescanuto Жыл бұрын

no better team to win this against Lakes, this Pistons team was iconic. Team work at finest

@drewali7 Жыл бұрын

They got embarrassed!!!

@LarryFlyntFLYINT 3 күн бұрын

Chauncey is my guy. It's a scrimmage. We ain't comyback to LA.... Cold

@newscyclereloaded8793 Жыл бұрын

The 04 Pistons wasn’t the mark-key teams fans wanted to see. But they had one of the more excited runs of the NBA seasons backed up by a solid role players, deep bench & A closer in Mr Big Shot Chauncey billups to put teams away.

@simsingh8492 8 ай бұрын

Marquee********

@Hilarious_ 3 ай бұрын

Chauncey a Real OG

@fireshadowblade9 Жыл бұрын

It's funny cause the Lakers side to this is that Karl Malone was injured and Kobe had a bad series, their chemistry was off all year, etc. while the Pistons side to it was always their lockdown defense and teamwork. I remember a story that Isiah Thomas told the team before the series started that it might be the Pistons that swept the Lakers. Not too far off...my favorite team ever

@melvinhhcp3615 Жыл бұрын

Malone & Horace Grant were injured. Slava Medvedenko was starting at PF against Rasheed Wallace... The 04 Lakers chemistry was good enough to beat the same San Antonio team that beat the Pistons in 05... So yeah

@kincamell2 Жыл бұрын

Karl Malone disrespected Kobe's wife . I don't think that helped the chemistry.

@melvinhhcp3615 Жыл бұрын

@@kincamell2 They still had enough chemistry to win a title if Malone was healthy.

@JaysPlayDays Жыл бұрын

@@melvinhhcp3615 so yeah? show us where Horace played in those 2004 Playoffs. talking about excuses

@arizonaFIREent Жыл бұрын

@@kincamell2 that was months after the finals

@iceot4696 Жыл бұрын

Can’t do that “What if” cause it’s a butterfly effect. If they draft Melo who’s to say they would have the need or the mentality to trade for Sheed?? Plus Larry brown didn’t really play young players back then.

@landrelljones5708 Жыл бұрын

melo was different tho

@melvinhhcp3615 Жыл бұрын

@@landrelljones5708 Larry Brown wasn't a fan of playing younger players. You saw this in the 04 Olympics when he coached. That's part of why they lost. He's really stubborn in regards to that.

@woodside4life Жыл бұрын

@@landrelljones5708 Doesn’t matter. Larry Brown’s gonna Larry Brown.

@Kingdoscuatro Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t he giving Tayshaun minutes as a rookie???

@anthonysteen56 3 ай бұрын

This is true about LB but he he also forget more about X and Os then almost any other coach knows about the game

@FinesseTheFrank Жыл бұрын

I was a freshman in high school in Detroit the same year The Pistons went to the finals. 2004 was was special year & Detroit putting the smash on L.A. topped it off. I remember EVERYBODY saying I was crazy for thinking The Pistons had any type of chance. Chauncey Billups definitely was a floor general & the X factor in the series

@tambakongoh Жыл бұрын

Ya did. Bravo to your leadership Chauncey Billups

@dorianwright3649 3 ай бұрын

I love this dudes attitude. All these players forcing numbers to gain MVP, dude was just playing to win. Thats what matters.

@jaymarkanthonysacres9505 Жыл бұрын

damn. have mercy, if detroit drafted carmelo anthony that year. pistons defense plus carmelo anthony's young and very explosive offensive game.

@Darkness8536 Жыл бұрын

That Detroit team was a really good team. Very fun to watch.

@jasonlawrence8252 Жыл бұрын

Joe was the GM, but Larry Brown wanted Darko not Melo, he didn’t like Melo n vice versa after the bronze medal USA team #facts he never gave Melo no clock said he had a bad attitude so Joe didn’t draft him

@lappin6482 Жыл бұрын

CB 🙌🔥💯

@lustearnz Жыл бұрын

That team was one of my favorites of all time. I lived in Cleveland and would drive to go see them play. You just cant beat team basketball

@johnmickns Жыл бұрын

Whats crazy is these piston teams actually underachieved. They shoulda nabbed AT LEAST 2 chips

@mrbdx Жыл бұрын

Mr. Big Shot. A CLASS ACT.

@SirHerk Жыл бұрын

Woulda changed the trajectory of Both their careers.. Melo would have more Championships

@jaybees5734 Жыл бұрын

Detroit loves Mr. Big Shot!!! Thanks for the memories. That Darko pick, hurts but we try not to think about it. If Dario becomes Dirk 2.0 its the greatest pick ever, they tried to throw him right into the paint, not sure that's where Dark excelled

@dnative93 Жыл бұрын

Captain Jack and Mr.Big Shot still got tension

@macktown23 3 ай бұрын

Matt barnes "his whole jectory"!😂

@justinostolaza5675 2 ай бұрын

Favorite player of all time my friends use to laugh at me but I wanted my jumper pure and lethal as his

@nelsonposey1711 Жыл бұрын

There’s an alternate universe where we got melo and kept this team together I believe it in my heart

@maziochendu5258 Жыл бұрын

I watched this finals in 2004. And I felt Pistons should win. Was rooting for them too ( underdog stuff )

@RKO859 Жыл бұрын

Chauncey is a straight baller in the 2000's with the Pistons. Not flashy, doesn't have crazy stats but is a consistent performer and very clutch. Definitely a true leader and a team player. Definitely getting overlooked when you talk about great PG's in the modern era. He definitely deserve to be in the discussions with guys like Nash, Kidd etc.

@terencewinters2154 Жыл бұрын

I doubted him before that series but after I saw their team defense and his game controlling pace I became a believer in that team. It seems as if he threw shade on tayshaun but if you look at the job he and rip did on kobe in that series keeping him from dominating I'd say tayshaun was about the best WIng defender of that decade.

@joshuamiguelellorin7243 Жыл бұрын

Underrated squad Pistons

@justinwilliams1117 Жыл бұрын

That's a damn good question Billups

@TylerSkittlez Жыл бұрын

My number 1 all time starting five.

@tennaj1367 Жыл бұрын

🤯 Mind blowing fun fact 🤯... Chauncey Billups is the ONLY player in NBA history to have a winning record against Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James! 🤯

@maxdurk4624 3 ай бұрын

Nobody ever talks about the fact that if they had Melo, they may not have made the trade for Rasheed. Without him, they don’t win.

@tjvanderziel911 Жыл бұрын

Legend

@kulashaker30 Жыл бұрын

When they started discussing Bron they started shoulda-woulda-coulda.. LOLs

@alexsosa266 3 ай бұрын

What a player

@LeonardSmalls Жыл бұрын

Nice Interview! this is my favorite NBA team of my life. If Carmelo would have came they never would have gotten Rasheed I guess. I loved Carmelo and he should have been on this team. Would have been great for his career. But the Hawks was no place for Rasheed. Hawks had great players. But Rasheed needed to be on this team and Prince needed to start. Don’t forget the Pistons fired Carlisle and got Larry Brown. Prince became a starter. Prince is only player to score more points in the playoffs than in the regular season.

@bossplayermfs5972 Жыл бұрын

That ‘04 Pistons team was serious s/o to their entire squad.

@marcusanderson933 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Big Shot! 🏀

@yama2846 Жыл бұрын

As a Melo, and a 2004 detroit piston fan. This breaks my lumbar.

@df6148 22 күн бұрын

Ben Wallace was one of the OG cover athletes for 2k

@tanksherman9875 3 ай бұрын

There’s a moment in the 2004 finals on a fast break when Chauncey SHATTERED Gary Peyton’s ankles. It’s a great moment if you can go find it on KZfaq

@jasonbarajas1105 3 ай бұрын

Can we get a super dope studio to do NBA: What If? To cover these kind of stories? There’s hundreds of these easily. Animate it or documentary style I don’t care.

@officialKidIso Жыл бұрын

The real interesting question to me is do the pistons even trade for sheed if they draft melo. You could end up going with a lineup of tayshun Melo Ben Chauncey and Rip. I know that’s a lil forward thinking for that time but I don’t think the league would have anything to stop that lineup

@whoodyGPonder-fj6hq 3 ай бұрын

The Lakers weren’t connected as A Team! Detroit was An Unbreakable Force that year! It hurts until this day! I knew it as soon as we barely won game 1 off A Kobe last second 3‼️

@kennyadkisson3493 Жыл бұрын

Rip Hamiltons off ball movement was insane.

@kingsantana424 Жыл бұрын

Yessir 🔥

@ShareefusMaximus 4 ай бұрын

Joe Dumars liked players who reminded him of his teammates. Darko was a jump shooting big, reminded him of Bill Lambeer.

@abegoldman8749 5 ай бұрын

Even though Rasheed wallace never eliminated them when he played for portland he had played them emough times to take notes on what to do by now, im sure that helped Detroit.

@iusedtobelikeu Жыл бұрын

With Melo the Pistons run would’ve been extended maybe another four years. But there core guys would’ve aged the same way. Lebron was inevitable, he prove that by going to Miami. Nothing was gonna stop him from competing for rings

@splaks 8 ай бұрын

Chauncey Billups Mike Bibby Steve Snash Tony Parker Jason Williams Damn these are my favorite players as a point guard.

@mbealhighjump Жыл бұрын

Videos like this are why I always laugh when people try to use Finals MVPs or Stats to downgrade the Kobe or any NBA great. So many teams have schemes similar to this devised specifically to allow 1 of layer to shine in order to create separation or to place most of the scoring load on a single player. Hearing greats like Chauncey & co break down this dynamic as a no brainer is refreshing as opposed to the toxic sports media that’s focused on micro analyzing statistics out of context.

@accountant3847 Жыл бұрын

Yup, like how kd got those fmvps over curry bcoz of better stats, but in reality, curry was guarded more heavily than kd

@mbealhighjump Жыл бұрын

@@accountant3847 Exactly! Now imagine noobs 20yrs from now that never played at a high level & are young too young to actually watch the games saying “KD carried Steph.”

@sindilacion Жыл бұрын

@@mbealhighjump kd didn't carry steph, but he was definitely the best player on the floor.

@mandlatube Жыл бұрын

Two moments Chancey saying something and Stack isn't feeling him, looked away from camera. But Chauncey is ligit...2004 best underdog team of all time

@emmanuela7528 3 ай бұрын

There’s a lot of him in Mike Conley. A point guard who just cares about navigating his team to the win.

@PowerIsWithin 3 ай бұрын

Billiups is one of the best point guard leaders and facilitators He can play iso ball if need be too

@Boss3Nate 4 ай бұрын

Mannnnnn.... Rip gave Kobe the business in those Finals. Great times.

@hitiblue 3 ай бұрын

The Pistons were real smart mofos and a hell of defense, so beautiful to watch. They did it, they beat LA fair and square. I was rooting for the Lakers at the time but at the same time i hated how Kobe and Shaq were alone and left by most of their teammates (because they weren't ready for the Pistons plans and intensity). It was obvious Lakers players were waiting on Kobe and Shaq to score 40 pts each every game but it didn't happen, they were not in sink at all, too proud (especially Kobe) but what a shock it was though. It was also during these Finals i finally accepted Kobe wasn't really like MJ, he was already the closest ever but he just couldn't get to that same type of scoring frenzy MJ could by averaging 35-40ppg.during the Finals (wich are the most important games of the season).

@user-uz4pr8xh3z 5 ай бұрын

Name of Biggest Original 2000s SuperTeam : 😂😂🤣🤣

@dpistons149 Жыл бұрын

I loved it. The lakers started of That season so hot. I thought they were going to win 70 game but then injuries took over but they still were a good team and pistons really clamped Kobes shit up respectfully.

@stuffs76 Жыл бұрын

Karl Malone going down changed everything.

@michaelmamitesarmecin5137 3 ай бұрын

They handled Shaq well because they had quality bigs, not scrub bigs - Ben, Sheed, Okur, Campbell, etc. I think they had Corliss too at that time.

@juju-vl7oj Жыл бұрын

2004 Pistons are the anomaly Champions of NBA history. The only team ever win a title without 1 player who ever made a 1st Team All-NBA in their entire career , no superstars. And they showed it was no fluke by going right back to the Finals the next year and taking the Spurs 7games.

@DonCarlosDonCarlos Жыл бұрын

Melo to Detroit would've been perfect for Melo himself, he would've learned from great leaders & veterans around him. When he went to Denver there was no direction with George Karl, Melo would be easily a top 10 all time caliber player.

@TheOmar 3 ай бұрын

That's one of those What-If draft mistakes that would've changed the whole league. On par with the Bowie-Jordan pick.

@swanmoore3479 Жыл бұрын

Pistons Fan here and I'm happy we didn't get Melo... If we get Melo, Tayshaun might not develope into the Thee 2-way that he became and who's to say the Rasheed Wallace trade even happens... Everything worked out perfect if you ask me.

@darriusg5007 Жыл бұрын

Not perfect u do know how sheed got traded to Detroit right? He was apart of the jailblazers he kept getting in trouble blazers wanted that image gone so they proposed sheed guess what ? Nobody wanted him bcuz his attitude so Detroit grabbed him I say that to say sheed was gonna go to Detroit regardless of the draft results and if u watched Melos rookie year he is what Detroit was missing a pure scorer melo at the 3 with billups/RIP backcourt lol dude that’s a 3 peat with sheed and Ben setting screens lol that’s a nightmare THEY WERE HOLDING TEAMS TO UNDER 70 POINTS!!!! Melo would’ve did watever he wanted lol not to mention there bench depth melo would’ve been the cherry on top but unfortunately JOED is dumb lol 2007 is a prime example y melo should’ve been drafted to Detroit lebron James made the pistons look like shit lol 2007 is one of Melos best years if he was in Detroit he could’ve answered lebron offense he gave prime Kobe a hard time for 6 games str8 y’all really sleep on how great melo is man it’s sad

@Laidbck93 Жыл бұрын

He got a gud point

@RandomBurner 3 ай бұрын

Jalen Brunson is today’s Chauncey Billups

@Zenki8118 Жыл бұрын

If Melo went to the 04 Pistons, he would've already had two rings by now.

@Ragnarnz 3 ай бұрын

Kobe discusses these finals with Shaq in an interview and he says the same thing as Chauncey about it.

@iamlegend1482 Жыл бұрын

detroit was more of a family a brotherhood. That is why they won.

@IllaMatik222 Жыл бұрын

I modeled how I played basketball off of that pistons team. I wasn’t elite in scoring or defense. I busted my ass in the gym to be a great teammate who could do a bit of each to make sure we won.

@FFBCommishJT 10 күн бұрын

I know hindsight is 20/20 but I really don't see them winning the 04 championship if they had drafted Melo and Melo started over Prince. Prince was so integral to their defensive scheme. Rookie Melo could not guard Kobe the way Prince guarded him in the finals.

@dyekiboie 3 ай бұрын

I miss 2004 Detroit Pistons. #team

@Lovelace1992 Жыл бұрын

B b b b billups!

@mrskeyonetaylor Жыл бұрын

That Detroit team will always be my team. Ended the Shaq/Kobe era. Nothing made me happier lol.

@Gadaffi313 Жыл бұрын

I watched him at Colorado beast Mr. Bigshot

@melvinhhcp3615 Жыл бұрын

The Lakers stopped San Antonio's Pick & Rolls by putting Kobe on Tony Parker in the 2nd round. They finished that series by winning 4 games in a row. That very same Spurs team beat Detroit in 05 in 7 games! The problem was Kobe couldn't guard both Rip & Chauncey. So when he was chasing Rip, Chauncey was abusing Payton (really humiliating him). Then when Kobe switched on to Chauncey, Rip started getting hot. Add this to the fact that Slava Medvendenko absolutely could not guard Rasheed Wallace in the post, or on the perimeter - - and there you go. 🤷🏽‍♂️... The Pistons simply got over bruh. That was most of those players 1st time in The Finals. They did not want it with a fully healthy veteran Laker team with championship experience.

@elmztana1201 Жыл бұрын

Detroit was supposed to win . Horry said spurs couldn’t guard Sheed at all . So he was surprised they wasn’t going to him more . And then Sheed left horry open and you know what big shot does

@melvinhhcp3615 Жыл бұрын

@@elmztana1201 So that means the Pistons got outcoached by the Spurs? Remember also, Chauncey choked in the last 2mins of G7. He shot a 3ptr when he wasn't supposed to. The game was over after that.

@arizonaFIREent Жыл бұрын

Yea lets ignore Shaq shutting down Duncan the last 4 games because yall always have to dickride ballhog kobe

@aland9984 Жыл бұрын

It makes me smile how to this day, laker fans will still sing excuses about that series and not admit the fact that a team with no star players served them up. Seriously, just take the damn L already and give respect to one of the best defenses of all time. nobody cares about your excuses.

@freshone274 Жыл бұрын

Never forget. The Lakers won one game that series. ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Game

@slimypickle19 Жыл бұрын

Pistons adapted defensively faster than the Lakers did offensively in the 2000s. Larry Brown's tight on ball/sagging everyone else defense had barely become legal in the NBA and they took full advantage of the Lakers poor court spacing.