Editing Detroit Pistons (section)

===Origins of the Bad Boys nickname===
At the start of the [[1987–88 Detroit Pistons season|1987–88 season]], [[Al Davis]], owner of the then [[Los Angeles Raiders]], sent Raiders merchandise to the Pistons to acknowledge the shared view of the teams and their physical style of play. Dan Hauser, Pistons vice-president of Marketing said, "Al sent us Raiders sweaters, and when we played Golden State in Oakland, Al had Raiders warm-ups for us with our names and numbers on them. The rough bad-boy fighting style of the Raiders fits our image. That's why, at our home games at the Palace, you see a sea of black: black caps, black T-shirts, black sweatshirts".<ref name="Holmes"/><ref name="Jauss">{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-24-8903290957-story.html |title=Pistons Fans Feel Good Looking Real Bad |work=Chicago Tribune |last=Jauss |first=Bill |date=March 24, 1989 |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311144727/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-24-8903290957-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The end of season video yearbook produced by the NBA was titled ''Bad Boys''.<ref name="Holmes"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Harvey|last=Araton|title=N.B.A. Dilemma: Boys Will Be Bad|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/11/sports/pro-basketball-nba-dilemma-boys-will-be-bad.html|website=The New York Times|date=April 11, 1993|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526090455/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/11/sports/pro-basketball-nba-dilemma-boys-will-be-bad.html|archivedate=May 26, 2015|access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> Due to these factors, the name and image was embraced by the players and fans.<ref name="Holmes"/><ref name="Jauss"/><ref name="mlive"/><ref name="Burchfield"/> Pistons guard Joe Dumars said, "You can't be great in this league and have zero identity."<ref name="mlive">{{cite web |url=https://www.mlive.com/pistons/2014/04/pistons_bad_boys_special_on_es.html |title=Pistons 'Bad Boys' special on ESPN evokes emotions a quarter-century later |work=MLive |last=Mayo |first=David |date=January 20, 2019 |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311144727/https://www.mlive.com/pistons/2014/04/pistons_bad_boys_special_on_es.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hudson Soft]] would later develop and publish ''[[Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball]]'', a futuristic basketball game released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] without rules, without fouls, and weapons are permitted.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Jeff|last=Marchiafava|title=The Weirdest Celebrity-Based Video Games|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/17/the-weirdest-celebrity-based-video-games.aspx?PostPageIndex=3|magazine=Game Informer|date=August 17, 2011|access-date=August 5, 2022|archive-date=September 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929235806/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/08/17/the-weirdest-celebrity-based-video-games.aspx?PostPageIndex=3|url-status=live}}</ref> 
 
The positive view of the team was not universal with Michael Jordan declaring "the Bad Boys are bad for basketball",<ref name="Goodwill"/> later adding "I hated them. And that hate carries even to this day."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29102510/michael-jordan-says-hates-bad-boys-detroit-pistons |title=Michael Jordan says he still hates the 'Bad Boys' Detroit Pistons |work=ESPN.com |last=McMenamin |first=Dave |date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311145052/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29102510/michael-jordan-says-hates-bad-boys-detroit-pistons |url-status=live }}</ref> [[David Stern]], [[Commissioner of the NBA]] at the time, said, "If I had it to do over again, we would be more aggressive in regulating, shall we say, that style of play, because it led to our game becoming much more physical."<ref name="mlive"/>
 
[[Jalen Rose]], who later starred as a member of the [[Fab Five (University of Michigan)|Fab Five at Michigan]], embraced the Bad Boys brand as a teenager growing up in Detroit, stating "I loved everything about the Bad Boys. I loved how they played and how they didn't back down. They just went out and kicked the other teams' butts."<ref name="Holmes"/> Pistons announcer [[George Blaha]] said, "I think the people of Detroit and all across Michigan loved the Pistons' don't-back-down-ever mentality. Detroit's a working person's town and that's the same type of fan that you have all across the state of Michigan from the big cities to the small towns. Never does a day go by that somebody that I talk to doesn't bring up the Bad Boys; they loved 'em."<ref name="Burchfield">{{cite web |url=https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/15/the-bad-boys-capture-back-to-back-championships-an-oral-history/ |title=The Bad Boys Capture Back-To-Back Championships: Pistons Fans, Players Remember The Team's Golden Years |work=CBS Detroit |last=Burchfield |first=Will |date=June 15, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627115603/https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2016/06/15/the-bad-boys-capture-back-to-back-championships-an-oral-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>