[HandyDandy]

Laimbeer was one of the crew that Johnny Most referred to as “the hatchet brothers”. Bird holds a strong dislike for him to this day.

[7thson]

Strong dislike is putting it extremely mildly. Bird outright hates that arsehole.

If I remember that era of the NBA correctly, the media were partly responsible for the Pistons style of play. The media glamourized the Pistons during that time.