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Sir Charles in Thought: The Pistons drive NBA greatness

By Dante Nelson

NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 28: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers prepares to play the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on October 28, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 28: LeBron James #23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers prepares to play the New Orleans Pelicans at the Smoothie King Center on October 28, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MI – NOVEMBER 10: Head coach Stan Van Gundy of the Detroit Pistons reacts on the bench while playing the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena on November 10, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 111-104. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI – NOVEMBER 10: Head coach Stan Van Gundy of the Detroit Pistons reacts on the bench while playing the Atlanta Hawks at Little Caesars Arena on November 10, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit won the game 111-104. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

The Pistons’ interesting place in history against all-time greats

Let’s just go ahead and get this FACT out of the way: LeBron James is one of the greatest players to play in the NBA and deserves to be in conversations alongside Michael Jordan. So there.

Now, LeBron recently said that the Detroit Pistons of the early to mid 2000’s really helped to shape the player LeBron is today. He spent many years early in his career trying to take down the Pistons, and it just was a bad time.

Looking back, it was the Detroit Pistons who also gave Michael Jordan a hard time early in his career. Before he decimated the league in the 90’s, he couldn’t get past the Pistons in the 80’s.

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The Pistons, when at the top, end up driving an all time great. So, it’s simple. We need the Detroit Pistons to be elite again. Cool? Cool. Considering the Pistons are one of the oldest teams in league history, I’m sure there have been other players who have had to overcome elite Pistons teams. I should probably do some research on that.

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