{"id":321041,"date":"2025-04-23T03:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ben-wallace-says-current-pistons-are-no-bad-boys-earned-their-own-identity"},"modified":"2025-04-23T03:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:22:15","slug":"ben-wallace-says-current-pistons-are-no-bad-boys-earned-their-own-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ben-wallace-says-current-pistons-are-no-bad-boys-earned-their-own-identity","title":{"rendered":"Ben Wallace Says Present Pistons Are No &#039;Dangerous Boys,&#039; Earned Their Personal Id!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Ben Wallace<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">These Pistons Are No &#8216;Bad Boys&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; They Earned Their Own Identity!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-23T00:30:13-07:00\">April 23, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"53.7164677804\">\n<section id=\"cb-2142cd7a22ec2a7dd9a017ab033c9a5f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0a20fb17-bea2-47f0-a61b-aaf9ebf71485-1063757449-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0a20fb17-bea2-47f0-a61b-aaf9ebf71485-1063757449-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ben Wallace\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e4\/16by9\/2025\/04\/22\/e462e3a2a4144957a23c8bb803781673_md.jpg\" alt=\"042225_ben_wallace_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2142cd7a22ec2a7dd9a017ab033c9a5f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93e92f8b42fc6677646d9168a5360080\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.6979591837\">\n<p>Detroit is riding high after snapping its 15-game playoff losing streak against the New York Knicks on Monday &#8230; but former Piston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ben-wallace\/\"><strong>Ben Wallace<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> the current squad isn&#8217;t a bunch of &#8220;Bad Boys&#8221; &#8212; they&#8217;ve earned their own identity!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93e92f8b42fc6677646d9168a5360080--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f077faa970023fd24a901ce09086c91a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>We caught up with Big Ben out at LAX on Tuesday &#8230; and while he knows there&#8217;s a ton of basketball left, he believes his old team can pull off the first-round upset with the series tied at 1-1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f077faa970023fd24a901ce09086c91a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e7f54543de22ff648e0711e4c759f101\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250422_fe147f5b068f4f85b1f0acdb2aed2205\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a6b39e71-91f6-4a42-bae7-c6fec5add77c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fe\/4by3\/2025\/04\/22\/fe147f5b068f4f85b1f0acdb2aed2205_md.jpg\" alt=\"ben wallace nba champion 2004 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e7f54543de22ff648e0711e4c759f101--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2b2c0e363150f5c7ce5f4082b64d7db6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>&#8220;The guy&#8217;s been playing well,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The guy&#8217;s playing hard, playing together. We&#8217;re gonna go out there and just see what happens. I think the guys are excited about being out there, being able to be back in the playoffs. We know anytime getting to the playoffs, anything&#8217;s possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2b2c0e363150f5c7ce5f4082b64d7db6--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5872dc05c95b1de477b50861155c9c94\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Big Ben didn&#8217;t want to compare the current iteration of the squad to the classic, notoriously tough &#8220;Bad Boy&#8221; Pistons in the late &#8217;80s and early &#8217;90s or the &#8220;New Bad Boys&#8221; of the early &#8217;00s that brought championships to Motor City &#8230; but that&#8217;s by no means a shot at <strong>Cade Cunningham<\/strong> and Co.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5872dc05c95b1de477b50861155c9c94--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-92fedbec11f529a5c315ed2634534eff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250422_923b5dbf5db94b52a807be19ae93fe9f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a6b39e71-91f6-4a42-bae7-c6fec5add77c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/92\/4by3\/2025\/04\/22\/923b5dbf5db94b52a807be19ae93fe9f_md.jpg\" alt=\"cade-cunningham-and-jalen-duren-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-92fedbec11f529a5c315ed2634534eff--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-72ca4baaee73e34819c4161148aa700f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>&#8220;I think what they have earned, they&#8217;ve earned their own identity. Guys just going out there, playing hard, leaving it all on the line. You go out and play like that, you earn your own identity then you can call yourself whoever you want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-72ca4baaee73e34819c4161148aa700f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb2277130d0d12f3382df53c056e7423\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>He credits the job <strong>J.B. Bickerstaff <\/strong>has done since joining the franchise &#8230; and his name definitely deserved to be in consideration for coach of the year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb2277130d0d12f3382df53c056e7423--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0a8ff955b3c11766f5d753d686261796\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250422_d2147df039ac47d389be9c97aedd775b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a6b39e71-91f6-4a42-bae7-c6fec5add77c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d2\/4by3\/2025\/04\/22\/d2147df039ac47d389be9c97aedd775b_md.jpg\" alt=\"pistons 1988\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0a8ff955b3c11766f5d753d686261796--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-13e45009e53e763e12b60d09031a8879\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;I just think once you get guys going out playing hard everything happened good for the entire organization,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Not just the players, but the coaches and everybody else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-13e45009e53e763e12b60d09031a8879--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1a14ed4f36b0d0d892aae7012667b41f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Not only is Wallace enjoying the team&#8217;s run, but he&#8217;s also loving seeing the city pumped up about basketball again after years of misery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1a14ed4f36b0d0d892aae7012667b41f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c2aec8cdd74ee5ccb830b2f80cb1c16c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20220929_984c4ed242d84ef787a85d85d3626cf1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a6b39e71-91f6-4a42-bae7-c6fec5add77c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/98\/4by3\/2022\/09\/29\/984c4ed242d84ef787a85d85d3626cf1_md.jpg\" alt=\"ben wallace 2012\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c2aec8cdd74ee5ccb830b2f80cb1c16c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb6f3a6fb60dfaf1c505babea12fc0ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s going to give us a chance to see the city get behind the team and rally behind the team,&#8221; Wallace said. &#8220;I think for the first time that the city is really excited about Pistons basketball again. That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb6f3a6fb60dfaf1c505babea12fc0ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d6dd310ca3d71bf00a3e84c45b59f7e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Game 3 goes down Thursday at Little Caesars Arena &#8230; and it&#8217;s sure to be a packed house!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d6dd310ca3d71bf00a3e84c45b59f7e1--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/23\/ben-wallace-detroit-pistons-basketball\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Wallace These Pistons Are No &#8216;Bad Boys&#8217; &#8230; They Earned Their Own Identity!!! 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