Interesting description. Never heard a Pistons fan say this 06 team was their favorite lol. Personally, I've never enjoyed Flip Saunder's zone oriented defense and I think his focus on offense wasn't a good fit. Sure, they became a much better offensive team, thus more balanced, but I think they somewhat lost their defensive identity, even though they were still a great defensive team. It simply didn't look like the Pistons that I was used to watching. Say whatever you want about the 06 ECF, but Wade completely exploited the Pistons's zone, made them look like a mediocre defensive team and had the most efficient series of his career. I certainly prefer Larry Brown's coaching, that team was gritty and embraced defense like nobody else. That 2004 Pistons still stand as the best defensive team I've seen. Too bad the league changed some rules and made a point to favor the offense after the 2004 Pistons win, that certainly didn't help them. Anyways, nice video, this was certainly a great moment for the Pistons.
Larry Brown was definitely more suited to coach this team. Like i mentioned in the description, hiring Flip Saunders was both a blessing and a curse. The offense exploded whereas it looked sluggish in 04 and 05. And yes their defense wasnt as good, but I disagree that they lost their defense identity. It definitely wasnt the grind it out defense but they were still very intense and Ben even won a DPOY. I think the cracks started to show in the playoffs, Flip was a great coach but its not a coincidence that he never coached an nba finals. His offensive philosophy can only take you so far, and to be honest I dont think he demanded the respect from his players like Larry did. Im with you on that, but the 06 regular season team was most certainly the most well rounded team of the 3 years; both a beast on offense and defense. Our championship window closed after this and while we were competing in 07 and 08, this was the last true championship Pistons team.
@@rjmacready9828 I agree. They certainly still had a defensive identity, I meant to say it wasn't as intense as it was during the Larry Brown days. But I agree with everything you just said.
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Interesting description. Never heard a Pistons fan say this 06 team was their favorite lol. Personally, I've never enjoyed Flip Saunder's zone oriented defense and I think his focus on offense wasn't a good fit. Sure, they became a much better offensive team, thus more balanced, but I think they somewhat lost their defensive identity, even though they were still a great defensive team. It simply didn't look like the Pistons that I was used to watching. Say whatever you want about the 06 ECF, but Wade completely exploited the Pistons's zone, made them look like a mediocre defensive team and had the most efficient series of his career. I certainly prefer Larry Brown's coaching, that team was gritty and embraced defense like nobody else. That 2004 Pistons still stand as the best defensive team I've seen. Too bad the league changed some rules and made a point to favor the offense after the 2004 Pistons win, that certainly didn't help them. Anyways, nice video, this was certainly a great moment for the Pistons.
Larry Brown was definitely more suited to coach this team. Like i mentioned in the description, hiring Flip Saunders was both a blessing and a curse. The offense exploded whereas it looked sluggish in 04 and 05. And yes their defense wasnt as good, but I disagree that they lost their defense identity. It definitely wasnt the grind it out defense but they were still very intense and Ben even won a DPOY. I think the cracks started to show in the playoffs, Flip was a great coach but its not a coincidence that he never coached an nba finals. His offensive philosophy can only take you so far, and to be honest I dont think he demanded the respect from his players like Larry did. Im with you on that, but the 06 regular season team was most certainly the most well rounded team of the 3 years; both a beast on offense and defense. Our championship window closed after this and while we were competing in 07 and 08, this was the last true championship Pistons team.
@@rjmacready9828 I agree. They certainly still had a defensive identity, I meant to say it wasn't as intense as it was during the Larry Brown days. But I agree with everything you just said.
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