Bill Laimbeer
Bill Laimbeer
William "Bill" Laimbeer, Jr.is an American retired National Basketball Association player who spent most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. Teaming with Hall of Fame backcourt guards Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, Laimbeer won back to back NBA Championships in both 1989 and 1990. He is the current head coach of the WNBA's New York Liberty. Playing at center, the 6'11" Laimbeer was a four-time NBA All-Star and integral part of the Pistons teams that won two championships. Initially...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 May 1957
CityBoston, MA
That it's being sponsored by the NBA makes it legitimate for the better caliber of players to participate in it, ... All they have to do now is market the individual teams.
We watched her at the combine and she grew on us. There was no question that if we had made a trade and had lost one of our big players we would have taken her. But we would have worked a deal to move up to take her, too. She competes.
Kara did a good job of giving us some energy and offensive production off the bench this season ... and her inclusion on the All-Rookie team is a well-deserved honor. If she puts her mind to it, she can become one of the best post players in the game. She has all the physical tools, the size, and the agility to dominate, and watching her develop over the coming years is going to be a lot of fun for our fans.
I'm not unhappy with our effort - Connecticut just played very well. They just made shots.
This was huge. If we lose this game, we're probably toast. We can't get the Charlotte game back, so we needed this one.
Don't talk to me about that. Talk to him about that. That's his business.
The Pistons (under coach Larry Brown last season) needed to be released offensively, though, and Flip has allowed them that freedom.
This is not a case of we didn't show. I think Connecticut played very well. They made jump shots, especially in the second half, which is going to happen. They are fine players. As far as the game plan is concerned, we wanted to keep them on the perimeter, and they happened to make them.
That's going to be great for us. We won't be affected offensively, and cutting down the clock will hurt the teams that play a slower, pattern offense.
Our everyday problems that we have been unable to solve are our turnovers. We just aren't paying attention to detail.
I have a great deal of respect for Isiah as a leader and basketball mind.
It's a great matchup. Both teams have been eyeing each other all season long, from the very first ballgame we played.
I tried hard, it was close, but it didn't happen.
It's not serious. She'll be out no more than six or seven days. I don't know if she'll play Sunday (exhibition opener at Connecticut). It's up to Deanna. We'll see later this week.