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Basketball Butterfly Effect: How the Pistons Clawed Their Way to Two Titles

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The 1980s and 1990s were defined by basketball dynasties like the Lakers, Celtics, and Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. Yet in the midst of this unprecedented stretch of dominance, the Detroit Pistons won two and could’ve very easily won four NBA titles. How did they do it? And why do we discount this incredible accomplishment?


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1:41.5

I'm Dave Ziron, another episode of what we've been calling basketball butterfly

1:46.1

effect with aria shirazi and whoa boy do we have a good one this week hey ari how you doing sir

1:53.2

very well yourself well i i come here with a sad and die because i mean somewhat coincidentally or profoundly coincidentally, today

2:04.2

passed away Earl the Twirl Curitan, a very, very niche, but very fun to watch

2:12.6

1980s basketball player with the Detroit Pistons. And we're going to dedicate this episode to Earl

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