Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Pistons Stories Ever Told

Some call them the Bad Boys, others just call them bad news—either way, few teams carry the passion, power, and determination exuded by the Detroit Pistons. A collection of incredible basketball talent revered in Detroit and despised throughout the rest of the NBA, the Pistons are anything and everything but boring. Now Perry A. Farrell will take fans into the locker room and onto the Pistons court in this newly revised edition of Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room. With help from Pistons legends Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars, Farrell shares stories that cover all the key characters, including Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, John Salley, Vinny Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and coach Chuck Daly. Mahorn discusses the wars with the Bulls, Celtics, and Knicks, and championship battles with the Lakers and Blazers.

The book also examines the sorry state of the franchise before the two titles, their attempts to recapture their NBA magic with Grant Hill and Jerry Stackhouse, and the recent run of success that Dumars is having as the team’s general manager. Mahorn’s role as color analyst for Pistons radio broadcasts has kept him in the loop as Dumars has added players like Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace, and Darko Milicic, along with coach Larry Brown, over the past few seasons. Sharing stories from his playing and announcing days is a part of what makes Tales from the Detroit Pistons Locker Room a must-have for any Pistons fan.

Perry A. Farrell has been at the Detroit Free Press for 24 years and during that time has covered the NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball, and nine Final Fours. His other professional stops include the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Milwaukee Journal, where he covered the University of Wisconsin for four years

Rick Mahorn, after a successful eighteen-year NBA career, now serves as the color analyst for Pistons radio broadcasts. He was selected in the second round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) and later played for Detroit, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. The 6′10″ power forward’s ultimate success as a player came during his four years with Detroit, culminating in the Pistons’ first NBA championship in 1988–89.

Joe Dumars was a critical component in the legendary Pistons team of the late 1980s and 1990s. Inducted into the Nasimith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, Dumars currently serves as the president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons.