Former Detroit Pistons beat writers share memories of their days with the 'Bad Boys'
https://www.mlive.com/pistons/2014/03/former_detroit_pistons_beat_wr.html Updated: Mar. 28, 2014, 12:07 p.m.| Published: Mar. 28, 2014, 11:07 a.m. By Brendan Savage | bsavage@mlive.com AUBURN HILLS – Two of the men who followed the Detroit Pistons 1989 and 1990 championship teams as closely as anyone don't remember them as being a dirty team. Physical? Oh yeah. But not dirty, despite what Michael Jordan might have said or the message their "Bad Boys" moniker sent to the rest of the NBA. It was the Bad Boys image that perpetuated the myth that the Pistons were a dirty team and often overshadowed their immense talents. If anybody deserves the blame – or credit, depending on your perspective – for the Pistons getting branded as a dirty team, it was the people in the club's front office. That's according to former Pistons beat writers Steve Addy and Dean Howe. Addy and Howe shared some of their Bad Boys memories with MLive as the Pistons prepare to celebrate the 25th