Isiah Thomas Admits All That Boston Celtics Trash Talk Made Him and His Teammates Better’ While the Los Angeles Lakers were considered the biggest rival of the Boston Celtics back in the 1980s, the Detroit Pistons were a close second. Before the Celtics and Lakers met in the NBA Finals, Boston had to make its way through those “Bad Boys” of Detroit.
Isiah Thomas was part of that Pistons group that often gave the Celtics fits. Those Pistons/Celtics series were heated, and there was always a lot of talking. Thomas said all that trash-talk the Celtics were known for helped make him a better player.
Isiah Thomas Admits All That Boston Celtics Trash Talk Made Him and His Teammates Better
