Bad Boy John Salley has major beef with that dude who's Married to Larsa Pippen from Real Housewives of Miami

It has been 23 years since the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons first met up in the first of three playoff series' that pitted Isiah Thomas' nasty Bad Boys versus Michael Jordan's group of soon-to-be-champs. Those Bulls, clearly, are still smarting. The team was everyone's choice to replace the Lakers and Celtics at the top of the NBA's heap, but the Pistons had to go and ruin that narrative, winning two championships in 1989 and 1990.

Pippen was particularly candid about the Pistons in an interview from early in March, telling the Chicago Sun-Times this:

"The Pistons were a nasty team. You always had to expect them to play dirty because, remember, they were the Bad Boys of Motown. They'd go out of their way to be mean and try to hurt you. And because we had better athletes, coach Chuck Daly just let them play the way they had to play to win. Bill Laimbeer was no real athlete. The same for Rick Mahorn and Joe Dumars and James Edwards. We were faster, quicker, more competitive and smarter."

Interviewed over the weekend, former Piston John Salley, wanted no such part of that noise:

"They were more athletic -- and they were younger," Salley said. "But obviously not smarter because we're not talking about him 22 years later. He's talking about us. Guys who said we played dirty couldn't have played in the '80s and the '70s. I watched those games in the '80s and '70s, and it's how I learned to play that hard. You fouled a guy who needs to be fouled. If he's going to the basket, you don't give a knick-knack foul and then argue with the ref. You foul him so he knows, so the next guy coming behind him knows, so his team knows you can't go in the lane. We beat them psychologically, and obviously it's still working."

Chalk up another 20 year old rivalry for the state of Michigan. First Jalen Rose became a statewide hero when he called former Dukie Grant Hill an Uncle Tom and created a media frenzy, which in turn essentially swept his DUI from 3 days prior under the rug. But not to be outdone, Piston legend John Salley got into the old man squabbling game when he caught wind of Scottie Pippen running his mouth about how his Bulls were only beat by the Bad Boys because Chuck Daily allowed his slower and dumber goons to attack the more superior Bulls. But just like Jalen, when it's all said and done, John knows that you don't have to win the most to be the one people remember. I mean we're basically talking Tin Cup 101 right? It's like, "5 years from now no one will remember who won the open but they'll remember your twelve Roy". Alright I'm off on a bit of a tangent. Anyway, Infamy makes you live longer. Belee dat.

PS - Now let's all stare at Scottie Pippen's wife.