In the infancy of their ascendance to becoming perennial contenders, the ‘Goin’ to Work’ Pistons were looking for the edge that would put them over the top.
Chauncey Billups can point to the exact moment it happened.
It’s when the Pistons traded for Rasheed Wallace in 2004.
“It clicked for me the first practice we had after we traded for ’Sheed,” Billups said Monday during a conference call. “We’re scrimmaging and this dude was so vocal and called out every defensive play we had. He called help everywhere and saying where screens were and what coverage we were in.