In the next two years, the Detroit Pistons will need an emotional spark to augment their core. Every contending team needs one. To keep that emotion in check, they’ll need their culture set, and we hope the current core can do exactly that. But eventually, the team will need a firecracker who can get his teammates motivated, get under their skin, and push everyone to play at the highest level.
Throughout the history of the NBA, players like Michael Jordan and Kevin Garnett talked trash, ripped the heart from the competition, and motivated their teammates. Garnett made more than one teammate cry.