5 Chicago Bulls villains worse than Grayson Allen

Isiah Thomas was the leader and superstar of the famous late 1980s, early 1990s Detroit Pistons’ Bad Boys teams.

Those were the teams that stood in the Chicago Bulls’ way of winning a title. Well, it was more like physically beating the heck out of the Bulls from keeping a title coming to Chicago.

The Pistons’ physical style absolutely destroyed Jordan and company. Some of the play was borderline criminal. It was Thomas, a Chicago high school hoops legend, who led the team.

Along with Pistons head coach Chuck Daly, Thomas helped develop the Jordan Rules. That meant whenever Jordan drove to the hoop, he had to be thrown to the ground.

Those Pistons delivered beatings to the Bulls. It also helped shaped Jordan and Pippen for the first three-peat and the Bulls finally got past the Pistons in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals.

Thomas was part of the group that walked off the court in Game 4 with a few seconds left. The Bad Boys did that because they refused to shake the Bulls’ hands after being swept.

It was also a move that help contribute to Thomas being left off the 1992 Olympic Dream Team.

Bill Laimbeer was the enforcer of those Pistons Bad Boys teams. He dished out a lot of those dirty fouls during the Bulls and Pistons matchups.

He loved being hated by the league and Chicago Bulls fans in general.

If Laimbeer played today, he probably would be banned for life. That is how dirty and physical he played.

He had that smirk that was infuriating to watch.

He claimed it was his idea to walk off the court in the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals Game 4 and not shake the Bulls’ hands.

It was the team Jordan hated the most. It was certainly a team Chicago Bulls never loved and it was in part due to Laimbeer’s play.

Although, Allen has that same type of smirk and now two plays that have angered Bulls fans. Maybe, Grayson is on his way towards replacing Laimbeer as the most villainous player.