The best team in the world for me currently is the Detroit Pistons in the NBA.
Pistons know only one way to play which is 'as a team'. It is a team that has been built over the last four years and their starting lineup has been the same for the last 3 years. It is a team of selfless players who are not playing for individual glory, but they want their team to succeed. You will find very few examples of such a spirit in this world of commercialization. Every time I see them play, the more I learn from them. This is not artificial, but true team spirit. Every game has a different player being the highest scorer and every game has a different star. It just does not matter to them how much each player scores as long as the team wins.
The core of the team is Chauncey, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Prince and Rip Hamilton. They have a good support set of support players as well. They play team defense which is very tough to break down. None of these players was an all-star until this year. This year four of them got selected except for Prince. They won the NBA in 2004 and lost a close championship final to Spurs last year. Every year and every game they are improving and this year they are miles ahead of everyone in NBA in terms of the number of games won and their quality of play. Three coaches have come and gone in the last 4 years and nothing seems to affect this well oiled machine.
Team spirit, sacrificing for each other, supporting each other and their only goal is for the team to win the game. I don't know how long this team bonding and spirit is going to last, but as long as it does, basketball and sports is the winner.
Pistons know only one way to play which is 'as a team'. It is a team that has been built over the last four years and their starting lineup has been the same for the last 3 years. It is a team of selfless players who are not playing for individual glory, but they want their team to succeed. You will find very few examples of such a spirit in this world of commercialization. Every time I see them play, the more I learn from them. This is not artificial, but true team spirit. Every game has a different player being the highest scorer and every game has a different star. It just does not matter to them how much each player scores as long as the team wins.
The core of the team is Chauncey, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Prince and Rip Hamilton. They have a good support set of support players as well. They play team defense which is very tough to break down. None of these players was an all-star until this year. This year four of them got selected except for Prince. They won the NBA in 2004 and lost a close championship final to Spurs last year. Every year and every game they are improving and this year they are miles ahead of everyone in NBA in terms of the number of games won and their quality of play. Three coaches have come and gone in the last 4 years and nothing seems to affect this well oiled machine.
Team spirit, sacrificing for each other, supporting each other and their only goal is for the team to win the game. I don't know how long this team bonding and spirit is going to last, but as long as it does, basketball and sports is the winner.
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