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In ESPN’S 30 for 30 film, “Bad Boys” the National Basketball Association (NBA) Detroit’s Pistons, star athletes reveal themes of aggression, specifically reactive- aggression throughout the film when facing opponents on the basketball court. The team had a one desire and that was to win. Not one member of the “Bad Boys” liked to loose and they were willing to take all measures to get to the top of the ladder. Their motivation to win and beat rivals such as the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers was not just for the “Bad Boys” to prove themselves as athletes but also to put Detroit back on the radar for good things not just riots and hunger in their city. The aggression and naming of the “Bad Boys” all started when the team figured out that they needed to mentally out play their top competitors such as the Boston Celtics. It was not that the Pistons were not a good team, with members such as Isaiah Thomson and Bill Lambier, they just were not physically strong enough and mentally tuff enough to compete with the others when they first started in 1989. Constantly loosing to their rivals and seeing Larry Bird and Magic Johnson winning all of the national titles brought the Pistons team and staff closer than ever and created atmosphere of wanting to win. This …show more content…
Everyone that was recruited into the Detroit Pistons seemingly became aggressive as well. The team used reactive aggression to throw elbows, or push people to the ground to decrease the athletic performance of the top man and increase their athletic performance. Without their aggression they would not have been the “Bad Boys” and would not have won as many games or titles as they did in this time period of basketball. The Bad Boys most definitely rebuilt their basketball program in Detroit and one could argue that they placed a new image on Detroit and shined the light away from the disaster the city had faced prior the the “Bad Boys’

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