Randy Randerson and the players bouncing off him to the tune of the bell...it makes him look larger than life, especially when u think about the fact that he was going up against Shaq
+neutronthekid34 Not even close to the Chuck Daly era. The 2004 team was assembled mostly overnight to quickly win titles, the Bad Boys were guys who were drafted by or began as rookies in Detroit and spent most if not the whole of their carreers with the Pistons, climbing the Celtics-Lakers mountain.
+VerdesVideos these guys spent most of their careers with the pistons... lol and when ben wallace left he still came back.. same with chauncey and tyshaun.. bens the only one who truly left. chauncey was traded..
No superstars, no egos, no show-offs. Just a group of hard workers who played great defense with a great coach. I remember being a kid always making it home after school as quick as I can to watch them play. It was like Christmas. I truly miss this era in basketball. Today's game is just...different and not as entertaining.
Lmao nah dude your team just sucks for like 15 years. Basketball is more entertaining today then it was then. Us heat fans had an easier transition from 06 - 22 then you pistons fans. 😂
@@timcarter817 Mr. 43, if I am, I am. If it's entertaining for you, great. Im a fan of the era where defense was played, and not players whining every other possession. But, that's just me. I get that the league had to make changes back in '04 to make the league more entertaining. Regardless what I am, I'm still a Pistons fan. And, will never bandwagon.
If you never went to a pistons regular season game or playoff game between ‘04-‘08, you missed out! The intensity, the energy, and the emotions in the building was second to none. The thunder sticks, the flames in the air, mason as the public address announcer. Great times.
The heat coming off those flames as you knew detroit was about to decimate whoever the opponent is. Still hate the 05 spurs team with an un responsible passion.
That music. Ben with the sledgehammer. Horns blaring. Flamethrowers firing. Thundersticks. Mason announcing. "Buh Buh Buh BILLUPS". Big Ben shoulder bumping his way through the gauntlet. The bell tolling. Sheed hyping up the team in the huddle. Literally one of the best intro sequences in all of sports. This stuff made you want to show up early to games, and it gave you goosebumps and made your hair stand up straight with excitement. Not only did the team move on from all of its iconic players, but they lost all of this extra flair. It's no surprise the team has been as bad as it is for so long; here's hoping we'll get back to more of this soon, with Cade leading the way.
Let's bring this shit back! Who else did it like Detroit? No one. Say what you want about our city but we will ALWAYS stand up and tell em we from Detroit. Old schoolers will get that one. The city loves its Pistons!
Not a detroit fan but I will never deny Pistons got the best announcer of the 2000s in Mason and players with coolest nicknames in nba history esp one of my personal fav rip hamilton
This along with Jordan's Bulls was the best intro to the starting line up EVER. And this is coming from a Celtics fan. Timeless! Still get chills watching it
@BiDewF the System lol you’re out of your mind. Today’s athletes are so much faster, stronger while being taller. I’m 43 and grew up a Bad Boys fan. But those teams then would get runover by today’s athletes. That goes for football as well
Was never a big basketball fan. This is the only team I followed since day one because everyone overlooked them. My favorite team ever. And that intro was the best I've ever seen!
Stumbled back on this video after randomly thinking about about how listening to Mason introduce the Pistons was one of the things that got me into being a basketball fan as a child, and everything holds up so well; the clever wordplay, the charisma, everything. "B-B-B-B-B-BUH-BUH-BEN WWWWWWWWWALLLACE!" never fails to make me smile.
Had they gotten Carmello instead of Darko, this piston team would have been a dynasty. They r the best defensive team of the 2000's and one of the best back guard combo with Chauncey Billups and one of my fav player rip hamilton
Nahhhh...I think the play would have been Chris Bosh. Larry Brown and Carmelo would have been bad for each other. Melo wouldn’t have developed as a scorer because Larry would have wanted ball movement, and didn’t really want to coach another AI. Melo also wouldn’t have gotten as much PT cause Larry wanted defense down the stretch and hated playing rookies in big spots. Bosh would have fit in better for what they wanted long term.
I'm not a Pistons fan, but this was one the absolute best intros I've ever seen. The only bad thing about this video is that it cuts away when Ben Wallace swings the sledgehammer and smashes the Lakers' logo at 0:46. I've seen the camera focused when the intros included doing the same thing to the Nets' and Spurs' logos, but all the videos I've seen of the 2004 Finals games in Detroit have always cut away when doing it the Lakers one. Other than that, fantastic. :)
Back when there was life in Detroit, with the Pistons and Red Wings at the height of the league, and the Tigers had some strong playoff teams in 2006 and 2011-14
you must be too young to remember the Bad Boys days. Those were awesome too, especially because of the journey to get there having to overcome Boston and the Lakers. I love the 2004 team (we all should as Pistons fans) but damn, the Bad Boys teams were special.
Looking back now because i liked the 00-04 lakers dynasty when i was a kid, i have now so much admiration for this pistons team...when i was a baller in HS i used to copy RIP's free throw style with the extra bounce to the right
2004 pistons were so ahead of there time... their grit reminds me of the warriors of now they just went out there and gave it their all on the court! 🔥 🏀 🏆
Detroit basketball is gone just like that. Drummond took his money and said "fuck it. I don't have to be dominant anymore." Reggie is playing "by myself" ball not basketball. And don't get me started on SVG and how he kept jon leur in that starting lineup for too long. Hope we get top 3 in the lottery tonight even though it's only a 2.5% chance we do and a .7 percent chance we get the number 1 pick.
To this day I have no idea how the Spurs were able to beat these lot to the '05 championship, took super human effort from Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.
My favourite basketball team off all time! Iam a Washington Wizards fan, and this team has 3 key players who where drafted by the wizards, Hamilton and Sheed, and signed Undrafted Ben Wallace.
I usually watched all the games with my buddies but this game I watched by myself in my basement. This is the first time one of my teams won a championship and the last. I've been a Pistons fan since 1991 as far back as I can remember then I'm still a Pistons fan to this day. They just need to ease the border restrictions and I'll be taking my kids across the border to watch the Pistons in downtown Detroit it's only about 15 minutes from my house
I always get chills at the bell
“WEARING THE BIG, RED, 3
FROM VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY”
Just perfect
Randy Randerson and the players bouncing off him to the tune of the bell...it makes him look larger than life, especially when u think about the fact that he was going up against Shaq
Boom
Epic.
@@KingJaymo2k11 its still is amazing how he had 18 pts and 22 rbs against Shaq.
THE CENNNA
Mason was the GOAT announcer.
Ben's intro is an all time great. The zoom on the fro. Crashing with teammates. The sledgehammer. Perfection.
Right
Mason still going strong 💪 😁
@@tolicelawrence461 Thanks, I should've said "is"!
Just shows your age. Ken Calvert before him was the BEST ever. Period.
Ben Wallace's intro used to give me goosebumps
This was the best times to be a Pistons fan !
+neutronthekid34 Not even close to the Chuck Daly era. The 2004 team was assembled mostly overnight to quickly win titles, the Bad Boys were guys who were drafted by or began as rookies in Detroit and spent most if not the whole of their carreers with the Pistons, climbing the Celtics-Lakers mountain.
+VerdesVideos true ..
+VerdesVideos these guys spent most of their careers with the pistons... lol and when ben wallace left he still came back.. same with chauncey and tyshaun.. bens the only one who truly left. chauncey was traded..
the music business Yeah, but you gotta concede that the Chuck Daly era is the most important in the history of the Pistons.
True.
When that bell drop during Ben's introduction, every Pistons fan knows shit was bout to go down.
Aidan Horn the palace was too loud bro
Kinda like his signature intro just as how the empire march is with Kobe Bryant
YEEEEEEESSSSSSIIIIIIRRRRRR!!!!!
Fear the fro
Goosebumps man
1:54 Whoever had the idea to zoom right in on Ben's fro, that was a great shot.
“It’s Palace time for The Prince” and the Ben Wallace intros are TOP TIER creative 🔥
No superstars, no egos, no show-offs. Just a group of hard workers who played great defense with a great coach. I remember being a kid always making it home after school as quick as I can to watch them play. It was like Christmas. I truly miss this era in basketball. Today's game is just...different and not as entertaining.
Lmao nah dude your team just sucks for like 15 years. Basketball is more entertaining today then it was then. Us heat fans had an easier transition from 06 - 22 then you pistons fans. 😂
@@yossih Not gonna argue that. No one wants to play in Detroit! lol
& a Great coach...
I’m 43 and a lifelong Pistons fan. Basketball today is better than ever and you just sound like a casual fanboy
@@timcarter817 Mr. 43, if I am, I am. If it's entertaining for you, great. Im a fan of the era where defense was played, and not players whining every other possession. But, that's just me. I get that the league had to make changes back in '04 to make the league more entertaining. Regardless what I am, I'm still a Pistons fan. And, will never bandwagon.
Best intro of all time
Bulls
@@StJohnSB Nah
Joshua Lawrence go cry
sorry!! Bulls intro is known worldwide!!!!
Recently best of all time, but it is best intro of all time. Just like Tayshaun's block
So we just gon ignore that flinch by coach at 2:11 😂😂 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Best part of the video!
He knew the firecracker was coming and tried last second to plug his ears and missed
Played it over and still playing it
And in 2:12 if you look at the guys in the back looking at the monitor of the live, they're laughing at it. LOL
If you never went to a pistons regular season game or playoff game between ‘04-‘08, you missed out! The intensity, the energy, and the emotions in the building was second to none. The thunder sticks, the flames in the air, mason as the public address announcer. Great times.
The heat coming off those flames as you knew detroit was about to decimate whoever the opponent is. Still hate the 05 spurs team with an un responsible passion.
From 01 to 05 was really loud
I loved when they would show them about to come out of the locker room and In The Air Tonight would play.
@@tylermayes5340 would've been amazing to win back to back titles.
2001 to 2008 was the best times to be a pistons fan. I believed detroit would of won back to back if they would of kept there bench together
That music. Ben with the sledgehammer. Horns blaring. Flamethrowers firing. Thundersticks. Mason announcing. "Buh Buh Buh BILLUPS". Big Ben shoulder bumping his way through the gauntlet. The bell tolling. Sheed hyping up the team in the huddle. Literally one of the best intro sequences in all of sports. This stuff made you want to show up early to games, and it gave you goosebumps and made your hair stand up straight with excitement. Not only did the team move on from all of its iconic players, but they lost all of this extra flair. It's no surprise the team has been as bad as it is for so long; here's hoping we'll get back to more of this soon, with Cade leading the way.
This and the 90s Bulls intro, are the best intros in US professional sports.
Larry Brown flinched hard as hell lol
Let's bring this shit back! Who else did it like Detroit? No one. Say what you want about our city but we will ALWAYS stand up and tell em we from Detroit. Old schoolers will get that one. The city loves its Pistons!
word up!
Not a detroit fan but I will never deny Pistons got the best announcer of the 2000s in Mason and players with coolest nicknames in nba history esp one of my personal fav rip hamilton
This along with Jordan's Bulls was the best intro to the starting line up EVER. And this is coming from a Celtics fan. Timeless! Still get chills watching it
Cleveland had a pretty good announcer during that time as well
@BiDewF the System lol you’re out of your mind. Today’s athletes are so much faster, stronger while being taller. I’m 43 and grew up a Bad Boys fan. But those teams then would get runover by today’s athletes. That goes for football as well
Mason the best commentator there is period
He is great, for sure. We don't know each other personally, but we talk on Facebook messenger every now and then. Great person.
Most annoying announcer ever!!!
I still can't believe this squad only won one title together.
2005 spurs were just different unfortunately but I think going to the finals twice is just as good
2:11 Larry Brown being shocked by what happened every night will never get old.
Lol at 2:12 Larry Brown getting scared by the sound
2:11*
And the guys in the background laughing at it 😂
Greatest intro in sports...I miss these days, this team, and the palace of auburn hills ...RIP
Nah not really
I still think this is probably one of the best starting 5 lineups ever assembled in NBA history.
Probably ?
They played together so well. Probably the most perfect combination of guys who all knew how to play together and execute their roles to perfection.
@@lucascantuario7 I say "probably" because it's all subjective.. you can't just outright say one team was better than another over different decades.
Bro. Celtics or Lakers in 10 years prior. But Mason was the best announcer.
@@thisguy73 Nah, I still stand by my comment.
Was never a big basketball fan. This is the only team I followed since day one because everyone overlooked them. My favorite team ever. And that intro was the best I've ever seen!
Stumbled back on this video after randomly thinking about about how listening to Mason introduce the Pistons was one of the things that got me into being a basketball fan as a child, and everything holds up so well; the clever wordplay, the charisma, everything. "B-B-B-B-B-BUH-BUH-BEN WWWWWWWWWALLLACE!" never fails to make me smile.
Had they gotten Carmello instead of Darko, this piston team would have been a dynasty. They r the best defensive team of the 2000's and one of the best back guard combo with Chauncey Billups and one of my fav player rip hamilton
Nahhhh...I think the play would have been Chris Bosh. Larry Brown and Carmelo would have been bad for each other. Melo wouldn’t have developed as a scorer because Larry would have wanted ball movement, and didn’t really want to coach another AI. Melo also wouldn’t have gotten as much PT cause Larry wanted defense down the stretch and hated playing rookies in big spots. Bosh would have fit in better for what they wanted long term.
Rip Hamilton was an assassin. Guy could dribble so much better than almost anyone and was fast as hell
We don't know, they might not have traded for Sheed, and a coach might not have played both Tayshaun and Carmelo/Bosh for big minutes.
I'm not a Pistons fan, but this was one the absolute best intros I've ever seen. The only bad thing about this video is that it cuts away when Ben Wallace swings the sledgehammer and smashes the Lakers' logo at 0:46. I've seen the camera focused when the intros included doing the same thing to the Nets' and Spurs' logos, but all the videos I've seen of the 2004 Finals games in Detroit have always cut away when doing it the Lakers one. Other than that, fantastic. :)
As a Pistons fan this whole season was magical and the whole showmanship was part of it.
DEEEEEEETROIT BASKETBAAAAAAAAAALL!!!!
now that the Pistons are back in Detroit we got to bring back the glory days like these
They had a beast team
Darko looked scared as fuck when they introduced Ben
This Pistons intro together with the 2008 Celtics were the best.
So many memories associated with this team for me
These vids from the o4 year aaaallways get me emotional. Love this team
I never get tired of hearing that!
Still get chills everytime. Man this was my childhood team.
Dammit, I close my eyes and I'm back. F** it all, where do the good times go??
Back when there was life in Detroit, with the Pistons and Red Wings at the height of the league, and the Tigers had some strong playoff teams in 2006 and 2011-14
Mason's intros are always FIRE! Especially that Ben Wallace intro!
When being a piston fan was awesome 😭😭 god i miss these days
you must be too young to remember the Bad Boys days. Those were awesome too, especially because of the journey to get there having to overcome Boston and the Lakers. I love the 2004 team (we all should as Pistons fans) but damn, the Bad Boys teams were special.
Heavy early 2000’s! It’s like a wwf ppv intro. Also the dudes behind Larry brown laugh hard as hell when he flinched.
I wish we could have seen a series between this Pistons team vs the Bad Boys. Imagine how intense that would have been?
amazing intro start to finish! great job
Badass. What a team, what an era.
I'm a Chicago Bulls' fan, and I think that was an awesome entrance. Hearing that, you knew that Detroit's opponents had their work cut out for them.
I was so pumped! used to watch these games naked.
BBBBBBBBBEN WWWWWWALLACE!!!! MAN THIS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!! Good Stuff Yayate !!
Looking back now because i liked the 00-04 lakers dynasty when i was a kid, i have now so much admiration for this pistons team...when i was a baller in HS i used to copy RIP's free throw style with the extra bounce to the right
love larry browns reaction to the fireworks
Pistons had the hypest introductions !!
2004 pistons were so ahead of there time... their grit reminds me of the warriors of now they just went out there and gave it their all on the court! 🔥 🏀 🏆
This team was poetry
Chauncey BILLUPS
RIP
PRINCE
X2 WALLACE
GOD DAMM
PRICELESS HOW THEY DESTROY LA
Love this!
Still gives me chills
I remember having chills the whole time as a kid. This was almost better than the games 😂
I remember being a young kid and loving these intros even though I’m a laker fan 😂
Almost forgot this was a clip i was ready to watch the game 😂
The best starting lineup with the best voice all the time!!!
Sigh....... good times. Good fuckin' times. We'll get back there. Pistons fan fo' *MUTHAFUCKIN'* *LIFE*
sakazakijin
yeah I'm sitting here watching these finals reminiscing about when we were in the spotlight a few years back.
Ahh the memories.
we're getting back there. this past season we were in the playoffs for the first time in 7 years. Detroit Basketball is back.
Detroit basketball is gone just like that. Drummond took his money and said "fuck it. I don't have to be dominant anymore." Reggie is playing "by myself" ball not basketball. And don't get me started on SVG and how he kept jon leur in that starting lineup for too long. Hope we get top 3 in the lottery tonight even though it's only a 2.5% chance we do and a .7 percent chance we get the number 1 pick.
I get choked up everytime I watch the 2004 Pistons intro now
As a lakers fan I liked your guys intro
Top 10 starting 5 to ever enter a game. Straight talent and chemistry was on another level.
0:12 It’s NBA Finals Time, Detroit! Let’s Go to Work!
Loved that team
This team will always be my favorite due to the fact they knew how to kick ass on the court. That defense and toughness, and that animal Ben Wallace.
The greatest starting 5 and 12 man rotation ever 🔥
I can hear Larry Brown complaining now, introduce the game the right way!
Damn, even as a 90s Bulls fan, I get hyped for this intro...Mason was lit
2023 still watching this
My favorite champion team ever
That Ben Wallace intro is legendary asF... Let's play some basketball
Where do the good times go man? 😔
This was 2nd best next to the 90's Chicago Bulls intros
1 for me
@@ki11atj49
Ok, it was pretty sick
I was a huge Bills fan though in those days.
I always loved the announcers energy
Great times!
fired up
I was a heat fan during this run but I absolutely hated it when they broke up this team..they were a perfect combo of offense and defense
Something special about NBA entrance games
Damn I miss those days!!!
To this day I have no idea how the Spurs were able to beat these lot to the '05 championship, took super human effort from Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.
the best intro ever!!!!!!!!
Best intro of a team in the nba history
Super team ❤️
Best intro to a lineup ever
Try to hold my tears
I know....
the guys sitting behind Larry Brown when he jumped from the fireworks were dying laughing at him lmao
Good old Days :(
My favourite basketball team off all time!
Iam a Washington Wizards fan, and this team has 3 key players who where drafted by the wizards, Hamilton and Sheed, and signed Undrafted Ben Wallace.
"THA CENTA!" [donnnnng, donnnnng] - Goose bumps every time.
Best announcer ever
I usually watched all the games with my buddies but this game I watched by myself in my basement. This is the first time one of my teams won a championship and the last. I've been a Pistons fan since 1991 as far back as I can remember then I'm still a Pistons fan to this day. They just need to ease the border restrictions and I'll be taking my kids across the border to watch the Pistons in downtown Detroit it's only about 15 minutes from my house
Awesome...must be just across the river
2:12 Holy Shit thats loud 😂😂😂😂
Still gives me goosebumps the size of golf balls to this day!
This intro ruled so hard.
As much joy that was at the time it is as much sad to see the today’s Pistons and how they struggle to even make it to the playoffs.
After this fire intro I could drop 10 pts with 50% from field as a white dude from Europe, who never played pro basketball. Mason MVP
B B B B Billups!!!
Chauncey Billips
Rip Hamilton
Rasheed Wallace
Tayshaun Prince
Ben Wallace
Man I miss this era. I really hope we can return soon.
This was the single most nervous game of my entire life in any sport.
Good times for Detroit Pistoms Fans
I always loved how loose they were.
This team was so bad ass
@2:11 lmao
Coach wasn't expecting the fireworks and the dudes at the desk behind him were laughing their asses off.
If only Rasheed Wallace super glued himself to Robert Horry in Game 5 of the 2002 NBA Finals...