>that's not true and that was his point. The celtics didn't
>shake hands. Zeke had to grab Mchale, because Mchale was
>walking off the court. And none of the Celtics shook hands.
>
>They showed it in the doc, where the Cs didn't want to shake
>hands. I think Mike is rather silly with that. Because the NBA
>before tern was brutal, straight up prison, and they didn't
>give a fock.
>
>So Zeke was right.

https://youtu.be/oRqkFQnGZaQ?t=6844

The video is right there. Fans and media were coming on the court with 3 seconds left. Celtics started walking towards the locker room. Isaiah didn't have to yank McHale back and force him to shake his hand. That's just a lie. Him touching McHale before the handshake was him initiating a hand shake...but they didn't just shake hands. McHale talked to him and encouraged him to beat the Lakers.

People can say it's silly all they want, but that lack of sportsmanship was NOT displayed in prior championship series.

Comparing McHale's interaction with Isaiah with Isaiah ducking his head as he walked past the bench is a laughable comparison. Not even close to the same thing and the Pistons were not following any tradition in doing what they did.

That "brutal" NBA that you're referring to had sportsmanship. The men that were instilling the rough play were man enough to show sportsmanship.

The Pistons were a great team, but the areas where their style of play crossed the line isn't upholding any tradition..and it got them a couple rings...

but the numbers 6 and 5 are still greater than the number 2