William Laimbeer Jr. is an American former National Basketball Association player who spent most of his career with the Detroit Pistons. Teaming with Hall of Fame backcourt guards Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and small forward Dennis Rodman, Laimbeer won back to back NBA Championships in both 1989 and 1990. He is the current head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces. Playing at center, Laimbeer was a four-time NBA All-Star and integral part of the Pistons teams that won two championships. Initially raised in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Clarendon Hills, Laimbeer attended Palos Verdes High School in Southern California and then the University of Notre Dame.
After his playing career, Laimbeer served as the head coach and general manager of the Detroit Shock in the WNBA from 2002 to 2009, coaching the team to three league championships, and New York Liberty from 2013 to 2017. Laimbeer is currently the head coach of the Las Vegas Aces.
“I'm still glad that we didn't shake their hands. They were whiners and criers. Piss on them.”
Comment made in 2007 about why the Pistons didn't shake hands after the final game of Bulls-Piston 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoff series. <br class="br"> 2007'S Top Piston Stories: Drew Sharo: The best of Pistons-Bulls rivalry Detroit Free Press, December 25, 2007 http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071225/SPORTS03/312250032/1048/rss03
