Bill Laimbeer: Not Supposed to Be This Good, 1984

[In October 1983, Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mike Downey penned a column partially headlined: Pistons’ Big White Dude. That would be 6-foot11, 260-pound Bill Laimbeer, then in his third NBA season. Downey overheard the following conversation last season while attending the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, joining in the then-national mocking of SoCal Va…