Bill Laimbeer is a former basketball player in the National Basketball Association and is currently the head coach of the Detroit Shock in the Women's National Basketball Association.
Laimbeer was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1979. He played professionally in Italy for a year before returning to play for the Cavaliers in 1980. On February 16, 1982, he was traded to the Detroit Pistons, where he would remain for the rest of his career.
During his playing career, Laimbeer was one of the most notorious players in the NBA. While highly popular among Pistons fans, Laimbeer was despised by opposing players and fans for committing hard fouls himself, while seeming to bait officials into calling fouls on opponents by flopping to the ground after slight contact. In the public eye, Laimbeer's reputation for physical play tended to overshadow his skills.
Laimbeer was one of the top outside-shooting centers of his era, draining nearly 200 three pointers for his career, and excelled at running the pick and roll with guards Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars. Then-head coach Chuck Daly utilized Laimbeer's skills by having him fade to the perimeter rather than roll to the basket. Laimbeer was selected to the NBA All-Star Game on four occasions and finished among the league leaders in rebounding and free-throw percentage several times, winning the rebound title in the 1985-86 season. Laimbeer started on the Pistons' 1989 and 1990 NBA championship teams.
Altogether, Laimbeer spent 14 seasons in the NBA, 12 of them with Detroit. Laimbeer became the 19th player in league history to amass more than 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds, and his streak of 685 consecutive games played is the fourth longest in league history. Laimbeer retired early in the 1993-94 season at age 36, and his jersey number (40) was eventually retired by the Pistons. He remains the franchise's all-time leader in career rebounds.
In the middle of the 2002 WNBA season, Laimbeer took over the head coaching position for the Detroit Shock. A year later, he led the franchise to its first WNBA championship and was named Coach of the Year that year. It marked the first time in WNBA history that a team other than Los Angeles or Houston won the title.
Disclaimer
NOPACTALENT acts only as an entertainment broker/producer for corporate functions, private events and speaking engagements. NOPACTALENT does not claim or represent itself as the exclusive agent, manager or management for any artist on this website. NOPACTALENT is a celebrity talent booking agency and speaker booking agency representing organizations seeking to hire motivational speakers, athletes, celebrities and corporate entertainment for private corporate events, celebrity endorsements, personal appearances, spokesperson campaigns and speaking engagements.
Related Tags:
Find More Booking Information on Bill Laimbeer for speaking engagements, personal appearances, endorsements, private corporate events and celebrity appearance fees. Hire Bill Laimbeer for personal appearances, celebrity marketing agency, print advertising, product endorsements, media events and fundraisers. Bill Laimbeer talent agent, celebrity appearances, celebrity representation, celebrity talent booking agent, find speakers bureau or booking agent for Bill Laimbeer. Official Booking Agency for Conventions and Trade Shows, Television and Radio Commercials, Spokesperson or Spokesman Campaigns, Marketing Agent, Celebrity Biographies. Bill Laimbeer Agent, booking agency, celebrity talent agent, keynote speaking engagements, Bill Laimbeer manager, publicist, business manager, find top rated business speakers, celebrity entertainers, celebrity speakers, promotions, celebrity advertising, representation, talent booking agent, celebrity booking services, hire celebrity talent, celebrity spokespersons, celebrity experts, celebrity spokesperson agency, celebrity supplier, event speaker agency, sports and athlete personal appearances, sports promotions. NOPACTALENT is home to all industry experts including: Celebrity Fitness Trainers, Celebrity Chefs, Celebrity Stylists, Fashion Experts, Lifestyle/Entertaining Experts, Health Experts, Home Improvement Experts, Organizational Experts, Relationship Experts, Travel Experts and much more.
