The Detroit Pistons won back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 and are best known for haunting Michael Jordan in the Chicago Bulls in the early stages of Jordan's career.

Those Pistons teams, led by a backcourt of Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars and a physical bunch of forwards and big men that included a young Dennis Rodman, were so ferocious defensively that they became known as the “Bad Boy Pistons.”

Among those who frequently had scuffles with Detroit's bigs was Charles Barkley, who was playing for the Philadelphia 76ers at the time.

During an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Friday, Barkley called out some of the Pistons' players for not actually knowing how to fight:

“You know what's really funny about that Pistons team? Only two guys on that team could fight: Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars,” said Barkley. “Rodman couldn't fight, (John) Salley couldn't fight, (Rick) Mahorn couldn't fight, (Bill) Laimbeer couldn't fight. I mean, Vinnie Johnson and James Edwards could fight, but the main four guys I just mentioned, none of them could fight a lick.”

Patrick then noted that Laimbeer was always the Pistons player starting brawls, to which Barkley said, “He was always getting punched in the head.”

So it seems safe to say that Barkley has no love for the good majority of players on those Detroit clubs.

Between 1984 and 1992, the Pistons made the playoffs nine straight times, winning those two titles and making three NBA Finals appearances overall. Much of their success was due to the physicality of its frontcourt, regardless of how effective Rodman, Laimbeer and Co. were at throwing fisticuffs.