The Golden State Warriors are the talk of the league and the season has yet to begin.

Not only have they stirred great controversy by signing Kevin Durant, but former players are continuing to ponder if they'd defeat them.

CBS’ NBA Crossover asked Rip Hamilton if he believes the 2004 championship Pistons team he played for would defeat the Warriors.

“It would be no comparison. We can guard every position. Every guy from our point guard to our five, can guard any position. We were big. We were long.”

The Pistons would certainly pose an interesting matchup for the Warriors if they were playing today. They had length, size, athleticism, rim protection, chemistry and the list goes on.

They were essentially what the Oklahoma City Thunder were during the playoffs last season, but on another level. That team posed a size problem for the Warriors, and almost defeated them before losing in seven games.

The Pistons weren't as good on the offensive side of the ball as the Warriors are now, but Hamilton's ex-teammate Tayshaun Prince partially attributes that to the current NBA rules.

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“It depends on what the rules are. Because back when we played, we could play hands-on, physical. As you can see from the Pacers rivalries and all of the rivalries we had back in the day, we were scoring in the high 70s, low 80s. We were physical. So now if you play this style of play, where they’re running and gunning and touch fouls and things like that, all of sudden we would start getting in foul trouble because back when we played, we were very, very aggressive on defense.”

There will always be those that try to discredit the Warriors, but they are simply taking full advantage of what works in the current league: ball movement, good spacing, and three-point shooting.

The Pistons were built for a more grind it out style of basketball when the rules allowed for more physicality. It is an intriguing matchup, and an interesting argument to have, but it always turns into comparing apples to apples. There is no way good way to fairly compare teams playing under different rules.