Corliss Williamson Goes to Work, Barks, Wins Series (2002)

May 2, 2002 - Feeding on a sense of retribution after being dealt in the previous offseason by the Raptors in exchange for Jerome Williams, Pistons 6th Man of the Year Corliss Williamson feasted on the Toronto opposition en route to amassing a game high 23 points (on 10-15 shooting) in Detroit's clinching 85-82 win. Box Score: www.basketball-reference.com/b...

[@blaneduncan1142]

One of the best college players I ever saw.

[@j.sherman4557]

His Arkansas natty run isn’t talked about enough

[@docriley79]

Alot of people dont know this, but C.W. was 6 man of the year twice including the year the pistons won the championship! Also as quiet as its kept, once they traded him, they didnt win another one. He was a very under rated player by the league and the pistons.

[@Swove2204]

Corliss was wonderful but I must clarify that he was not named Sixth Man of the Year twice. He claimed the award in 2002 but held a slightly reduced role in Detroit by 2004 (particularly in the 2004 postseason) and finished 10th that championship year (Antawn Jamison being the winner).

[@IcebergSlim03]

Man, i miss the palace 😢😢🥺🥺 the intensity in that building during those playoff runs all those years was unreal.

[@phitjuice8041]

Same with the joe

[@lousanto1054]

Me, too. I think it was much louder than in 89 and 90. I was there for some of the playoffs games and the place was electric.

[@lousanto1054]

​@@phitjuice8041agreed. The Joe was SO CRAZY! I went to SO MANY Red Wings Playoff games there!

[@IcebergSlim03]

@@lousanto1054 i was 4 and 5 in ‘89 and ‘90. I always wish i had the chance to see the bad boys up close. My mom always told me stories about how loud the palace was during the bad boys era

[@Price1906]

Reason I was a Pistons fan...

[@nicholasbray83]

This is really true swear to god that my mom went to school in Arkansas with Corliss

[@plotorange4580]

NicktheGamer321 he's my cousin

[@cnuffs]

I’ve been to cookouts in russleville at family reunions with Corliss 🤷‍♂️

[@emjay11bravo]

@@cnuffs Russellville is my birthplace

[@emjay11bravo]

I was born in that town so your mom probably knows my aunt and my mom cause my aunt went to school with him too. My mom used to babysit him

[@cnuffs]

@@emjay11bravo yeah I got a lot of family there and spent my last 2 yrs in college at arkansas tech. I grew up in Tulsa Oklahoma though so it was not too far from home but far enough to not have parents poppin in 😂

[@farrgone]

Love this guy

[@LeastSlutty]

I was at game 5. I'll never forget Stackhouse went 1-10 and then stopped shooting in the 4th and they won by 5. He finished with 11 assists. But I guess that LA is always demanding that their superstar...

[@alanhumphrey6613]

Man. Good old days!

[@ASAManifesto]

At first I was sadden we lost the junk yard dog but with ben we had a better version of JYD and corliss became the piece we needed.

[@jarvismerrick8091]

This giving me 90s vibes 😂😂😂

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

A 6th man of the year winner

[@YogsenForfoth]

People forget that Big Nasty was a pretty imposing dude on the court!

[@Trey7672]

BIG NASTY

[@mitchellcumsteen9220]

Man he was a good ball player...I remember watching him play at arkansas when I was a kid... it's 2 bad he didn't have a better NBA career tho...oh well at least he got lucky and ended up on a championship team and got a ring even if half the people I know now refer 2 him as scoreless Williamson lol

[@jbetnar]

Tyler Osborn Corliss wasn't lucky. He won the 6th Man of the Year Award the year the Pistons won the title. He was key for them.

[@thereaper3003]

6th man of the year, fool🤔

[@MichaelMitreski]

it wasnt luck we needed corliss for the championship in 2004

[@smartyjones4977]

He averaged 12 a game in his NBA career which is what most expected. Corliss lived up to expectations even with his bad back throughout his profession.

[@docriley79]

Yeah same here. I never understood that disrespect either because he was the 6th man of the year multiple times! I think it just stuck because it rhymed.

[@hessii]

I met him in Vegas once

[@LxTxSURGE]

I got his razorback jersey!!!!

[@ruchpat1]

Go Detroit Pistons

[@johnneal4518]

Big Nasty

[@kmotley517]

How is this video so damn bad? 2002 was only 21 years ago.

[@Swove2204]

Combination of cheap VHS tape, cheap VCR, so-so cable feed, wear-and-tear from constant rewatch, so-so digital conversion, and one more quality hit when uploaded to KZbin.

[@jackbauer4186]

There also was no HD in 2002. This is just what games looked like on TV before 2006-ish.

[@kmotley517]

The video sucks.

[@mr.towler4780]

They don't have any jheri curl juice in Detroit, lol.