Along with that, Thomas feels the organizations needs to get back to defining what type of player is a Detroit Piston. “When you look at the Pistons right now, their identity in terms of who you would say is a Piston, they’ve lost that, and they have to get that back,” Thomas said. “I mean, when you looked at the “Going to Work” team, if Ben Wallace didn’t play for the Detroit Pistons, I don’t know if his style of play would have ever been accepted in another city. If Bill Laimbeer didn’t play for the Detroit Pistons, I don’t know if his style of play would have been accepted in another city or another state. So finding the right guys to fit our identity, we were successful in doing that…they’ve lost their identity and now they’re following and trying to find a home.”