I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

Then-head coach Chuck Daly utilized Laimbeer's skills by having him fade to the perimeter rather than roll to the basket. On September 9 2006 Laimbeer led the Shock to their second WNBA championship against the Sacramento Monarchs in five games. Post-NBA life

In 1994 Laimbeer and his father William Sr.

He is the current head coach and general manager of the WNBA's New York Liberty. (born May 19 1957) is a retired National Basketball Association player who spent most of his career with the Detroit Pistons.