Historical clue formulations

• Motor City hoopster — 2025-12-08
• One of eight in a V8 — 2023-11-05
• Any of the "Bad Boys" in the 1980s-'90s N.B.A. — 2023-06-02
• One of the eight in a V-8 — 2017-04-05
• Motor City hoopster — 2005-03-08
• Kind of rod or ring — 1998-09-19
• Detroit cager — 1996-04-25