You didnt like him as a Hawk? Im going to miss him like a hole in my head. It seams like he allways got thrown out of big games, or he didnt even show up. drove me crazy.
Ha, I thought about adding "But I hated him as a Hawk," but I thought people might take that seriously.
Me too. Sheed clearly loved playing the game of baskeball but just as clearly disliked, to say the least, the public/PR aspects of the job. He blew off interviews, autographs, "meet the team" events, etc. and disliked All Star games. He'll probably play with his kids, friends, neighbors.
I would still enjoy seeing a link for this. I haven't seen anything about him retiring other than this thread. Ed O.
Agreed. I've seen more news of him playing next year, then anything of this. This news would be flying everywhere.
Yep. I don't put everything into my work. I put a decent amount in, and coast on talent. I got talented by working insanely hard in my 20's. But back then I was single and ambitious about my career. Now? I'd rather be 100% there for my two kids and my great wife, my dogs and my extended family. I'm more productive now than I was back when I worked hard because I'm just smarter. But I've come to accept that nothing I'll ever work on will matter as much as these other things. Rasheed could've spent all summer every summer in the gym practicing his shot and his low post moves. He could've spent 4 hours a day in a gym building on his frame. As a fan paying big bucks to see him play, that's what you hope to see. But my guess is that he spent a lot of July, August and September hanging with his kids and his family. He got to see a lot more of his kids growing up than a fanatical workaholic like Kobe probably did. Sheed won't be remembered in the Hall of Fame. Kobe will. But sometimes it matters more who you remember, than who remembers you.
Get real! Your just trying to make Sheed out to be some kind of real caring person. He is a jerk plan and simple.
You've met his kids, wife and extended family and know they hate him? I've read more than one family guy complain about how grueling it is. Not everybody has Kobe Bryant's motor. Probably a good thing.
No, I don't know his wife and kids. Do you? There isn't nothing I have ever seen that would make me think Sheed cares about anything or anyone but himself.
Well, let's see. He and his wife have a so-called blended family. Each has a son from a previous relationship and they have a son and daughter together. Although not the biological father of the oldest, he is clearly the father in that young man's (he is well into his teens now) life. In an interview, he stressed that just because his father is a rich and famous basketball player does not mean his son does not have to clean up his room or listen to his mother. And the kids could not come to games unless they completed their homework. During the off season Sheed is a "househusband". He explained that due to his travel and work schedule, during the NBA season his wife has to pretty much take responsibility for the home and family by herself, so this is his way of equalizing the situation. He takes primary responsibility so she is free to go out with her friends and her sisters or just kick back. At the time of his trade to Detroit, his wife was pregnant with their daughter. He talked about how she was facing a difficult choice. Either go to Detroit and find a new doctor in the midst of a pregnancy, and he said it was not easy for a woman to suddenly develop that kind of trust in a doctor (very true, and how many men know or care?) or stay behind with the doctor she was familiar with but have to go through pregnancy and delivery thousands of miles from her husband. He said it was her decision and he'd back her whatever she decided. After the Pistons won the championship, they made the ritual visit to the White House and Sheed spoke scornfully of Bush, saying "I ain't got shit to say to him. I never voted for him." But at that visit, Sheed brought his infant daughter and when Bush picked up the baby girl and rocked her, Sheed was all smiles. It sure did not change his overall opinion of Bush (or mine) but as a father he has to smile at anyone who pays attention to his little girl. Whatever you can say about him, questioning his family devotion is just BS. And yes, he's also done some good charity work. A group of top prep players went to the University of North Carolina on a recruitment visit. After the tour of the facility, they all wanted to go out and do some partying. All but one. One player had heard that there was an older professor at UNC who had been one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and he wanted, instead of partying, to look up this professor and hear this bit of history first hand. That one high school player was Rasheed Wallace. He's a talented artist who interned with an architect in high school. His mom hoped he'd become an architect but he became a basketball player instead. Maybe a second career?
What the hell I never said one bad thing about his family. Read the posts! I didn't mention anything about his family. There a ton of people that love and care for their family and some of them are jerks, serial killers etc. Sheed is a jerk plan and simple. You can say he is a great family man but that still doesn't change anything. People have to live with their actions towards other people not just their family.
Are you serious? I'm sure Jeffrey Dahmer's parents loved him, too, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a serial killer. Wives will love their husbands, and children will love their fathers, no matter what they have done, and no matter how heinous. That's just the way it is.
Is there a LINK anywhere yet that supports this rumor? As far as I can tell ESPN is reporting Sheed might get moved to San Antonio in the offseason in their "rumors" section.
Whoa, take a chill pill. You said you'd heard nothing to convince you that Rasheed Wallace cared for anyone but himself. I was attempting to show he cares for his family among other things. I realize that some serial killers et al care for their families and merely caring for one's family does not make one a good person. But you said he cared for no one but himself. I disagree and showed evidence to back up my case.
Sheed is the one player I have a Love/Hate relationship with. He was as talented as any player I've ever seen, but he was a crazy mofo.
Seems like teams won lots of games with him as part of the core. His 15/7 kind of career stats don't tell the whole story about his contributions to winning teams. He was consistently good, and a great shooter for a big man - few that I can think of were or are ~35% shooters from 3pt range. He was clearly a key player for the Pistons over the past several seasons, especially those where they were so strong as a defensive team. People say the Pistons won a championship with no stars, but I'd argue that Billups was one, Sheed was one, and Ben Wallace had a few seasons where he was the best defensive player in the history of the NBA or close to it.
