Rasheed Wallace: Embracing the good and bad moments

He was so good they retired his # twice!

 

Easy, Moss was supremely talented and gifted.
Sheed was supremely talented and gifted.

Both were however head cases and that took away from how talented they were. Mentally neither were the player they could have been if they could have put it all together.
If Moss had the drive of Jerry Rice, then Moss would be a first ballot hall of famer and most likely still be playing in the NFL if he wanted to. As well as considered the best WR of all time. Except he's not even in that convo because of being a head case.
He may or may not get inducted into the hall of fame. I highly doubt he'll be a first ballot even though he had the talent to be easily.
If Sheed had the drive of Duncan, KG, Malone.. Then Sheed would make the hall of fame. As of now that's in question...(not saying I think he should be in the HoF. only saying he had the talent for it)
But what isn't in question is that Sheed had the talent to make the hall of fame. Except he ruined his chances by being a head case.

 

I think Moss is a 1st ballot guy no matter what. He is like top 5 in everything and broke all sorts of records in New England.

 

There was a whole lot more Bad & Ugly than Good when it came to Rasheed Wallace. Glad he is gone and i would not have applauded him had i been there last night.

 

So you say because Shaq knocked Sabonis into Rasheed he should have blamed Him for it and thus throwing a towel into your starting centers face that was taking on the hardest assignment in the game at the time was a good move? I see....

 

Fuck Rasheed Wallace.


With Raymond Felton.

 

I loved Sheed's game. As a Blazer he guarded elite bigs like Shaq better than anyone could. Underrated player and got snubbed for multiple allstar nods, couldn't get a call to save his life which led to bitterness toward the way the games were called. I was glad to see him win a ring in Detroit and that roster brought out the best in him. He was his era's Dennis Rodman. Refs hated him. I was thrilled he went to the Blazers game last night. Off the court he had issues, we know that but on the court he was a great player. I couldn't compare Lamarcus to him because Sheed was to defense what LA is to offense. LA put up better numbers. Sheed got stops. He called the Donaghy controversy and he was right. Donaghy gave him a ton of techs to shave pts and affect games. Pissed Sheed off but Sheed was right all along.

 

No, it really isn't. I get that people don't like Sheed, but he was SO much more talented than LMA. Hate him for not cashing in on that talent all you want (nevermind that he won a championship), but he slays LMA in every imaginable way (skill-wise).

 

Explain? Sheed was always upfront about not wanting to be the centerpiece of a team. And as I've illustrated, PFs shouldn't be the centerpiece of a championship team. There's nothing oxymoronic about liking Sheed and disliking LMA.
And just look at those videos I posted in the game thread - Sheed would rarely embarrass himself with that sort of play. He'd embarrass himself in other, more entertaining ways.

 

Uhhh what? Everything I've heard has Moss easily at #2. Moss will be a first ballot hall of famer.

 

I'm ashamed of the Portland fans that booed Sheed. Really? Sheed was an awesome player, even if he was out of control sometimes. Honestly I think Sheed would have a chance at beating LMA one on one.

 

Not if it was reffed by an NBA ref.

 

Can't hold it against the guy that he thought the Reffing wasn't impartial. Turns out, as expected, he was right.

For me, the amount of calls and the inconsistency with calls is the biggest gripe.
There's always a fricken whistle for the pissiest of ticky tack fouls. (MEN playing or Girl Scouts?)
This all undermines one of the beauties of basketball - the free flowing part of the game.

But the way it's institutionalised by the NBA these days, whether for gambling or Ad airtime - foul calls are way too intrusive, and the game now has a much more stop-start nature.
It enables refs to control the flow of the game, they can shave points and influence the outcome of the game.

Until this is addressed, along with guaranteed player contracts, the NBA will only be a shadow of what it could be.

 

Poppovich commented that the Spurs have had a problem with the Blazers for a long time. The common element is we've had one of the best in the game at playing Duncan during much of Timmy's lengthy stay in the league, be it Rasheed or LMA.

 

Does he live in Portland part-time?

I know he still owns the house that was featured on MTV Cribs.

 

I think from a raw talent standpoint, its Waaaaaaack er I mean Sheeeeeeed!

But I agree with Quick and his answer to this. It's LA. And it's not close. Sheed was a underachiever.

 

RaWeeeeeeeed Wallace baby.

Played paintball w/him a long while back.... they know how to toke...

 

No what's oxymoron is how you complain how Aldridge doesn't give his best effort every game, when Sheed was the poster child of a player that

 

...well said! I love Sheed.

 

I loved Sheed too! But he definitely didn't perform to his expectations