Rasheed Wallace's Hilarious "Welcome to the NBA" Story

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  1. JFizzleRaider

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    JFizzleRaider, May 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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    in his era his face up jumper was on par with Duncan. He was an elite PF for his time.
     
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    He was over the top sometimes. But sometimes I wish players cared as much as he did
     
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    Definitely an elite power forward. Without the maturity to handle it.
     
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    Absolutely no respect for Sheed. Even in this video talks about the stupid Techs he got with absolutely no remorse for letting his teammates down over and over again because he was a hot head that had no respect for anyone on the court.
    Even with age he's still a loser that can't wrap his head around the team concept of the game. Literally cost the Blazers a championship because he couldn't play a team game.
     
    kjironman1, May 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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    Still sounds like a child in that interview. He's what 50 now? Still can't grasp the concept of what it takes to win as a team?
     
    kjironman1, May 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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    Agree 100%. Only time he came close to learning his lesson was the 6-12 months after the Blazers traded him and Hawks repackaged him immediately. And he won a championship.

    Imagine if he'd been that serious his whole career.
     
    Phatguysrule, May 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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    I put a lot of that on Dunleavy. Dean Smith and Larry Brown didn't have those problems with Sheed.
     
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    This is an interesting concept. What are you suggesting Dunleavy did wrong with Sheed?
     
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    It's sad because he actually had a few decent seasons with the Pistons. Still was a Tech master but with Larry Brown he was under control. Flip couldn't keep him on the court.
     
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    Larry Brown only coached him one year and that was only a few months. Flip Sanders had the same problems for the next 2 years.
     
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    Didn't win a championship. Dunleavy did the team wrong.
     
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    I would agree. helluva talent, but massively overrated by Portland fans.

    Had the ability to be great, but wasn't. People rated him based on potential more than reality, IMHO.
     
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    I honestly didn't see anything Dunleavy did wrong. Except maybe rely on his vets too much.

    Sheed and his mentality are clearly what made that team different from other champions. And clearly what cost us games, IMO. I can't think of anything strategically that Dunleavy could have done better. Aside from possibly get Jermaine more minutes...

    It doesn't make any sense to blame Dunleavy for Sheed's attitude problem, IMO. Sheed was a grown man.

    Most coaches didn't win championships with Sheed.

    Sheed was only really composed for 6 months after being rejected by Portland and Atlanta didn't even want to mess with him. To me it always seemed like that shook him and he tried to be more responsible.

    From my perspective, once he got the ring he thought he'd proven his point and could go back to his old ways. But he really just proved that everyone had been right and he'd been hurting his teams with his antics.
     
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    Agreed
     
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    Blame the coach. Hmmm?
    Wonder where we have heard that before?
     
    kjironman1, May 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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