The Regime Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 The Boston Celtics’ expected rebuilding began Thursday when veteran forward Rasheed Wallace officially decided to retire after 15 NBA seasons, a league source said. Wallace’s retirement had been expected after the Celtics’ seven-game loss to the Lakers in the Finals, but Boston had held out some hope that the 35-year-old would change his mind with a few days’ contemplation. Wallace signed a three-year, $18.9 million contract with Boston last summer, turning down offers from Orlando and San Antonio after the Celtics made a team-wide push to recruit him, sending Coach Doc Rivers, GM Danny Ainge and forwards Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Wallace’s home to ask him to play in Boston. He left more than $12 million on the table by opting to retire. http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=6069 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STL10 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 He had a great career. Got his ring in 2004. 1st ballot HOF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWaLL Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 He had a great career. Got his ring in 2004. 1st ballot HOF!Um... hell no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 i respected him, good luck to him with his life after NBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sad day for Boston. At least he announced this before the draft allowing them to make the proper moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I got the need... The need 4 SHEED. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Sheed Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Ya boy. Such an awesome player IMO. Best thing about him is that he speaks his mind and tells the truth regardless of the cost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multi-Billionaire Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Invent a 4 pt line, and he'll make a come back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sheed had the talent to be one of the best players in the league but he lacked the desire to win and compete every single night imo. Not a HOF'er imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cobb Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 I'm a bit surprised. I didn't think he'd walk away from guaranteed money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STL10 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sheed had the talent to be one of the best players in the league but he lacked the desire to win and compete every single night imo. Not a HOF'er imo. When the games REALLY mattered he played hard. Sheed is one of the most underrated players ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 In no way, shape or form is Rasheed a HoF player, but he had a GREAT career. He was an All-Star caliber player with superstar talent, and he always came up big when it counted. People always speak about how much potential offensively he had, while overlooking his incredible defense. Pairing him with Ben Wallace made the Pistons arguably the best defensive team in NBA history, and he did much of the same even at 35 years old with the Celtics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 In no way, shape or form is Rasheed a HoF player, but he had a GREAT career. He was an All-Star caliber player with superstar talent, and he always came up big when it counted. People always speak about how much potential offensively he had, while overlooking his incredible defense. Pairing him with Ben Wallace made the Pistons arguably the best defensive team in NBA history, and he did much of the same even at 35 years old with the Celtics.Yep, really jumpstarted the Jailblazer years too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Yep, really jumpstarted the Jailblazer years too. Yeah, but he also helped lead them to back-to-back WCF appearance (in 2000 was 1 quarter short of a win over the Lakers and a likely NBA championships). The 'Sheed years were the franchise's best behind the Walton and Drexler years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erick Blasco Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 When the games REALLY mattered he played hard. Sheed is one of the most underrated players ever. Not really. When the Pistons needed easy offense from 2005-2009, Wallace refused to play hard in the post, settling for turnaround jumpers and three-pointers when Detroit needed him to be the post player he was in 2004. It's probably the main reason Detroit lost in the conference finals three straight seasons. His defense was always terrific though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Not really. When the Pistons needed easy offense from 2005-2009, Wallace refused to play hard in the post, settling for turnaround jumpers and three-pointers when Detroit needed him to be the post player he was in 2004. It's probably the main reason Detroit lost in the conference finals three straight seasons. His defense was always terrific though. The main reason they lost in the ECF 3 seasons in a row was Billups/Hamilton coming up with duds, Larry Brown leaving town, and the team overall just not having quite the firepower they had in '04 when James, Okur and Williamson were coming off the bench. I do agree that he wasted his potential as a post player, but his entire career as a Piston he was primarily a jumpshooter. He hadn't been a low post-first player since around 2001, which is why he went from averaging over 50% shooting 5 straight years with the Blazers to never cracking 44% as a Piston, including that first season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Yeah, but he also helped lead them to back-to-back WCF appearance (in 2000 was 1 quarter short of a win over the Lakers and a likely NBA championships). The 'Sheed years were the franchise's best behind the Walton and Drexler years.I almost meant that in a good way haha, I mean sure he had problems and downfalls but he was the bad boy that led to a great team that people didn't want to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taber Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Sheed is a nut, but I like him even though he made me mad all season long, but he did as he promised and stepped it up when it mattered. He was one of the most talented players in the league for a long time but he just didnt have the desire to always be great. He had all the tools he just didnt always care. When he did care he was a great player. He also never committed a foul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicbalala245 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVQR8MG3ac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVQR8MG3acI actually laughed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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