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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.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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