When he left, it exposed Zach Randolph for the supreme defensive liability he really was.

Conversely, watching the Wallace’s man the paint during the Pistons’ championship run was a thing of beauty. You couldn’t run the pick’n’roll on either side. It was so much fun to watch the two of them befuddle the opposition. There will never be defensive duo like that ever again.

Watching Pop and Timmy D trying to reign in ’Sheed would make for some GREAT television.

bof teems played har meh man

when someone misses a free throw

but never a leader. He won a title with a team with an established order that he was willing to fit in with for a time. When the other Wallace left, so did the Pistons chances of winning another title. Not because of talent, but because Rasheed still has not learned that the one thing that undermines his contributions to any team is his inability to control himself. He continues to prove that he just doesn’t get it.

He is a talented and likable guy who by all accounts endears himself to his teammates. I have always wondered why he never figured out how much his tantrums hurt his teams’ chances of winning.

I think a lot of the animosity, unfortunately, had to do with our media’s treatment of players. They are the only game in town. Rasheed has never been the type to demand the limelight. And I don’t think people realize all the good he did, overshadowed by his tendancy to…say…over-emphasize his feeling to the officials. I always thought that he just wouldn’t have been as good as he was if he didn’t “care” like he did.

The only thing he ever did that I thought was really super out of line was throwing the towel in the face of Arvydas, but, honestly, I wasn’t there and don’t know everything that went on to lead to that.

I wish him nothing but the best and hope his bad-boy attitude won’t prevent people from realizing that he was one of the better power forwards the league has ever had.

I’d like to see him in Cleveland so NY doesn’t get LeBron and turn into the NBA’s darlings and get special treatment like the Laker’s (heh-heh).

with Wallace, to the effect, Sheed had great talent that he may never completely utilize. I tend to feel that is true. It was more a matter of his motivation and temperment than his athletic ability that limited him. I suppose he is a “sensitive” guy who, unfortunately isn’t so sensitive to his effect on others. Ultimately, his “anger” problem led me to the conclusion that, ah, he’s not the brightest bulb in the pack. His technicals act was wearing thin. His “payday”, win or loose, mentality was disappointing, even if not totally honest. He didn’t really embrace the “team leader” role his capability suggested. I tended to think the departure of Grant took away a calming favorable influence. So, basically, he was a gifted player who found a better environment in Detroit, who I was rooting for in their playoff success. Really, don’t have strong feelings about him now. Certainly no ill will. Hopfully he has, or will, gain greater understanding of the source of his anger for his own quality of life.

He was so easy to love and to hate. He had a problem with authority; which I can relate to. But that problem brought out over the top reactions to run of the mill calls. Honestly, as much as I liked him, I often felt embarassed by him when I was just watching games at home. Still he was the source of so many jump on my couch moments!
My favorite memory was of going to a game really early one time, and catching Sheed on the floor warming up by himself, and making about 95% from 3-point range.
Although he had it in him, he was afraid to be “The Man”. I think it woud be fair to say that Sheed had the potential to be the premier Power Forward of his era, but may now be hard pressed to make the Hall of Fame. Humble, lazy, scared?,
He did what he wanted to, and still does. He may not have the physical ability to be what he once was, but I think he will quit when he no longer cares about winning. Even if he had to walk away from money.
He has value to a team that can make him care about winning.

all time favourite players. The man with the sweetest stroke I ever saw for a guy over 6-10. I rate him as a defender so I’d rather not see him join a western conf. team.

And like torso, I too believed that Wallace was one of the top three or four talented players in the game when he was in Portland, but that he never made full use of that talent.

……………………… a place where everybody is old and moves slow.

he was NOT a go to guy, and the team kept treating him as one. That wasn’t his game and it was pretty clear.

I’m not a fan of him as he quit on us. That said, I can understand that with the management that was in place at that time.

Sheed lived in my public school district and his kid went to our grade school. And as all such districts in the economic situation following Measure 5 many years ago – it cost more money to educate our kids than we got from the state, so we raised money through a school foundation to make up the difference. (nothing has changed….)

Most folks with kids in the school system contributed at the “suggested amount” – which covered the difference between state support and what the real costs were. Some folks went above their “fair share” – which helped balance for those where the request was simply beyond their means.

Rasheed, who was making something like $14M a year, did not go above his fair share, did not even contribute his fair share, and in some years did not contribute anything at all. All of the rest of us were subsidizing his kid!

That to me shows the character of the man. Yes, he could play when he wanted to – but glad he’s gone.

I’ve always been a big ’Sheed fan…since even before his days in Portland and was ecstatic when the Blazers brought him in. Obviously, it was a turbulent relationship, but I still have a fondness for Wallace that will never completely fade.

Oh yeah…I own a jersey for every stop Sheed ever made…including North Carolina and Simon Gratz high school…as well as a road Atlanta Hawks jersey from the one game he played for them before moving on to Detroit. Paid when he changed numbers in Detroit from 30 to 36…didn’t buy a new one for the shift back to 30. Quietly resigned to seeing him in at least one more jersey and buying that one as well… sigh

Look…the guy may let his emotions get the better of him but, when he’s on, there are few better…defending, rebounding and shooting the lights out. Watching LMA and Sheed square off a couple of seasons ago was a great moment in Blazers evolution…like watching Sheed go against a younger version of himself…the baseline jumpers…the high release point…and LMA got the better of the matchup…

Great stuff…

Still do.

With Sideshow Bob opting out, ‘Sheed would be a perfect fit in Cleveland. For the sake of long suffering Cleveland sports fans I really hope he goes there and helps them win their first championship in any sport since 1964 (as long as he doesn’t do it directly at the expense of the Blazers).

but I prefer to actually like the players I root for (call me naive). The towel in Sabonis face, “cut the check”, etc. etc. The media was too hard on him? please…

When the threat of his jumpers, and his great passing, went away, Zach’s efficiency tanked. I’d love to have the ’Sheed of old playing next to Oden; imagine LMA making scoring a few less points, but racking up assists setting up the big man.

Even when ’Sheed was making statements that made you doubt his commitment, he brought the D and played hard most nights.

I was happy to see him get his championship in Detroit, and I think he’s still going to help someone for another year or two.

Bring him back!