Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Abdul "Sheed" Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before moving on to the NBA in 1995...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 September 1974
CityPhiladelphia, PA
beat disrespect game knew mouths san taste
With us, we didn't like the taste we had in our mouths all summer. No disrespect to San Antonio, but we knew we could have beat them in Game 7.
last respect rug swept
We still don't get the respect we deserve. It's all right, though. Hey, it's cool. For the last so-and-so years, we've been under the rug. They swept us under the rug and the last two years we went to the Finals.
beat brag chip early given last night played playoff shoulder sit year
We know it's going to be a playoff atmosphere. We only played them once, and we can't sit here and brag and have a chip on our shoulder like, 'We put them out last year and we beat them early this year.' Because you can be beat on any given night in this league.
bit clutch few guys post presence rick
They've got a post presence now. They had a few guys who could post up before but not a clutch post guy. Now that he's back, I know that makes Rick feel a little bit better.
balls battle beat efforts extra hustle loose plays second third
They made the hustle plays - the extra battle for the loose balls and the second and third efforts on some of their shots. That's what beat us.
deal fought gotta night
As long as we got the win. We gotta deal with that other (stuff) every night. But we fought through it and got the W.
cats guys lane memory stroll tournament
That's when guys get to trash-talk. And it's pretty much stroll down Memory Lane. You know, when cats say, 'Oh, back when I was playing, when we went to the tournament and this and that.' It's just a stroll down Memory Lane more than anything.
basketball games playing pressure
Ain't no pressure games or big games for us. We're just playing. We're just playing basketball.
eight five left maybe minutes points trying
There were about five minutes left and they were down by eight points. I could see maybe trying something like that if it was a two-point or a three-point game. But why do it when you're eight points down?
forward looking matter season second
This is where we want to be, we've been looking forward to the second season all through the season. It doesn't matter who we play. We're ready.
couple excited game last playoffs regular since waiting
This is what we've been waiting for. We got up for a couple teams, but we weren't really excited about the regular season. We've been waiting for the playoffs since Game 7 last year.
forward looking
This is what we've been looking forward to all year.
effective far kobe matter trying
As far as how effective Kobe is, that don't matter to me. That doesn't matter as long as we win. This is one that we needed. We're just trying to keep it rolling.
attention food front lose might paying swagger tastes
Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.