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
five ourselves people starting
Some people say our starting five is like an all-star team. But we don't see ourselves like that. We see ourselves as a unit.
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?
damage fingers fist five four ourselves spread together
We don't see ourselves as four All-Stars. We see ourselves as one unit. It's like five fingers on a hand. You can do more damage together as a fist than spread out flat.
fan man zone
I'm not a big fan of zone myself. I'm more a man-to-man. But, if it's for the team, I'm with it.
fan individuality kids rather wife
I'm not a big fan of individuality. My wife and kids will like it, but I'd rather have a championship.
again coming everybody game good ready rick together wants
I know they're not coming together like Rick (Carlisle) wants them to, but it's going to be a good game (today). We'll be ready full-force again and have everybody back.
happen
I know that's not going to happen again.
camera excited finally happy hit jersey knew pictures saw taking
I knew he was real excited when I saw him taking pictures of his all-star jersey with his camera phone. That's when it finally hit him that he made it. But I'm happy for Rip. I'm happy for Chauncey and the whole organization.
early gonna
It's still too early to say what we're gonna look like and what we're gonna to do.
against far good knock playoffs records sort
They've had good records and good teams, but they haven't been able to go far in the playoffs -- that's sort of been the knock against them. Has that changed? You never can tell.
came locker room team
Not really. That's nothing that ever came up in the locker room or in team meetings.
game harp ourselves physically prepare team veteran
Not really (anything different). We're a veteran team and we know what we need to do to prepare ourselves for the game physically and mentally. So he (Saunders) doesn't need to harp on anything specific.
boots close game left minute shake
It's no big thing to us. We've been there and done that. It's nothing that we shake in our boots about if it's a close game with a minute left or anything under a minute.
cat cracking game skull start
I'm not going to start the game by cracking a cat in the skull if I don't get elbowed first.