Memo to Sheed: Goosefraba!
Posted by pistonsnation
Rasheed Wallace already has a league leading 11 technical fouls, that’s one less than his total for all of last season.
The Pistons recently lobbied to have two of ‘Sheeds techs rescinded, but were denied by the league office.
At this rate Rasheed is on pace to pick up 34 tech’s this year (if my extrapolatifications are correct). While I personally don’t think he’ll reach that number is there anyone among us that believes he won’t sit out some games due to exceeding the leagues technical foul limit of 15?
We all thought that Mr. Roscoe Wallace, he who holds a league record for techs in a season with 41 set back in 2000/01, had turned over a new leaf.
So why then has Rasheed regressed? The whole team for that matter? Rasheed has gotten some help from Rip Hamilton (4) and Allen Iverson (4) in leading the Pistons on a dubious 10 game technical foul streak. It’s even caught the ire of usually unexpressed Tayshaun Prince who’s calling it “embarrasing“:
“Them dudes, they off the chain,” Prince said. “I can’t help them. I talk to them as much as I can. I can’t do nothing”
Tay, if all else fails try the Eskimo/Buddy Rydell method for sedation.
Is it the frustration that comes along with playing .500 ball and no longer being mentioned with the list of contenders? This is still a very prideful group. Or, has it been a string of really bad officiating? Maybe it’s simpler than that. Maybe it points right back to the trading away of the floor captain Chauncey Billups. Was Mr. Big Shot’s leadership that much of a calming influence? If so, we’re coming upon the short end of that trade all over the place.
Doesn’t Michael Curry have some sort of demerit system for yapping at the refs, or was that all talk too?
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