Rasheed Wallace Retires

…but I’m still shocked and sad. Say what you want about Sheed mailing the regular season but he did step up big time in the playoffs, and had a great game 7.

I loved seeing him play for the Celtics and he is (was :/) my favorite player to listen to in interviews or off the court. He truly was a unique player in terms of personality and speaking his mind about the refs, show business, etc.

I will miss Sheed… thanks for the playoffs run and enjoy the retirement, I think he picked the right time to retire after his playoffs run but I wish he played longer for us.

Sheed walks away from 12$ million… you can say he earned enough already in his career but I don’t know a lot of players who would let that much money on the table and decide to retire.

Thanks for your contributions Sheed, enjoy life with your family!

For me, Sheed isn’t that one of the much likable guys in the NBA but he was a very good player in his prime. Thanks for helping us in the playoffs. Enjoy.

Now, this can help re-sign people, (of course, I’m talking about Ray)

But I don’t like him in the regular season. I hope he decided to come back when the playoff start.

Sheed is a special player. Too bad we didn’t win it all, he contributed in a huge way. Thanks for all, and I guess he could be a great TV guy.

Good luck, Sheed

I still don’t understand the cap implications of this. If he files the paperwork, do we get any cap relief? I doubt it.

I am sorry to see him go.
 
His defense will be missed as he was along with Perk our best low post defender this year …which was so evident in the playoffs this year where he defended Shaq, Howard, Gasol and Bynum so well.

Rasheeds low post offense will also be missed as he was ( with Garnett avoiding going into the low post) our only true low post scorer threat this year.

Rasheed was also our 2nd best outside shooting big man behind KG and that will be missed greatly also since when Rasheed spread the floor it opened up so much on offense for players like Rondo and Pierce.

His length and bulk which again came in very handy in the playoffs will also be missed.
The C’s are currently very thin upfront without him.

Without Rasheed the C’s would of never made it to game 7 of the finals, since he was so vital in the playoffs for them and played very well especially considering he was playing with a bad back.

So at least it was nice he ended his brief Celtic stint and overall career on positive note.

With the Sheed retiring, Perkins to undergo knee surgery & Garnett not fully recovered, Boston going for Bradley? Yes, the C going SMALL & hoping to face LA in finals in 2011 with an average height of maybe 6’1 LOL … GOODBYE BOSTON!!!

A lot of players would have “retired” to the bench and soaked up the rest of the contract. I am really impressed.

and thanks for getting out of the way…….

Leaving the NBA in TOTAL DISGUST over refs

Sad to see Sheed go, Celtics a lot worse without him.

I honestly IMO, i loved, love and always will love ’Sheed. He brought that aggressive look to the celtics. His versatilty, dirty Post moves, and the occasional wet J. David stern islooking at throwin one last tech at ’Sheed. Love you mayne. And enjoy what basketball has givin you. Pce out

He came to play when it mattered most, and was a true warrior giving it everything he had playing hurt. Yes, he was an explosive personality, but he was no fake. He called it like he saw it (good or bad) and walked away for the right reasons. How many NBA players do you know that would leave that much money on the table?

Good Luck, Sheed!!

return mid-season to help us in the playoffs, like p.j. brown

if not, he was more than we expected once the playoffs started

thanks sheed

Refs never gave him the benefit of the doubt. You will be missed, Rasheed Wallace.

There’s no such player in the league who has the will and power to break this guy’s record in Technical Fouls… There was no better defense played in the Finals than Wallace’s. There was no guy who made us hate him and love him in one season as much as he did. There was never a guy who left such a huge mark on all the fans by playing just one season (I think). We’ll all remember this season one day and first thing falling into our minds will be Allen’s 0/13, and second will be swearing at Sheed in February and praying for Doc to send him in, in May.
And yes, I think all of us would love to see him return in the mid-season, for the playoffs sake.
Bye Rasheed..!

I’m not a fan of the “coast through the regular season, try hard in the playoffs” mentality, which Sheed obviously took to heart, so I was very frustrated with his play with the Celtics.

But I am impressed that he retired and left money on the table. It seems like he is a family guy and knows his priorities. The struggles of staying healthy and performing at a high level probably got to be too much and he realized he’d be happier leaving now. I can respect that, especially when he left $10 million on the table.

hey he gave us his all in the playoffs the regular season was a diffrent story. now we have some cap room bring back powe and get david lee .