Rasheed won’t be rushed to the starting lineup

BYE BYE SHEED… Dice needs you and you flake on him and get a silly tech. (1 game suspension)

Dice is out there starting and playing like nobody’s business and this is how Sheed repays him.

I’m not blaming Sheed for the Nets loss but I’m not rushing him back into the starting lineup because if he wanted to play he wouldn’t get techs. He also wouldnt be overweight regardless of injury.

Let Kwame Brown play and Max and Amir too.

Sheed back next year please no. He helped us win a crown but he has won out his welcome and his attitude sucks. He also only tries 50% of the games thanks for the memories but we have had enough

throwing away sheed is stupid. i think he would be fine and great in a reduced role. he might actually be better in that type of role. keep him.
   kwame had a bad night last night. and he has established himself as inconsistent. amir and max were the only players with positive plus/minus. play amir. amir is inconsistent too. but he is not a closed book. kwame is. his hands will never get bigger. he can’t catch. it is a sad but real fact. it will never change. play amir the rest of the way. what is there to lose? i just don’t get it. it drives me crazy.

i mean if you are going to get slapped around by the nets…while fighting for a playoff spot…anyhow i guess amir did get some minutes last night so that is good. but the night before with sheed back he got…zero! stupid! both losses. nothing learned. nothing gained.

Does anyone else think playing AI and MFWB at the same time is bad for us? Even with Sheed out there to space the floor?

And on topic, I like Sheed off the bench. Gives us a bit of a scoring punch (when he tries), as well as defense and rebounding. Makes sense to me.

I think playing AI in general is a problem for us. I honestly am blown away at the way this season turned out. Literally worst case scenario across the board.

Agreed, Joel. I’m done with AI and his antics, and I’ve been one of the few long-time Pistons fans on this board that has been supporting him.

I’ve done so because I thought he was enough of a man and professional to help the team in a reduced role. It’s clear that’s not the case.

I’d rather shut him down for the season and cut ties.

He is Canswer.

Yes to Sheed off the bench. For the rest of the season and possibly the playoffs. Brown is adequate as our starting 5, and Sheed off the bench could be deadly.

Stuck/MFWB
Rip/AA
Tay/Fabio
Dyce/Max/Amir
Kwame/Sheed/Amir

I like that lineup, MP. I think we should roll with it the rest of the year. And I think the best thing for all parties involved is the shut down the midget for the rest of the year. Have a nice career and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

@ Joel & MP:

I like that lineup too, and I think it probably makes us as good as we can be.

However, that lineup does not make us a contender and probably won’t even get us out of the 1st round (unless we play Orlando).

A paycut and an acceptance to a reduced role (unlike another fucking player) would make me pull the trigger on resigning Rasheed for another year or two.

We need him and his skill sets, Kwame Brown is a great addition but he still doesn’t bring the intangibles Rasheed brings on a nightly basis. And that really goes for any of our big men, including Mcdyess. Rasheed is still a threat and it would be stupid not bringing him back, especially, if the price was right.

I respectfully dissent. Sheed is still our best big. He’s our best scoring big (has more range and more post moves than Dyess), he’s clearly our best defensive big. We got killed in the Nets game because of a lack of interior defense.

Yes, he can be flaky. Yes, he takes too many 3-pointers. Yes, his techs can hurt us. And if I thought Kwame, Amir, or Max were even close to being in his league in talent and savvy, I might think differently. But ’Sheed should start, or at least get close to starters minutes.

Even if Joe is leaning toward not re-signing him (which I think would be a mistake, if we can get him to take a salary cut), I still think it’s a mistake. We should try to do the best we can this year and leave our options open for next year.

I’m probably as hard on Sheed as anyone on this site, but I think it would be a good idea to bring him back next year if he’ll take a much smaller salary. Regardless of position, role players that can hit threes and play defense are a valuable commodity. As an elite big man, Sheed has been done for years, but as a James Posey, Bruce Bowen type role player he can still contribute to a championship team.

But, if San Antonio flashes MLE money at him, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him spacing the floor for Duncan.

QD: I agree about SA 100%

He is the absolute perfect fit next to TD, and he would thrive in a system that emphasizes ball movement and defense (in other words, what we used to do).

OTOH, he has gone on record saying that he wants to retire a Piston. Hopefully, he’ll put his money where his mouth is…

Rasheed Wallace > Allen Iverson.

I disagree with the first comment about Wallace’s attitude. Considering how much he has been struggling physically I think his attitude has been great! He is one of the few people that still has some passion on the team. I would love to see him stay. I think he could really be an asset coming off the bench especially with the small guys. SHEEEEEED!!