Morning Shootaround: How Will Pistons Fans Greet 'Sheed?

I hope the ref’s give Sheed a tech for old times sake.

I just want to hear one “Ball don’t lie!!!” It will be good for my soul.

I think mostly cheers, though, for a couple of reasons. First, ‘Sheed didn’t leave the way Ben did — for more money. Detroit just chose not to resign him. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame Ben for wanting to get paid, but some — including some posters here — think he was disloyal back then. No such rap on ’Sheed.

Second, sad to say, but we’re not really in a rivalry with Boston at the moment. If this was a couple of years ago, and ’Sheed had gone to the hated Celtics, folks probably would have held that against him. But now I predict that instead of getting heat for switching to a hated rival, he will be more of a reminder of better times.

Having said that, his return won’t be Chauncey-like. Chauncey seemed genuinely sad to leave, and his leaving wasn’t at all voluntary. And folks will recall the downsides of ‘Sheed. I was watching the Celtics play on ESPN the other day, and heard the announcers say, “if only Rasheed could focus more and play down in the post more.” I was a huge ’Sheed fan, and still am in some ways, but I sure don’t miss that stuff. Or the Ts. Seriously, how many Ts has Detroit has this year compared to previous years?

We may not be as competitive as Boston right now, but that shit never dies… I’ll hate the celtics until Garnett hangs ’em up… and the hate will hibernate until they sign another bitchmade fool to be their mouthpiece.

too bad that bitch kevin garnett couldnt hold it together last year, that was your last shot to win a title with this group. im glad hes not playing tonite, he would try and pull some asshat move like getting in austin dayes face or something. or trying to punk chucky atkins. thought it would be funny to see him run away from ben wallace.

im glad sheeds gone. who would have thought between him and ben wallace that rasheed would be the wallace who is a shell of his former self. i wouldnt boo him or anything but every time i watch him play for the celts im glad that hes not our problem anymore.

“i wouldnt boo him or anything but every time i watch him play for the celts im glad that hes not our problem anymore.”

This. He was great for us at the time, but overstayed his welcome. And he went to Boston.

That should never be forgotten. Without Sheed there would be no 2004 ring!
Thank you Sheed.

*Except the duration of his stay in a green uniform.

But no, I have no interest in seeing him in a Pistons uniform ever again.

I still think the real reason Detroit never got over the hump after 2004 was that we had a weak/thin bench in general and no even semi-decent sub at SF in particular.

Yes, ’Sheed’s one big mistake on defense really hurt us in the 2005 Finals. Of course we would have never sniffed the finals that year without him. But I think lack of a decent bench, more than the “flip the switch” mentality was the problem. I mean, take any of the starting rosters from 2005-08 and add the bench of this year (with the players healthy) — I say we win the title in a walk.

as a starter for boston, rasheed’s getting 14 and 6.5 in 35 minutes…on 46% shooting from the field. he’s also getting to the line more than he did the past 3 years…2 times a game

He was the missing link to our 2004 Championship… They didn’t boo Billups when he returned (I think we booed Ben Wallace, but that was understandable, it’s not like Rasheed left for money), so we shouldn’t boo ’Sheed.