Rasheed Wallace is Back. Another Celtic is Willing to Commit Murder

Sheed Back in the League!

Sources say that Rasheed Wallace will be coming out of retirement to sign with the New York Knicks to back up Amare Stoudamire.

Yep, that's right, the Knicks, who already have Marcus Camby, 38; Jason Kidd, 39; Kurt Thomas, 39; and 35 year old rookie Pablo Prigioni, are looking to sign 38 year old Rasheed Wallace. The Rasheed Wallace who constantly argued with referees? The Rasheed Wallace who hasn't been an effective NBA player since he played with the Pistons? The Rasheed Wallace who showed up overweight and out of shape in his final year with the Celtics? You got it, that Rasheed Wallace!  

While this signing may not help the Knicks out too much, every NBA fan should feel comforted knowing that Sheed is back in the league. No longer will careless NBA refs get away with calling dubious fouls. Not on Sheed's watch.

Has his constant arguing to the refs ever been successful in overturning one? No. But has Sheed ever stopped arguing with officials because of it? No. That, ladies and gentlement, is called perseverance. I love guys that don't quit (quitting on teams not included).

And if it wasn't for Sheed I would never have the perfect axiom to yell out every time I play pick up basketball and disagree with an opponent's foul call. As the great man has said himself, countless times, "Ball don't lie."

Another Potential Murderer on the Celtics

Jason Terry is not the only Celtic who is out for blood this season. Second overall pick in the 2003 draft and bust, Darko Milicic, said he's tired of trying to prove his worth and is ready to do whatever he has to for the Celtics to succeed. Including murder, as reported by Comcast Sportsnet.

“I’ll do whatever it takes, whatever I need to do to help this team. So now, if I have to go kill someone on the court, I’ll kill someone on the court.”

Combine this new killer instinct with his usual ineffectual post game and we could be witnessing Milicic emerging as the new Danny Fortson of the league. Not the promising young player version of Fortson but the older barely-does-anything-but-foul version of him.

Watch out, NBA.


I'm ending my post this week with what might be one of the most impressive flat top fades that I've seen since Fresh Prince Will Smith circa early 90s. He's got nothing on Will Smith's rapping though.