Rasheed carried out of arena by security

[PGDynasty24]

Got pissed and went outside the Lakers locker room and had to be taken away

Per ESPN

[sribb43]

:lmao

[JamStone]

True story?

[greyforest]

hhhahahahahahahahh

[Blackjack]

Roscoe's cuuh-aazyy.

[DJ Mbenga]

dude link?

[Giuseppe]

Not this time, Wallace. Uh, uh, this time the answer was "no."

[ffadicted]

The Sheed legacy continues

[mavsfan1000]

Sheed is gangsta

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Out of all the celtics to speak out about how this was obviously rigged I was hoping Rasheed would. He HAS TO DO IT. I hope he exposes all the shit like Tim Donaghey did.

[baseline bum]

I've been watching ESPN and didn't see that.

[Amarelooms]

Didn't both teams play hard though? Hmm guess not

:elephant

[mavsfan1000]

I'm glad he was able to control himself when the game was still in hand. Let the expletives fly once the series is over though.

[lefty]

Since his retirement is getting closer, now is a good time to denounce Stern

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Rasheed played really good tonight. He was hitting tough shots over Gasol all night. Then when the bull shit went down I kept waiting for him to snap.

[scottspurs]

Classic Rasheed. I wish they would bring back the Jail blazers.

[greyforest]

Rasheed played really good tonight. He was hitting tough shots over Gasol all night. Then when the bull shit went down I kept waiting for him to snap.

lol u could see it building in him

[Trainwreck2100]

Didn't both teams play hard though? Hmm guess not

:elephant

actually both teams played flacid

[Blackjack]

I was proud of 'Sheeds performance, tbh. He brought it.

TBH, they should have went to him more down the stretch. They needed someone to take their ass to the block, and since Garnett obviously wasn't going to do it (or look to put any of the offensive onus on himself -- this is what he does under pressure), they should've been using 'Sheed as a pressure release; Pierce didn't have the physical advantage to do it.

[HarlemHeat37]

Hopefully Wallace speaks out about the officiating, I'm sure he will..the NBA needs to continue to suffer, this is not a good product..basketball is a great sport, my favorite, which is why I will always watch, but this product is unacceptable..by far the worst officials of any sport..Jim Joyce looks like fucking Jesus compared to NBA refs..

[Pistons < Spurs]

Got pissed and went outside the Lakers locker room and had to be taken away

Per ESPN

I'm reading that he was outside the Refs locker room, not the Lakers.

[jag]

Sheed's a real ass nigga...but so is Ron Ron. Ron will walk straight out of that locker room and start swinging.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

hopefully wallace speaks out about the officiating, i'm sure he will..the nba needs to continue to suffer, this is not a good product..basketball is a great sport, my favorite, which is why i will always watch, but this product is unacceptable..by far the worst officials of any sport..jim joyce looks like fucking jesus compared to nba refs..

+1000000000

[Fpoonsie]

I'm reading that he was outside the Refs locker room, not the Lakers.

That'd make more sense, seeing as how the Lakers were on the court.

[The Franchise]

I loved his ball dont lie screams tonight after that bullshit foul they gave to Gasol when he then missed both FTs.

Plus there was two other times when Sheed took a shot and got straight up shoved backwards by Gasol and nothing was called. he's got a legit reason to be pissed. I expected him to lick balls but he played great.

That goat looking motherfucker has been getting away with that all playoffs with no call. Artest being allowed to make love to a player on the perimeter without a whistle is pretty obvious as well. It's almost like there are two different sets of rules when it comes to reffing the Lakers.

[lefty]

Both teams bricked hard

[DJ Mbenga]

this is the only source to prove this. i dont make much of it

http://twitter.com/DuranLA/status/16444035080

[Blackjack]

That'd make more sense, seeing as how the Lakers were on the court.

Well, that and I'd always side with 'Sheed attacking referees before anyone else -- animals and terrorists included.

[Jacob1983]

The NBA is fake according to Rasheed.

[hitmanyr2k]

This is Sheed's 2nd tough Game 7 loss in the Finals. Can't blame him from snapping in frustration. I wouldn't mind seeing him go off on the officials and Stern though. I wouldn't be surprised if Stern had his stormtroopers get Sheed the fuck outta of the building before they can get a microphone in his face :lol

[Jacob1983]

Stern should be careful and worried about Rasheed. There's no telling what Rasheed thinks about Stern. My guess would be that it's probably not good. Stern might want to put on a bullet proof vest and possibly some body armor.

[Giuseppe]

Screw Rasheed, they gave him a free pass when he walked away from Horry in the San Antonio Finals. Let him off with nary a word of derision. That was BS.

He got what was coming to him tonite. I've no sympathy for him.

[Blackjack]

This is Sheed's 2nd tough Game 7 loss in the Finals. Can't blame him from snapping in frustration. I wouldn't mind seeing him go off on the officials and Stern though. I wouldn't be surprised if Stern had his stormtroopers get Sheed the fuck outta of the building before they can get a microphone in his face :lol

It wasn't a Finals game but I don't think you can forget 2000 and that clusterfuck . . .

[Pistons < Spurs]

This may have been Rasheed Wallace’s last NBA game.

Doc Rivers said he thought Wallace is thinking about retiring, and Sheed’s actions after the game support that.

Wallace went by the officials’ dressing room and tried to get a work with ref Danny Crawford.

Wallace, who fouled out, said he was trying to give Crawford a compliment.


http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/celtics/index.php/2010/06/18/sheed-may-be-done/

[duncan228]

If this was Rasheed Wallace's last game, he went out being the full Sheed (http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/)
By Kurt Helin

In Game 7, we got the full Sheed.

There was Sheed the good, the long-arm defender that kept Pau Gasol at bay during the first three quarters of Game 7.

There was Sheed the bad, the guy Gasol was outworking for rebounds at the end, the one that missed key stretches of the game when he got cramps.

There was Sheed the peacemaker, the one trying to calm Ron Artest down after Ron-Ron and Paul Pierce were nose-to-nose.

There was Sheed the crazy, guy who tried to go into the referees' dressing room after the game to "talk to them" and had to be escorted out by security (as reported by Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com (http://twitter.com/ESPNForsberg/status/16444425222)).

Rasheed Wallace was never simple or easy to categorize. It made him standout in the NBA.

And it is the reason he will be missed, if he retires. And that may be this summer, after Wallace fought through an assortment of injuries this season, according to Doc Rivers. If so, Sheed's last game was a fitting send off, because it had a little bit of everything.

"He was a warrior," Celtics coach Rivers said of Wallace after Game 7. "You know, I don't know if Rasheed will ever play again. You know, he's one of them that took that out on the floor with him. I think he is thinking about retiring, and I thought you could see that in his play. He was dying out there. When he got the cramps and strains, he was just trying to figure out a way out, a way of staying out on the floor."

He was scoring when the Celtics were winning, but late he wore down, was getting cramps, and the Celtics could no longer go him inside. And as they had to shoot jumpers, the Lakers started to pull ahead.

Wallace tried to stand up and stop the tide, but he could not any more. His body was betraying him. It happens to the best.

Losing was not the way Rasheed Wallace wants to leave the game. But this game might be the most fitting final note for a career that was unlike any other in NBA history. But one that will not be easy to categorize.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Wallace's anger is a righteous anger.

[TheNextGen]

Wallace's anger is a righteous anger.

yah..he should be angry that noone stepped up when it counted

[Giuseppe]

Good to see Wallace stopped on and off the court last night.

Artest has learned his lessons, done his penance, and is a man.

Wallace should follow suit.

[mingus]

lots of fouls, but c'mon paul pierce travels a lot (look at this pivot foot) when he gets the balls and isos and they never call that.

[Smooth Criminal]

LOL Rasheed Thuggin

[Giuseppe]

Rasheed carried out of arena by security

What a visual. Great thread title!:lol

[spurs10]

Since his retirement is getting closer, now is a good time to denounce Stern
Xfuckingzactly..

[spursfan1000]

I thought I read something about Rasheed trying to talk to Crawford after game but Crawford had already left.

[duncan228]

What On Earth Got Into Rasheed Wallace After the Game Last Night? (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-whatonearthgotintora)
SportingNews

It is safe to say that Rasheed Wallace had an up-and-down year in Boston. For most of the season, he looked lazy and ineffective, content to hang out on the perimeter and avoid contact whenever possible. Then, in the playoffs, he occasionally turned into the Sheed of old, combining tough post defense with some nice outside shooting and some forays into the paint on offense.

He was one of the Celtics’ most effective players in Game 7, picking up 11 points on 5-of-11 shooting, eight rebounds, and two blocks as the starting center in place of the injured Kendrick Perkins. Yet Wallace will probably end up getting more attention for what he did after the game than for what he did during it. From ESPNBoston.com’s Chris Forsberg (http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=5300375&campaign=rss&source=NBAHeadlines):

Wallace exited the Boston locker room before it opened to the media and navigated his way toward the team bus before diverting to the official’s locker room nearby. He managed to open the door and talk with an unidentified person behind the door, before arena and NBA security ushered him back out.

Wallace stuck his head into the locker room and appeared to say, "Danny, I just want to talk," possibly to referee Danny Crawford, but quickly got removed from the room.

Wallace, wearing sunglasses and carrying his gear, waited about five minutes outside the official’s locker room guarded by arena security before departing for the team bus without talking to the officials or media nearby.

The veteran forward, who is the NBA all-time leader in technical fouls, did not appear confrontational. While waiting he muttered again about simply wanting to talk and that it was nothing bad.

Wallace has been no friend of referees in his 15-year NBA career, earning himself the all-time record for most technical fouls, but it seems worth believing that he didn’t mean any substantial harm towards the officials. That was a tough loss to take in such an intense game, and he probably just wanted to state his discontent at some of the calls. It would’ve been an awkward conservation, but likely nothing abusive.

Nonetheless, it’s a weird way to show your displeasure. As Chris Littmann noted earlier today, Doc Rivers said that this might have been Sheed’s last game (http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The_Baseline/entry/view/69197/doc_rivers_rasheed_wallace_might_retire). If that’s the case, then he went out in the kind of bizarre blaze of glory that befits a man who once wore a championship belt while talking to the media.

Yet he has also always been a fierce competitor with a near-obsessive knowledge of the game, enough so that many have suggested he could be a successful coach. If this moment is to define Sheed’s year in Boston, we should at least remember that he went to visit the refs because he cares about the game so much, not because he’s an insane person. Wallace just chooses to express his passion in irregular ways.

[ploto]

A lot of other players would not have been treated the same way had they stopped by the refs locker room after the game. Him being Rasheed is why they reacted as they did.

[Giuseppe]

It's not appropriate for him to be there.

He had his chance and he blew it.

Shut up, board the bus to LAX and fly back home.