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I agree, the fact he left Horry open, of all people! to go double team Manu...
Still, one mistake is one mistake
So, apparently according to one scout Sheed is a basketball genius:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...untdown/2.html2. "In the NBA preview in SI, you quote a scout saying that Rasheed Wallace has the highest basketball IQ in the league. Is that for real? What does he mean? I've always liked Sheed and continue to mourn the 2000 Western Conference finals Game 7, but I never thought of him as much smarter basketball-wise than others, especially when it comes to shot selection. What's behind the scout's assessment? And how could he be smarter basketball-wise than Steve Nash or Tim Duncan or Jason Kidd?"
Here is your answer from the NBA advance scout:
"Rasheed really understands the subtle nuances of the game.
"He really understands defensive schemes, situations and rotations. He is like a coach on the floor offensively and defensively in how he verbally communicates with his teammates. He is always calling out situations. He knows how to use his body and length to negate a smaller player's quickness and his agility and timing to bother bigger players. He knows just when to time a double-team, get around a guy to front the post, or play behind and reach in at the last second. He understands using angles.
"Offensively, like many players, he will force the occasional three-point shot. But he really gets spacing, recognizes mismatches and is willing to make the extra pass. He is incredibly unselfish in this regard. He willingly looks for others as much as his own. He doesn't worry about his stats, and he gets it that on teams that win consistently, the players don't [focus on their own numbers]."
Ahem, game 5 2005 Finals???
Maybe he's booksmart, but that was one of the dumbest plays by a defender that you will EVER see.
Talented head case? Yes sirree! Lovable larakin? Maybe. Basketball genius? Not so much.
I agree, the fact he left Horry open, of all people! to go double team Manu...
Still, one mistake is one mistake
He may have had a couple breakdowns, and an occasional ill-advised shot... but hes always struck me as one of those guys who can win you a game without scoring the ball. More so since he came to Detroit in 04 and got them over the hump. There was an article on him about how he mastered every play in Flip's playbook from all five positions on the floor, offense and defense... and i think its safe to say theres only a few guys who could do that. Thats obviously not the making of a basketball 'genuis', but in terms of pure baketball smarts, rotations and help defense, spacing, passing the ball, man to man defense... i think Sheed has been under rated over the years.
Ignore the antics and the emotional imaturity, and you will see an extremely intelligent basketball player. It's easy to mock him for the bonehead move in the Finals, but every one has lapses.
His knowledge and understanding of the game is far above most players to ever play at this level. It's just the child in him that often makes him look like a dumbass.
rasheed?? genius?? really??
dang, i never knew
Basketball smart, yes. Emotionally a child, very much so. Doubling Manu in game 5 to leave Robert Horry wide open one of the dumbest plays a player has ever made in the Finals, you bet your ing ass. And, he knew it right after it happened and still knows it now.
It might be exaggerating a bit to say he has "the" highest basketball IQ in the league. It's really something that cannot be measured so it's conjecture as most things like this. But, he is a smart basketball player. Many of his three-point attempts are within the flow of the offense off of swings and kick-outs or he's completely wide open. Rarely does he shoot a three pointer as a result of poor shot selection. Not that he never has done it. But, it's rare.
yeah, I've always thought Manu has incredible basketball IQ, and yet that foul against Dirk in 2006 just screams MORON!
Temporary lapses in judgment not withstanding, Manu is usually one of the quickest thinking players out on the court, and his decisions are almost always right on the money. I imagine Sheed is quite similar in that respect. In terms of not being defined by that bonehead play in 05. I do think he is immature though, to the point where it hurts his otherwise great play and leadership.
Yeah, I'm not saying Sheed isn't a smart balla or doesn't have talent, but if you are going to say something like that scout said you really have to mention the biggest lapse he's ever made.
I read a quote somewhere else recently about Sheed being one of the few guys who knows the Piston's offense and defense at every position.
For a smart basketball player, he's sure done some idiotic things...
I really like Sheed as a player. The emotion he shows isn't arrogant or ill mannered, it's more towards winning and the compe or he is. He is an intense player who leaves nothing but 200% out on teh court. Plus the guy has an excellent stroke. With his right hand AND LEFT!!
NO .
What did you mean by "no " - that Sheed is not a ? Or did you mean "no, ", in other words disagreeing with the thread and calling me sexual? If the latter is the case, calm the down. We're talking abll here, not abusing one another in the troll forum.
1. I think you're forgetting that he led the league in technicals for a number of seasons. But yes, he is enthusiastic... when his head is in the game.
2. You can only ever display a maximum of 100% effort on the court. Hyperbole like that just sounds ill-informed.
3. Ambidexterity is something I really appreciate in a ball player. Notice that Tony didn't have a left hand when he came into the league, but he brought it out a bit in 2005 and now uses it a lot more. Manu's right is seeing more action then it used to. The one I don't get is Tim - he used to have a killer left baby hook and was good laying it up lefty, but he's gotten lazy and barely uses his left any more, even when he should. Disappointing.
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 12-09-2007 at 07:18 AM.
I think E20 meant that his complimentary words toward Sheed was not based on his manlove affair on that particular player.
Yeah, I think he was just trying to be funny and that his appreciation of Rasheed was not to the extent of an actual emotional and romantic level.
And, he's definitely not the first poster or person to ever claim a player is playing more than 100%. People, even players, use hyperbole with percentage of effort all the time ... I'm 150% positive on that point.
By No I mean that nobody should think of any words in that post in a sexual way, because I said he could stroke pretty well, not masturbate, but shoot the ball with both left and right hands pretty well.
Sheed is a very intelligent ballplayer, which in some ways works against him because he doesn't try to dominate offensively as much as he should. There are times when he has it going that he is the most unstoppable big man in the game, and you wonder why he doesn't have a lifetime 25 PPG average.
Gotcha!
I can shoot lefty out to about 12 feet, and hook with both hands.
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