Tag: Rasheed Wallace

Previewing Chiefs’ Week 9 game vs. Buccaneers on Chiefs Wire Podcast

On the latest episode of @TheChiefsWire podcast: @EdEastonJr’s chats w/ Rasheed Wallace #TBvsKC

We’re back with an all-new episode of the Chiefs Wire podcast! This week, we’re previewing the Kansas City Chiefs Week 8 matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Senior Writer Ed Easton Jr. spoke to NBA champion Rasheed Wallace about the mindset needed to repeat as champions, Chiefs fan origins, and his preference between Kansas City’s offense and defense.

We check in with this past week’s press conferences, featuring comments from quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his strong performance silencing all the ‘Kermit The Frog’ jokes against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 8. Head Coach Andy Reid gives an update on the roster and plans heading into Week 9 against the Buccaneers.

The latest episode of the Chiefs Wire Podcast will inform listeners about all the reactions from Kansas City’s Week 8 victory over Las Vegas while looking ahead to another Monday Night Football home game against Tampa Bay. Wallace’s unique take on the current Chiefs and admiration for Joe Montana is entertaining and informative.

Check out the link below to get your fill of Chiefs talk ahead of Monday’s kickoff:

Boston Celtics alumnus Rasheed Wallace explains the origin of ‘Ball don’t lie!’

This is where Sheed’s famous line comes from.

Even before he joined the Boston Celtics, veteran big man Rasheed Wallace had made a name for himself as one of the NBA’s most vocal players when contesting calls with referees. So much so, he often led the league in technical fouls.

So it should not surprise anyone who knows the history of his game to learn about the most famous interjections Wallace deployed against refs when he believed a call against him or his teammates was an especially bad call, and where it came from. Sheed, as he was frequently called for short, yelled “Ball don’t lie!” with gusto any time such a sequence played out.

Where did it come from, and what did it mean? The veteran forward explained it in a recent clip put together by the folks at the Showtime Basketball YouTube channel.

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LOOK: NBA champion Rasheed Wallace visits Chiefs training camp

NBA champion Rasheed Wallace visits Kansas City #Chiefs training camp | @EdEastonJr

The final days of training camp are underway for the Kansas City Chiefs as they prepare for their second preseason game. Wednesday’s practice had an extra boost with the appearance of NBA champion and Chiefs super fan Rasheed Wallace.

In photos shared by the Chiefs X account, Wallace is shown greeting Patrick Mahomes, Isiah Pacheco, Trent McDuffie, and head coach Andy Reid. The multiple-time NBA All-Star has often shown his appreciation for the team throughout his career on and off the court.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. recently spoke to Wallace about his fandom and how it started decades ago.

“I became a Chiefs fan in 1992, and the reason being, I was a Montana fan; Joe Montana got traded from the Niners. I wasn’t a Niners fan — an individual of football. I didn’t have a team at the time, and then when he got traded, nobody I knew was a Chiefs fan.” said Wallace. “And so I was like, ‘Oh, man, that’s perfect; we were still in the gutter.’ We weren’t winning. I said, ‘OK, that’s just my team.’ I stuck with them through all the days. That’s the whole Trent Green, then the Alex Smith (eras). I have been there since ’92 for my guys, and now that we are finally winning, it feels stupendous.”

Wallace has transitioned to podcasting after retiring from basketball and is currently a co-host on “The Sheed & Tyler Show,” an Underdog Fantasy production.

Rasheed Wallace reacts to Paul George joining Joel Embiid, Sixers

Rasheed Wallace takes to Twitter to give his reaction to Paul George joining Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Paul George joining the Philadelphia 76ers has taken the NBA world by storm. It is one of the biggest moves the league will see in this current offseason as the Sixers form the most talented Big 3 in the league with George, Joel Embiid, and Tyrese Maxey.

As the Sixers move forward, they still need to fill out the roster with helpful role players who can push them over the hump in the East, but Philadelphia’s trio of stars is as elite as any.

Philadelphia native and 2004 NBA champion Rasheed Wallace took to Twitter to give his thoughts on George joining Embiid and the Sixers. He posted a screenshot of George and Embiid’s appearance on ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” during the finals with a bold proclamation.

The Sixers still have a ton of work to do as times move on, but they should certainly be the biggest challengers to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

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Rasheed Wallace is blown away by Victor Wembanyama’s potential with the Spurs

Sheed know ball like few do — and ball don’t lie.

When it comes to elite big men, former NBAer Rasheed Wallace knows a thing or two. So when he gushes with praise over the capabilities of star San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama, we probably ought to listen to what Sheed has to say.

The onetime bane of referees opened up about how he sees Wemby taking over the league in an interview on fellow former NBAer Gilbert Arenas’ semi-eponymous podcast, “Gil’s Arena,” earlier this season. Sheed shares how he is blown away by the Spurs forward, and he, the other hosts, and Arenas debate just how good Wembanyama could become.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about the bright future of Wemby in San Antonio — and just how high he might one day soar in the hierarchy of the league.

After all, Sheed know ball like few do — and ball don’t lie.

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NBA champion Rasheed Wallace talks Chiefs fandom, starting ‘Sheed & Tyler Show’

Ed Easton Jr. spoke to NBA champion Rasheed Wallace about his new show and his reason for becoming a Kansas City #Chiefs fan. | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs have many famous fans who are involved in many forms of entertainment.

Each has a story about how they found their fandom, but few have a better tale to tell than NBA champion Rasheed Wallace, who recently sat down with Ed Easton Jr. to talk about his venture into podcasting and his status as a Chiefs superfan.

Speaking about his new career as a content creator, Wallace made it clear that he was getting used to being back in the spotlight:

“The podcast is different from regular broadcasting, or normal sitting-behind-the-desk medium because then you can’t say what you want to say, because you’re on public TV, and all that you got to have good etiquette,” Wallace explained. “But with the podcast, it’s easy because you can say what you want; I’m saying you can cuss and do everything you can. You can really be you. That’s one thing I like about it, and that was an easy transition for me because most of my fans know sometimes, I got a little potty mouth, but that’s definitely part of it.”

Wallace initially expressed no interest in doing a podcast until he received encouragement from former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Bonzi Wells.

“My guy Bonzi Wells got me started in the podcast stuff,” Wallace said. “He was one year do it for years before him, and I finally did a show some years back called ‘Let’s Get Technical.’ He kept telling me, ‘Man, we need a podcast.’ He was saying this around the same time when Matt (Barnes) and Stephen (Jackson) started ‘All the Smoke,’ and he was saying this, then I was like, ‘Man, I’m not trying to do that.’ “

On The Sheed & Tyler Show, an Underdog Fantasy production, Rasheed Wallace, Bonzi Wells, and TylerIAm offer their unfiltered takes on the NBA and various sports, both past and present.

“So, finally, I broke down and started it. Then after Bonzi got hired, as him and I got hired into the collegiate world as coaches, you know that pretty much threw a wrench into that,” said Wallace. “However, we still kept our relationship with one of the head guys over there at Underdog Fantasy, and then once he moved over there, he’s like, ‘Hey, look, you guys need to come on over and have a show.’ So that’s how Tyler and I got started.”

For years, the four-time NBA All-Star didn’t have a favorite NFL team but always followed one player. The legendary quarterback who famously joined Kansas City in the early 1990s turned Wallace into a lifetime fan.

Said Wallace:

“I became a Chiefs fan in 1992, and the reason being, I was a Montana fan; Joe Montana got traded from the Niners. I wasn’t a Niners fan — an individual of football. I didn’t have a team at the time, and then when he got traded, nobody I knew was a Chiefs fan. And so I was like, ‘Oh, man, that’s perfect; we were still in the gutter.’ We weren’t winning. I said, ‘OK, that’s just my team.’ I stuck with them through all the days. That’s the whole Trent Green, then the Alex Smith (eras). I have been there since ’92 for my guys, and now that we are finally winning, it feels stupendous.”

“The Sheed & Tyler Show,” an Underdog Fantasy production, airs new episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

NBA champion Rasheed Wallace: ‘Chiefs will get everybody’s best’ in three-peat attempt

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Rasheed Wallace about Kansas City’s mindset for repeating as Super Bowl champions | @EdEastonJr

The drive for back-to-back championships isn’t easy for any team in any league or sport. Longtime Chiefs fan and NBA champion Rasheed Wallace won his lone title in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons and understands the challenge of repeating.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Wallace about the mindset needed to repeat as champions and his preference between Kansas City’s offense and defense.

“It’s hard work. It’s hard because you might be like a heavy favorite before you win it, but once you win, you have that target on your back,” Wallace said. “Whoever wins the title in any sport, you have that target on your back. And everybody in that league is gunning for you. Every Sunday, Monday, and Thursday, the Chiefs will get everybody’s best in the NFL. Everybody wants to make their mark. Everybody wants to try to beat the champs. And that’s the same mindset that I had in basketball.”

Wallace’s Pistons reached the NBA Finals again in 2005, falling short to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games. On opening night that season, the team wore championship titles to remind the league they were defending champions.

“Once we won it in 2004, our biggest thing was that we are defending this thing now,” Wallace explained. “We want to defend this thing like wrestling or boxing. We went to back-to-back Finals. Won one and lost one. But, yeah, it’s definitely a mindset because you have no time to play out here, and there is no joking around. We got to get this done now.”

Wallace’s Pistons teams are recognized as one of the best defensive units in NBA history. He explained how he appreciates both sides of the Chiefs but made sure to give the defense its respect.

“I’m about 50/50, and I say that because we feed off each other,” Wallace continued. “You have to feed off each other if the defense is out there. We might be getting pushed back a little bit, and then, boom, we get an interception, fumble, or something like that.

“I feel we have the offensive capability, and I believe that if we get this turnover, we have to go down the score. I love how our defense has stepped up these last few years. The anchor surrounds it, Chris Jones, who’s been doing his thing. He deserves all that bread [a five-year, $158.75 million contract] he just got.”

‘The Sheed and Tyler Show, ‘ an Underdog Fantasy production, airs new episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Rasheed Wallace weighs in on the Chiefs’ criticism of officials, predicts 2024 record

Rasheed Wallace weighs in on the #Chiefs’ criticisms of NFL officials and gives his prediction for next season in this interview with Ed Easton Jr. | @EdEastonJr

The Kansas City Chiefs had several games with mini blowups about the officiating during the 2023 season. The most notable in the regular season was at home against the Buffalo Bills, in which offensive offside was called on Kadarius Toney, leading to postgame criticism from Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid.

One Chiefs fan who knows about criticizing officials is former NBA star Rasheed Wallace. Chiefs Wire Ed Easton Jr. spoke to Wallace about the Chiefs’ fines for calling out the officiating and his predictions for the 2024 season.

“You always have to do that because you just have to call out what’s not right,” Wallace said. “If you see something that’s not right, then, hey, call it out. The league doesn’t like you to do that. But as players, we have to do that because we’re under such scrutiny from the media and fans.

“It’s like, look, all right, we all know we can see this, what’s happening and so forth. Why do we say the majority is mostly still on a player, because we go out there and execute things, right? It’s so much video out here now. Especially in football, it’s hard to do some real cheat stuff. Like in basketball, you can because there are so many possessions.”

The Chiefs handled the fines throughout the season, similar to Wallace, who never held back his opinions during his 16-year NBA career. A longtime fan of the team, he gave his assessment of the roster heading into the new season.

“We have the best quarterback in the game, the Kansas City Cannon, and the best tight end in the game right now,” Wallace said. “I think we got the best ends in the game. We got the best D-lineman with CJ (Chris Jones), and we must keep putting it all together. Everybody wants to come to the Chiefs now. It’s sort of that same mantra when Brady was in New England — everybody wanted to play in New England because they knew that they were the best chance for me to get a Super Bowl to play with the best quarterback.”

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Training camp is only weeks away, and Wallace has early predictions for the Chiefs and their new schedule.

“I know we’re not going to go undefeated; just throw those talks out the window because the guys are too good in the NFL,” Wallace continued. “If a team goes undefeated, then it’s like, man, you have to have an offer for every position defense to go undefeated now, but I can see it going 12-4 (13-4) going into the playoffs. We definitely got to have home-field. Last year, we didn’t even have a No. 1 receiver, and we still got the job done. Now, imagine that some of the receivers we picked up and drafted are ready to come to play.”

‘The Sheed and Tyler Show, ‘ an Underdog Fantasy production, airs new episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Rasheed Wallace responds to NBA vs. NFL debates, offers suggestion to Chiefs coach Dave Merritt

Rasheed Wallace responds to NBA vs. NFL debates, offers suggestion to Kansas City #Chiefs DB coach Dave Merritt | @EdEastonJr

NFL players’ versatility is rarely matched due to the many different facets of the game. The Kansas City Chiefs have a roster filled with former track runners, a rugby star, and other elite-level multiple sports athletes.

Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. spoke to former NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace about the infamous comments regarding basketball players in the NFL from Austin Rivers, his advice for defensive backs coach Dave Merritt, and his all-time favorite Chiefs starting tight end.

“Let me tell you this; no, it’s too much physical content,” Wallace explained of Rivers’ remarks. “We have physical contact in basketball, but football is extra, so they wear the pads. And so it’s like, Nah, it’s not as easy as he thinks. Just imagine being a DB (Defensive Back), and here it is: I gotta cover either the main receiver, the slot receiver, or the second receiver.

“But every play, this mug is running at least 25, 30 yards downfield, knowing he’s not getting the ball, and then what is he doing, jogging back to the huddle and setting it all up again, like repetition, things like that. It would drive us crazy. But no, it’s a different mindset you have to have with football because you have a different physicality as I can hit you. It’s not a foul, like basketball, a body bump. They will blow that whistle; Austin Rivers was bugging with that.”

Though Wallace disagrees with Rivers’ comments, he expounded on an idea that might help basketball players succeed in the NFL. He explained his unique suggestion to Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt.

“I know a couple of guys that play NFL ball,” Wallace said. “I know coach (Dave) Merritt with the Chiefs. So I told him, Man, one of these days, somebody wants to be smart and draft a basketball player for special teams. If you got a guy who didn’t make the NBA, or he’s not really trying to go overseas, but here he is 6 foot 11, seven feet tall, and he has like a 35 to a 40 inch vertical, all them, 65-67 yard field goals,

“That’s not happening. Yeah, think about it: the further you (The Kicker) are, you gotta level that thing out with that longevity. That’s where that guy who is seven feet tall comes into play. I don’t have to jump over the line. All I gotta do is jump straight.”

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The long-time Chiefs fan commented on which team legend he would have as a starting tight end on his fantasy all-time team—Tony Gonzalez or Travis Kelce.

“That’s tough. I’m going to have to go with Kelce because he’s still adding to his mark,” said Wallace. “Hey, barring injury, I think he gonna get him.”

‘The Sheed and Tyler Show, ‘ an Underdog Fantasy production, airs new episodes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Rasheed Wallace continues back-and-forth with Draymond Green on hypothetical 2004 Pistons vs. 2017 Warriors

The back-and-forth between Draymond Green and Rasheed Wallace on hypothetical matchup between the 2017 Warriors and 2004 Pistons continued on Sunday.

The buzz around the hypothetical matchup between the 2004 Detroit Pistons and the 2017 Golden State Warriors is beginning to heat up. The chatter started when former NBA champion Rasheed Wallace had a strong prediction when it came to a hypothetical matchup between the championship 2004 Pistons and the championship 2017 Warriors.

On his podcast “Sheed & Tyler,” the former Detroit All-Star forward the Pistons would beat the Warriors. On Twitter, Draymond Green responded, giving reasons why he thought the Warriors would win, including Detroit’s lack of offensive production.

On Sunday, the back-and-forth continued when Wallace responded once again. Before going deeper into the conversation, Wallace made it clear there is no beef between him and Green and the back-and-forth isn’t personal. This time, Wallace brought up Golden State’s size. Wallace also mentioned going on Green’s podcast to break down rosters for each team.

Via @UnderdogSheed on Twitter:

In 2004, the Pistons eliminated Kobe Bryant and the Lakers in five games to win the NBA Title. Along with Wallace, the Pistons were led by Chauncey Billups. Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton and Ben Wallace.

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