Dear Rasheed

[EJPLAYA]

I would like everyone on here to write that same letter to Rondo, PP, Perk, and a whole host of other Celtic players who aren't giving the effort that they should. If you have watched Sheed throughout his career you'd know that he plays this aloof style. I would like him to box out on the weak side a bit better and not let guys like Varaejo continue to get weak side rebounds and put backs, but the guy has switched from only chucking threes to a lot more shots in the post.

He shot 215 threes through the end of January and then only 35 in Feb and only 17 through the last game. That is about half of the threes that he was shooting prior. Everyone whined about it and now that he has changed this everyone is still whining. Maybe you just have a personal grudge?!

Blame Sheed all you want, but the main reason we aren't playing well this year is the starters. THEY are the ones who should be getting the nasty letters.

I do blame Rasheed for the Cavs game. How can Varejao get 17 points and 10 boards in 30 minutes on 6 for 8 shooting? What hope do we have when opposing frontline benchplayers are tearing us up?
Its gonna get ulgy when the Cavs can go 5 deep with Shaq, Big Z, Varejao, Hickson, and Jamison. Our big offseason signing went 1 for 8 with 4 boards in 17 minutes. This was a important game for momentum and yes Wallace has to play better.

You're conveniently neglecting the fact that BBD was playing Varejao much of that game as well. (V played 30 min and Rasheed 17) He was letting him do the same thing all night to him. Considering Varejao is no scrub either and it was one game all year I wouldn't be too harsh. What would you like them to do though, not rotate to a driving Lebron?!

[Birdbrain]

Dear Rasheed,

It is not a foul to box someone out for a defensive rebound. Please, spread the word to your teammates.

It is if you turn around and use your forearms. Although I can't figure out exactly why besides home cooking for cleveland.

[Birdbrain]

I would like everyone on here to write that same letter to Rondo, PP, Perk, and a whole host of other Celtic players who aren't giving the effort that they should. If you have watched Sheed throughout his career you'd know that he plays this aloof style. I would like him to box out on the weak side a bit better and not let guys like Varaejo continue to get weak side rebounds and put backs, but the guy has switched from only chucking threes to a lot more shots in the post.

He shot 215 threes through the end of January and then only 35 in Feb and only 17 through the last game. That is about half of the threes that he was shooting prior. Everyone whined about it and now that he has changed this everyone is still whining. Maybe you just have a personal grudge?!

Blame Sheed all you want, but the main reason we aren't playing well this year is the starters. THEY are the ones who should be getting the nasty letters.

I do blame Rasheed for the Cavs game. How can Varejao get 17 points and 10 boards in 30 minutes on 6 for 8 shooting? What hope do we have when opposing frontline benchplayers are tearing us up?
Its gonna get ulgy when the Cavs can go 5 deep with Shaq, Big Z, Varejao, Hickson, and Jamison. Our big offseason signing went 1 for 8 with 4 boards in 17 minutes. This was a important game for momentum and yes Wallace has to play better.

You're conveniently neglecting the fact that BBD was playing Varejao much of that game as well. (V played 30 min and Rasheed 17) He was letting him do the same thing all night to him. Considering Varejao is no scrub either and it was one game all year I wouldn't be too harsh. What would you like them to do though, not rotate to a driving Lebron?!

He probably forgot it because it barely happened.

[FatjohnReturns]

Whoops make that 6 deep I forgot Powe. He got as many boards as the artist formely known as Rasheed Wallace in half the minutes plus 6 points.

[FatjohnReturns]

I would like everyone on here to write that same letter to Rondo, PP, Perk, and a whole host of other Celtic players who aren't giving the effort that they should. If you have watched Sheed throughout his career you'd know that he plays this aloof style. I would like him to box out on the weak side a bit better and not let guys like Varaejo continue to get weak side rebounds and put backs, but the guy has switched from only chucking threes to a lot more shots in the post.

He shot 215 threes through the end of January and then only 35 in Feb and only 17 through the last game. That is about half of the threes that he was shooting prior. Everyone whined about it and now that he has changed this everyone is still whining. Maybe you just have a personal grudge?!

Blame Sheed all you want, but the main reason we aren't playing well this year is the starters. THEY are the ones who should be getting the nasty letters.

I do blame Rasheed for the Cavs game. How can Varejao get 17 points and 10 boards in 30 minutes on 6 for 8 shooting? What hope do we have when opposing frontline benchplayers are tearing us up?
Its gonna get ulgy when the Cavs can go 5 deep with Shaq, Big Z, Varejao, Hickson, and Jamison. Our big offseason signing went 1 for 8 with 4 boards in 17 minutes. This was a important game for momentum and yes Wallace has to play better.

You're conveniently neglecting the fact that BBD was playing Varejao much of that game as well. (V played 30 min and Rasheed 17) He was letting him do the same thing all night to him. Considering Varejao is no scrub either and it was one game all year I wouldn't be too harsh. What would you like them to do though, not rotate to a driving Lebron?!

Well helping of Varejao's man isnt working too well bud. How about playing Lebron straigt up and giving him different looks and fresh bodies Tony Allen,Pierce,Marquis,Ray,Finley whoever make him work extra hard.

It seemed to me while Varejao was going off most of the time he was covered by Sheed. I could be wrong though. I do not know the exact breakdown of minutes. I do know he was running around like a young Alonzo Mourning and someone needed to put a body on him. 

[EJPLAYA]

I would like everyone on here to write that same letter to Rondo, PP, Perk, and a whole host of other Celtic players who aren't giving the effort that they should. If you have watched Sheed throughout his career you'd know that he plays this aloof style. I would like him to box out on the weak side a bit better and not let guys like Varaejo continue to get weak side rebounds and put backs, but the guy has switched from only chucking threes to a lot more shots in the post.

He shot 215 threes through the end of January and then only 35 in Feb and only 17 through the last game. That is about half of the threes that he was shooting prior. Everyone whined about it and now that he has changed this everyone is still whining. Maybe you just have a personal grudge?!

Blame Sheed all you want, but the main reason we aren't playing well this year is the starters. THEY are the ones who should be getting the nasty letters.

I do blame Rasheed for the Cavs game. How can Varejao get 17 points and 10 boards in 30 minutes on 6 for 8 shooting? What hope do we have when opposing frontline benchplayers are tearing us up?
Its gonna get ulgy when the Cavs can go 5 deep with Shaq, Big Z, Varejao, Hickson, and Jamison. Our big offseason signing went 1 for 8 with 4 boards in 17 minutes. This was a important game for momentum and yes Wallace has to play better.

You're conveniently neglecting the fact that BBD was playing Varejao much of that game as well. (V played 30 min and Rasheed 17) He was letting him do the same thing all night to him. Considering Varejao is no scrub either and it was one game all year I wouldn't be too harsh. What would you like them to do though, not rotate to a driving Lebron?!

Well helping of Varejao's man isnt working too well bud. How about playing Lebron straigt up and giving him different looks and fresh bodies Tony Allen,Pierce,Marquis,Ray,Finley whoever make him work extra hard.

It seemed to me while Varejao was going off most of the time he was covered by Sheed. I could be wrong though. I do not know the exact breakdown of minutes. I do know he was running around like a young Alonzo Mourning and someone needed to put a body on him. 

No question that Sheed wasn't playing great weak side D. BBD guarded him just as much though in his 15 minutes. He lit them both up. In fact, Hickson also lit them up. One game though. You can't expect an old man to consistently shut down a young athletic guy like V though. Especially when he has to rotate to try and stop Lebron.

Saying play him straight up is fine, however if he had failed to rotate to try you'd be ripping on him for letting Lebron waltz right in and score. He can't win.

[soap07]

EJPLAYA, I'm a little confused by your point in this thread. Do you think that Rasheed has played well this year? Do you think that a majority of fans are solely blaming Rasheed for the team's problems this year?

[nandy16]

Its amazing how earlier in the year the media was hyping the signings of Rasheed Wallace, Vince Carter, Ron Artest, and Richard Jefferson. Everyone loved those signings at the time.  A lot of people said they liked the Rasheed signing most, including Charles Barkley. But that was if the Celtics had signed the All Star Rasheed who gave his best effort all the time, not this out of shape lazy complacent NBA player.

But as the Season has progressed we all have to admit the Rasheed signing was an absolute failure. He is one of the laziest NBA players currently playing, and no matter what anyone says, he has rubbed that laziness onto his teammates. He is not a lock down defender as he used to be. I cant believe we are stuck with this guy for 2 more years.

I support the Celtics no matter what. I root for their players no matter what. But I know when someone is not trying and that is not fair to us fans and to all those aspiring NBA players who give their all in hopes of playing their someday. Playing in the NBA is a privilege and should not be taken for granted.

Is he giving his best effort? As he says "Ball don't lie"!

[soap07]

Vince Carter has begun to play very well in Orlando. Certainly better than Turkoglu in Toronto.

[Greenbean]

Sheed has been really bad on defense this year. Offensively he has adjusted to give us something (occasional post threat) even though it is not what we signed up for (three point shooting threat to spread the floor).

Defensively though he has been really bad. He has yet to get in shape like I thought he would and his rotations are slow. He does not box out and frequently has smaller players grbbing OR's right out of his hands. I think this is painfully obvious.

When he has a bad offensive game like he did against Cleveland he sticks out like a sore thumb which is why we saw the backlash that we did especially on this board.

[EJPLAYA]

EJPLAYA, I'm a little confused by your point in this thread. Do you think that Rasheed has played well this year? Do you think that a majority of fans are solely blaming Rasheed for the team's problems this year?

I think that the majority of posters on here are too chicken to call out the players who affect the game much more than Rasheed. He's just the easy one to pick on. Of COURSE the guys rotations aren't as good as a 25 year old. Yes he hasn't been shooting the ball with the FG% we would like to see. In 20 min a game though he does average 4 boards and 1 block, so I don't think we can say he has been completely awful on D. What I am saying is that the starters for the most part have played much worse than they have in the past and they should be getting most of the blame. If they aren't giving it 100% why should Sheed?!

[jpd985]

EJPLAYA, I'm a little confused by your point in this thread. Do you think that Rasheed has played well this year? Do you think that a majority of fans are solely blaming Rasheed for the team's problems this year?

I think that the majority of posters on here are too chicken to call out the players who affect the game much more than Rasheed. He's just the easy one to pick on. Of COURSE the guys rotations aren't as good as a 25 year old. Yes he hasn't been shooting the ball with the FG% we would like to see. In 20 min a game though he does average 4 boards and 1 block, so I don't think we can say he has been completely awful on D. What I am saying is that the starters for the most part have played much worse than they have in the past and they should be getting most of the blame. If they aren't giving it 100% why should Sheed?!

I have seen threads blaming the starters as well (e.g. Rondo's matador defense, Perks disappearing production, etc.). Sheed is just the least favorable player on the Celtics and a more popular target.

[CelticHooligan3]

Anyone else wonder why no one on the team has called Rasheed out for his lack of overall effort and total complacency? That's my biggest concern.

[KungPoweChicken]

Impressive, that's what I call an intellectual and constructive post. Congrats!

It was short, to the point, and factual. What more could you ask for in a post?

[EJPLAYA]

Anyone else wonder why no one on the team has called Rasheed out for his lack of overall effort and total complacency? That's my biggest concern.

Maybe since they KNOW Sheed and are around him on a daily basis your perception you get from the TV isn't actually reality. Maybe they also realize THEY aren't giving it 100% so who are they to criticize.