When Rasheed Wallace said “two teams played hard”
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One year after that Allen Iverson and his legendary “practice?” »», Rasheed Wallace He also offered an unforgettable moment at the press conference.
27. April 2003 year, after the beat of Blazers in the game 4 of the first round of playoffs against Maverik, the interior appeared in front of the media. The journalists had their own questions, the player came with his answers. Finally, only one answer: “Two teams were hard played.” » (“Both teams played HARD” EN VO).
And it wasn’t a simple quantor language from the player or a possible sign of disappointment (Portland won in this match, even if Dallas still led 3-1 in the series), but the desire to evacuate this moment.
Fifteen years later, on the set show JumpChampion in 2004. He justified for this cult moment.
“I tried to be good”He left. “He came from my war with the media (Editor’s note: his portrait during these years), when I was in Portland. There are many fake things about us about us. If I was talking, I was fine, and that I didn’t speak, I’m fine, too. So I came with this sentence. »»
The NBA, which hardly appreciated a small number of Rasheed Wallace, remained sanctioning the player … fines of $ 30,000 in the process.
But this famous penalty, which is often used at the players’ press conference as coaches, and now sticks to Rasheed Wallace as well as fun Terry Stotts and 2019.
2025-09-17 09:32:00
