When two great teams from different eras are compared, it almost always ends in a fight. A similar incident happened recently when Draymond Green selected players from the 2017 Golden State Warriors roster over the Detroit Pistons of 2004. Rasheed Wallace, the forward with the Pistons at the time, took offense at what he had said and retaliated against the four-time champion.
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Sheed wrote, criticizing Green on X (previously Twitter):
“Dray you already know how we got down on that squad! Don’t matter the rules yours or ours….y’all as a team were too f***in little…you can ask more than half ya teammates (who we played against) on that roster… and we can keep it with that year b/c no way yall could f**k with any of us in our prime”.
Origins Of Rasheed Wallace and Draymond Green beef
Wallace delivered this as his most recent blow to Green, who started the whole dispute. In an interview with The Big Podcast last month, he asserted that his 2017 Warriors would have defeated the 2004 Pistons in an NBA Finals matchup. The 34-year-old brazenly stated, “We would have mopped them,” summarizing his ideas.
Wallace quickly took a stand to defend his championship-winning squad after making this statement, which caused everyone to look twice. In a recent episode of Sheed & Tyler, the 49-year-old stated,
“We would’ve beat the s**t out of them…because for the simple fact that they couldn’t match up with us at any position. Steph [Curry] is not a defender…Draymond [Green] is too little…We had more guys with a greater skill set”.
“We would’ve beat the sh*t out of [the 2017 Warriors] because for the simple fact that they couldn’t match up with us at any position… Steph [Curry] not a defender… Draymond [Green] is too little.”
— Rasheed Wallace 🤔
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— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 31, 2024
This reply emphasized their divergent viewpoints and brought a fresh perspective to the discussion. Shortly after, on X, Green responded to Sheed, refusing to let go of the issue and declaring,
“Sheed we would’ve smacked yall. Yall was scoring 72 points per game. That’s not winning a half. And we putting you and them big a** forces in every pick and roll. Let’s see you move them feet”.
Sheed we would’ve smacked yall. Yall was scoring 72 points per game. That’s not winning a half. And we putting you and them big ass forces in every pick and roll. Let’s see you move them feet. That one ring was great though big bro. We all appreciated it! https://t.co/vcICDzfibr
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) June 2, 2024
Therefore, Wallace‘s most recent comments were a direct reaction to Green’s declaration. Since then, the latter has not responded to the Pistons emblem, which has helped to diffuse the tension surrounding this dispute. Therefore, it’s still uncertain where this discourse will go in the next few hours.
But, despite their disagreement, they both showed notable appreciation for one another during the exchange. They refused to change their positions of authority, but they did recognize each other’s teams and accomplishments.
This demonstrated the detrimental effects of this style of discourse once more and gave rise to one of the most entertaining off-court situations in recent memory.
