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Agent says Rasheed likes Detroit, but ...If you think that Rasheed Wallace is a lock to stay in Detroit once his contract expires this summer you are wrong. The Pistons are still the front runners for the All-Star forward's services according to Wallace's agent William Strickland, but he also added that Wallace is not ruling out any potential suitors either, including the Knicks. New York was his team of preference before being traded from Atlanta to Detroit. "I've been very straightforward with him and he knows every one of his options," Strickland said. "But right now, it's too premature to discuss free agency." Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rasheed must do more if he's pushing out OkurThe no-risk trade of aquiring Rasheed Wallace at this year's deadline wasn't a no-risk trade after all according to Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free-Press. The risk comes in the form of young 7 footer Mehmet Okur, and the fact that he could be pushed out of Detroit. Wallace thus far has been tentative in these playoffs, being too unselfish for his own good. With guard Chaucey Billups strives for the ball to be in his hands with the game on the line, the same cannot be said for Wallace. With the Game 2 coming down to the wire coach Larry Brown drew up a play for second year forward Tayshawn Prince - not Wallace - to take the final shot. These are the plays that earn a player big dollars. 'If he's hesitant to assume the burden of wanting the outcome of a crucial playoff game on his shoulders, then he's not worthy of the maximum free agent dollars he could command from the Pistons this summer.' writes Sharp, who has not been the only person to notice Wallace's play. Charles Barkley called out Rasheed at halftime of TNT's broadcast on Saturday, saying Wallace possessed too much talent to put up modest numbers and that he can't be afraid to star. Wallace will be GM Joe Dumar's top priority this summer, and Okur will be up there too, but with his minutes on the decline during these playoffs will he be tempted to leave for a team wielding dollars? Detroit cannot afford it. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Pistons look to Rasheed, PrincePerry Farrell of the Detroit Free Press writes that if the Detroit Pistons want to take control of their series with the Milwaukee Bucks, both Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince need to take more shots. Wallace is averaging 16.5 points while shooting 58.3 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from three-point range., while Prince is averaging 15 points shooting 45.5 percent from the field. More importantly though Wallace has been averaging 12 shots and Prince 11 a game. "He's a mismatch for anybody, so we must get him a little more involved and play off him a little more," said point guard Chauncey Billups on Wallace. "We've been working on a couple of things as far as getting the ball down low and letting him open the game up. If you have a player like that you have to take advantage of his abilities." Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Pistons Apr 2004 Archive
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