One of the most underrated big men of his generation, Rasheed Wallace was the complete package and could offer both offense and defense, but having hair-trigger temper on the court and racking up the third most technicals of all time, has him better remembered for his words than his game over the years. But Rasheed Wallace was one of the winningest players of all time who played in 14 straight postseasons and made it to the conference finals in over half of those. He was a star high schooler who was mentioned in the same sentence as Wilt Chamberlain and would go on to play two stellar years for the North Carolina Tar Heels alongside another great NBA player in Jerry Stackhouse. He spent his rookie season on a Washington Bullets team featuring Chris Webber and Juwan Howard until being traded to Portland. And as a Trailblazer, Wallace was arguably the best player on some of the most complete teams Portland has ever put together alongside guys like Isaiah Rider, Damon Stoudamire, Arvydas Sabonis, Scottie Pippen and Steve Smith. He would help lead the team to back to back Western Conference Finals Appearances, but could never get over the hump. But in 2004, he would find his way to the Detroit Pistons with Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince and would provide them with the missing piece they needed to win the 2004 NBA Finals. The remainder of his time in Detroit would be filled with memorable playoff runs before he signed onto the Boston Celtics in 2010, retired for two years then briefly came back with The New York Knicks in 2013. But throughout all those years, Rasheed Wallace was a catalyst to every team's playoff success.
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