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Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is
an American professional basketball player. He
currently plays Center for the Detroit Pistons of
the National Basketball Association. At 6 ft 11 1/2
in (212 cm) and 230 lb (104 kg), Wallace plays power
forward or center depending on the opposition.
Originally selected out of the University of North
Carolina by the Washington Bullets (now the Wizards)
in the 1995 NBA Draft, Wallace was named to the
All-Rookie second team following his first season.
Following the same season he was traded to the
Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Rod
Strickland and Harvey Grant. He had a career high 42
points against the Denver Nuggets in 2000 and was a
key member of the Blazers team that made it to the
Western Conference Finals that same year. Wallace
had a career best 19.4 points per game in 2002 for
the Blazers.
In 2004 Rasheed Wallace helped power the Detroit
Pistons to the NBA title and obtained his first
championship ring. In Detroit, Wallace has become
known for selfless team play and integrated with Ben
Wallace to form the core of the Pistons' smothering
defensive game. He dubbed the duo "Wallace x 2"
shortly after he arrived in Detroit in 2004.
On October 27, 2007, Wallace stated that the NBA is
no longer like a sport, but more like the World
Wrestling Federation: fake and just for money and
entertainment. NBA Commissioner David Stern rebuked
him by calling his statement "disrespectful."
In his rookie season Wallace was involved in a
custody dispute with the biological mother of his
son. The boy, Ismail, was living with his father and
his then fiance, Fatima, before the mother of the
child kidnapped him. Wallace went on TV, pleading
people to help in the return of his son, and the
following winter his pleading worked. A woman saw
the boy and his mother, recognized him from
Wallace's commercial and called the police. The boy
and Wallace were reunited and he has been given
custody since then.
