Rasheed Wallace Will Wear No. 30 This Season
Recently, some conspiracy theorists in the blogosphere pointed out that Rasheed Wallace’s No. 36 jersey wasn’t available for sale on the Pistons’ team site. They were up in arms, writing about this in caps lock, yelling that if ‘Sheed’s jersey isn’t for sale then the trade rumors circulating all summer must be coming true.
Actually, they weren’t entirely wrong. Though Wallace isn’t going anywhere right now, there was a reason that his jersey was taken off the Pistons’ site: he’s changing from No. 36 to No. 30 - the number that he’s donned for the majority of his career - for the upcoming ‘08-09 season.
My life is often governed by the laws of superstition: eat the same pre-game meal every time, always wash your hands during halftime, don’t wash a jersey coming off a win, watch the full Brian Dawkins Weapon X video immediately before taking the court, etc. If I had the success that ‘Sheed did wearing No. 30 during the Pistons’ championship ‘03-04 season, I would have never changed away from it.
But after spending three years wearing 36 and having nothing to show for it, maybe Wallace’s jersey is the first piece of karma that needs to realign for the Pistons to make it back to the promised land.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am
justice says:
When i was youger i was into that jersey no stuff hard, till aau when some dude wearing like no 57 gave me all i could handle from then on i stopped caring i just close my eyes and grab a shirt.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:04 am
justice says:
No is number
September 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
YOUNGFED says:
A number is just a number to the bums that never played real ball.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:08 am
fallinup says:
Well, that says it all right there. I’m calling my bookie up and dropping my life savings on the Pistons winning the championship this year. No doubt in my mind now.
September 17th, 2008 at 9:15 am
GEE...currently pop locking and then the windmill! says:
LOL I am for anything that will motivate Sheed to play hard every game. The number thing won’t lol. Hopefully it might at least add another 10 he plays hard for though.
don’t wash a jersey coming off a win,…what if you keep winning…THAT JERSEYS GONNA STANK!
It’s gonna smell like Sulfur, onions and feet!
September 17th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Coop says:
‘Sheed isn’t going to step anything up until Detroit gets a real leader, preferably an on-court one. They need a dictator as opposed to the bunch of laissez-faire guys they have now, guys who dont have any desire to win (other than Maxiell I think).
September 17th, 2008 at 9:35 am
s.bucketz says:
i hav a feeling u dont kno wut laissez-faire means..
September 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am
florida_evans says:
I am -whomever I say I be
and if I say I’m French then m@th4f*ck%r,c’est la vie
-Gio D.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:39 am
MoxWestCoastRep says:
Sheed can throw on 23- the Stones aint winning the chip this year. Not enough fire power to get through the East. (did i just say that? lol)
SOrry Fed.
Laaaaakers boy!
September 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Jeronimo says:
Does anybody know why he decided to wear number 36?
September 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Coop says:
buckets,
In this context I meant a relaxed, rule by committee democracy. No-one takes charge, they all just bimble around and don’t it by the ho-jos.
September 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am
ERIC says:
@jeronimo -
i could be wrong, but i think 36 was the age of a relative (maybe his brother) who had died.
can anyone confirm or correct that?
September 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
bill says:
surely not washing your singlet after a W isn’t a legit supersition.
Thats just gross
September 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
parinaz suns says:
amare changed his number kobe changed his number and they still havent won any championships since then
September 17th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
it aint easy bein green says:
yo if i cant wear #2 in any sport that i play it compleatly fucks w/me
sheeds one of my favorite players in the L, but nothing’s gonna stop my boys in green from comin out the east again this year.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
GEE...currently pop locking and then the windmill! says:
Perhaps the whole team should change numbers.
Can you imagine if players could have 3 numbers on their jersey.
411
911
420
All the Area codes
birthday dates
Yea I am pretty bored.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
bobby stew says:
Today is Sheed’s birthday!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
miamiVIS3 says:
Soooo by that logic Kobe should go back to 8 right?
September 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Quest??? says:
oh my god brian dawkings is a beast, but i already knew that, however i hadnt seen those wrestling move tackles he made….that was insane!!!!!!! b4 i go play basketball i usually listen to something that inspires, something like juelz santana’s nike song i write my initials on my shooting arm and hand. and now im gonna watch that brian dawkings video that video got mt punped uo WUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
September 17th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Heaven Is A Playground says:
It doesn’t matter if Sheed changes his number back to 30. The pistons time is up, and the torch is now passed on to the C’s and Cavs.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Tim says:
What’s up with all this Pistons hate….they aren’t going anywhere folks….Look at their Bench…all that youth getting coached by those vets….they will be players for a while…Stuckey is gonna be a superstar they will build around….
And everyone’s acting like KG, Allen, and Pierce got a year younger…
when the dust settles, Pistons will be right there with a shot…And aside from Sheed Billups, and Dyess the rest are still young…Maxiell is already performing well…and Stuckey will be too…so take out Billups and Sheed and your starting lineup would be Stuckey, Rip, Prince, Maxiell, and someone at C….
that’s not a bad lineup at all folks….
September 18th, 2008 at 3:01 am
kowtz says:
Jordan changed his number to 45 and he won agai* ….
Wait… My bad…
Hahahaha…
Superstitions? we call them stupidstitions…
- Jordan wearing his NC shorts every game in the NBA…
- Kobe changing shoes at the half (OLYMPICS) changing his mentality from scoring to defense
- Numerous number changes
Superstion only benefits coloumnists… It makes a great story…
Number changes only benefits Jersey Sales…