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Former Detroit Pistons star Rasheed Wallace has been engaged with Draymond Green in a discussion initiated by Wallace himself regarding the 2004 Detroit Pistons' potential to defeat the 2017 Golden State Warriors. Last week, Wallace took to his podcast Sheed & Tyler to boldly proclaim that his Pistons would be a matchup problem for the 2017 Golden State Warriors. Wallace's comments seemed to be a response to Green who appeared on The Big Podcast with Shaquille O'Neal.
“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
“We would have beat the sh*t out of [the Warriors] because for the simple fact, they couldn't match up with us at any position. Steph's not a defender. He would have had to guard Rip. How many screens Rip coming off of,” Wallace said confidently. He then named what he felt was other matchup problems such as Tayshaun Prince's scoring ability, which he often didn't show because of his elite wing defense, and Chauncy Billups playmaking.
Green responded on X on Sunday morning, posting, “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!”
Wallace didn't take long to respond, posting a lengthy retort on Sunday evening. He made it a point to let everyone know that he and Green didn't have issue with each other and that they were close.
“First and foremost this isn’t a beef, Draymond is my lil bro who I am proud of so no matter what we say it will never be personal so don’t try to blow this up cause we both know how cats do!!!”
He then responded to Green's tweet, saying, “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*ckin 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 fuck with any of us in our prime… at any point I can come on ya show or you can come visit mines and we can go thru the roster man for man coach for coach ….”
The conversation between Draymond Green and Rasheed Wallace is interesting, as it pits one of the best offensive teams of all time in the 2017 Warriors vs one of the best defensive teams of all time in the 2004 Pistons. Hypothetical debates over matchups occur doing each offseason and have often included the Kevin Durant & Steph Curry-led Warriors squad since their championship victory in 2017. But, it appears that the debate is far from over as Wallace & Green will likely appear on each others's podcast to continue the debate.
