SHEEEEEED! Rasheed Wallace is the oil in Pistons' basketball machine; Piston forward still among the best power forwards in the NBA

Michigan Chronicle, January, 2006 by Stein, Leland, III

Stein, Leland, III Michigan Chronicle 01-24-2006 Ben Wallace is the Piston on the Pistons. Tayshaun Prince, Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton are the ignition that fires up the Pistons. And Rasheed Wallace is the oil that lubricate the Pistons. The Random House Dictionary of English Language defines oil as being illuminating, viscous (glutinous and adhesive) and combustible. Wallace displays all those properties and more as he lubricates the Piston's well-oiled basketball machine that presently stands as the best team in the entire NBA. When the Pistons are firing on all cylinders, Rasheed Wallace is in the middle to do whatever is necessary to push the team towards victory - rebounding, blocking shots, scoring, hitting three-pointers, screaming at ...

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