Sheed Retiring

Boston Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace will retire this summer, an NBA source said on Thursday. Wallace will walk away from the final two years and $13 million remaining on his contract and conclude a 15-year career that peaked with an NBA championship with the Detroit Pistons in 2004.

Wallace, 35, scored 15,860 points and grabbed 7,321 rebounds while playing with the Celtics, Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks and Washington Bullets (as they were known at the time). He had indicated to the Celtics that he was feeling too worn down to continue playing after this season. ESPN

At least Rasheed did the honorable thing and retire instead of playing out the rest of his contract and costing the Celtics a ton of money. I feel bad for Sheed, because had such a rollercoaster of a year, and he played extremely well come playoff time. He probably played his best game as a Celtic in game 7 of the finals, unfortunately we just couldn't win. I have always loved Sheed (even though he is a son of a bitch) and will be sad to see him and his antics retire. This will obviously leave a big hole in the Celtics frontcourt, but at least his salary is off the cap. So thank you for your time Rasheed, now go yell at your wife or the pool guy.