Not the players, of course, but David Stern and all of the league's officials. We all agree on this, right? In case you still need convincing (and if you do I imagine you're also one of those people who was never convinced the whole "landing on the moon thing," either), check out this nugget from Pistons beat reporter Chris McCosky's blog in the Detroit News:You may have noticed that Wallace was on the bench in the first half of the game at Miami Friday but not in the second half. Here's why. Somebody from the league office saw him on the bench, deemed that his dress was not appropriate, called Pistons PR man Kevin Grigg and had Wallace banished to the locker room. Wallace was wearing dress slacks and a long-sleeve, collered, button-down dress shirt -- I think it's called a walking suit, but don't hold me to that. Bottom line, for Sheed, it was formal wear. But some league fashionista didn't like it. Apparently, the dress code mandates that players wear a sports coat when they are on the bench. Whatever. If he was wearing jeans or a sweatsuit, yeah, boot him off the bench. But to pick on him for what he wore Friday was petty. Sheed had to stay in the locker room again Saturday for the same reason.I watched the game and saw Rasheed on the sidelines in the first half. His outfit wasn't sloppy at all (sadly, there aren't any pictures I can show you), and while I'm not qualified to debate what technically makes a suit a suit, I highly doubt whatever lackey the league employs to watch for offenders is on the cutting edge of fashion design, either.
Seriously, the league ought to be embarrassed for making an issue of this, especially in the middle of an actual game -- there's no urgency with this issue, a warning would suffice after the fact. And if league is monitoring the sidelines with such enthusiasm, I hope someone was also keeping an eye on the referees, who were giving Shaquille O'Neal some very generous calls late in the game.
(via Empty the Bench)
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They definitely don't like rasheed, but it also shouldn't be this hard for him to just lay off talking to the refs. A sacrifice, but then the tech problems end.
They definitely don't like rasheed, but it also shouldn't be this hard for him to just lay off talking to the refs. A sacrifice, but then the tech problems end.
It's not like it is completely unwarranted. This is the same'Sheed that got thrown out of the McDonald's All American Game, for Pete's sake. Who gets thrown out of an all-star game?
If my company said, wear a suit to work every day, and I showed up in "Business Casual" with no coat, it wouldn't be acceptable. Everyone KNOWS what a suit is Matt, a suit is a suit. If the rule requires a "sports coat" then wear a friggin Sports Coat.
The dress code is pathetic, and the NBA may hate Rasheed, but Wallace has known since October of 2005 that he needs to have a sport coat on when coming to the arena and sitting on the bench. Silly though it may be, he knew better, and the NBA has no reason to let it slide.
Apparently, the others who commented hate Sheed too. I think the dress code is a bunch of crap.
This is just getting ridiculous. The NBA pays its players to play basketball, not to dress like they work in an office building. And even so, it's not like Sheed didn't put any effort into looking his spiffiest. Am I going to think Rasheed Wallace is more of a thug because he isn't adhering to a 100% exact dress code that is incredibly meticulous? No. He was dressed up, and for the NBA to ban him from sitting on the bench in the middle of a game is just plain ridiculous.
Rasheed Wallace is so totally awesome so David stern can kiss my butt k
rasheed Wallace is awesome and if u don't agree u can tlk to me so stop dissin' him