Rasheed Misquoted by ESPN

In response to the NBA's proposed system for fining players for "egregious" flopping, Rasheed Wallace had the following to say:

"...All that bullshit-ass calls they had out there. With Mike and Kenny -- y'all seen that shit. A lot of them phantom calls... cats flopping and falling all over the floor, and they're calling that bullshit - that shit ain't basketball what they want out there. It's all fuckin' entertainment. You all fuckin' know that shit. All that shit is entertainment."

The quote was actually changed when it was transcribed by espn.com. Their version is as follows:

"All that bull[expletive]-ass calls they had out there. With Mike [Callahan] and Kenny [Mauer] -- you've all seen that [expletive]," Wallace said. "You saw them calls. The cats are flopping all over the floor and they're calling that [expletive]. That [expletive] ain't basketball out there. It's all [expletive] entertainment. You all should know that [expletive]. It's all [expletive] entertainment."

Note how they changed "That ain't basketball what they want out there" to "That ain't basketball out there." The league wants the entertainment part of their sport to be prominent, and Rasheed is a true basketball player. If I were him, the flopping of Vujacic, Ginobili, Wade, Nowitzki, Varejao, etc. would drive me insane. I mean, I just watch and these guys drive me nuts when the flop all over the place. I am glad the league is taking action, and I am pleased to hear Wallace speak his mind about this.

ESPN Video: http://tinyurl.com/4keqr9