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| Joe D. Talks About Uncle Sheed
Quote: LANGLOIS: A few weeks ago you won at San Antonio on the Thursday night TNT telecast and Rasheed was extremely active and had a big game against Duncan. Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith both said he was one of the top two or three talents in the league when he played that way. Again the other night at Indiana, you could see from Rasheed’s body language that he knew he could dominate against Jeff Foster, Troy Murphy and David Harrison. His 3-point shooting is a weapon and there’s a fine line to walk, but would you – as many outsiders also say – like to see him spend more time posting up and less on the perimeter?
DUMARS: I would love to see him on the low block more than he is. I also know you have to allow him to pick and pop and shoot the long ball as well. I’ve always said for every four possessions, I’d love to see him on that block three times and shooting that 3 once. I’d love for it to be a 3:1 ratio with him. On the nights that it is – the San Antonio and Indiana nights – you see how good we can be. You see how good he is. So that’s always a constant battle, to have him on that low block three times as much as he’s on that 3-point line. But when you have a Rasheed Wallace, you take all of it. You can’t cherry-pick just the part that you like. Sometimes you live with what comes with it and know and trust that he’ll be there for you.
LANGLOIS: Let me ask a layman’s question then. Wouldn’t it be as simple as to call more plays that call for him to start off in the post?
DUMARS: Yeah, absolutely. But there are ways not to shoot that ball in the post even when it’s called for you. You can end up drifting out a little bit further and facing up and shooting an 18-foot jump shot. On those nights like San Antonio and Indiana when you see he’s committed to being on that low post, you know he’s committed to it. And sometimes we’ll call the same plays and that might turn into an 18-foot jump shot. It’s just a matter of commitment to staying there.
LANGLOIS: I get that question a lot, too, and my answer comes back to the tremendous physical price you pay to make yourself a low-post option. And now that you’re also asking him to defend the low post more than ever, that’s putting a lot of burden on a 33-year-old body. Is that valid?
DUMARS: Right. And think about this, too. Think about Tim Duncan. You think about him as a great low-post scorer, right? But how often do you see him step out, turn, face from 15 feet and shoot the bank shot off the glass? That’s what he’s known for. That’s his signature shot. You have to get off that post sometimes. You have to give that guy a different look. You have to relieve your body of the pounding sometimes. So it’s not like we don’t ever want him to get off that box. We want to take advantage of the fact he’s a 7-foot guy who can drain 3s. That’s a weapon. You don’t want to lose that. You just want the right balance. | PISTONS: Taking the Temperature 
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