Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
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His team may be struggling for their playoff lives, but center Rasheed Wallace thinks the Pistons still will regain their playoff swagger — and have a shot to win the NBA title.
“We’re still trying to win that championship, even though most people don’t think that we can. But we still believe that we can,” Wallace said today after a team practice that lasted more than two hours.
“For the last few (years), everyone said, ‘Oh, oh, Pistons, Pistons, Pistons,’” Wallace said in a mock plaintive tone. “But even then, honestly, for the last few they counted us out. They never said we won’t be there and this and that, but we’ve always been there. So now we definitely have to prove to it, that we will be there.”
The Pistons will play their final five games of the regular season over eight days beginning Wednesday at New York. Wallace said the thinks that’s enough time for the veteran team to hit its stride as it attempts to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the seventh straight year.
“Ah, definitely,” he said. “And I think our swagger will come with the playoffs. We have a lot of veterans on here who we’ve all went deep into the playoffs for the last so-and-so years. So I think we’ll definitely get our swagger back once we get that rolling and get into the playoffs; that whole playoff atmosphere, playoff mystique then — we’re good.”
Re: Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
Gonna need that attitude. This year, the Pistons get beat by the Cavs again, except this time they have Iverson's expiring contract. Joe Dumars saw this coming?
Re: Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
need everyone to step up on the defense and their offense has to be almost perfect
ill give a standing ovation if they can take the Cavs to a game 7
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Re: Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
Sure. Teams that have been below average all year long are suddenly going to flip the switch and become a title contender. Then again, he is supposed to believe in his team.
Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
Pistons' Wallace: 'Our Swagger Will Come With The Playoffs'
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