Former Pistons player Rasheed Wallace has been exchanging barbs with Draymond Green over whether the 2004 Pistons could defeat the 2017 Warriors.
The 2017 Golden State team was known for their incredible offense, while the 2004 Detroit team was revered for their exceptional defense.
Wallace caused a stir last week when he confidently claimed that his 2004 Pistons championship team would give the Dubs a tough time.
“We would have beat the sh*t out of [the Warriors] because they couldn’t match up with us at any position,” Wallace stated on Sheed & Tyler. “Steph’s not a defender. He would have had to guard Rip. How many screens Rip coming off of,” Wallace continued, highlighting potential matchup problems such as Tayshaun Prince’s scoring ability and Chauncy Billups’ playmaking.
Green fired back on X, “Sheed we would’ve smacked yall. Yall was scoring 72 points per game. That’s not winning a half. And we putting you and them big ass forces in every pick and roll. Let’s see you move them feet. That one ring was great though big bro. We all appreciated it!”
In response, Wallace replied on X, emphasizing that there is no animosity between them.
“First and foremost this isn’t a beef, Draymond is my lil bro who I am proud of so no matter what we say it will never be personal so don’t try to blow this up cause we both know how cats do!!!”
He then addressed Green’s tweet, asserting, “Dray you already know how we got down on that squad!! Don’t matter the rules yours or ours …. y’all as a team were too f*ckin little… you can ask more than half ya teammates (who we played against) on that roster… and we can keep it with that year b/c no way yall could fuck with any of us in our prime… at any point I can come on ya show or you can come visit mines and we can go thru the roster man for man coach for coach ….”
