Ive organized the books nine chapters into three parts, preceded by a. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Wallace, the former nba allstar with the portland trail blazers and detroit pistons, expressed his views on cosmic retribution whenever an opponent missed a free throw after what he believed was. Rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have mostly meant punishment for him. The ball dont lie commandments, as set down by sheed, are as follows.
Pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth ball dont lie. Todd boyd, author of young, black, rich and famous. Can you relate to the character sticky in ball don t lie. Ball don t lie is said when a player misses one, two or all three of his free throws after a questionable read as. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream american popular culture. The rise of the nba, the hip hop invasion and the transformation of american culture ball dont lie. The only way i can relate to him is that stick and i played ball and we. Pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic. Although rasheed wallace may come off to the public as an inarticulate nba thug, some, like myself, believe that he is a deeper individual, both in intelligence and in a spiritual sense.
After sitting out the last two seasons in retirement, rasheed wallace is back with a vengeance terrorizing rookies and refs with his proclamations that the ball dont lie. You can try and blame the economy, your competition, the prospect, or some internal issue your company is trying to work on, but at the end of the day, your activity dont lie. Books similar to ball dont lie goodreads share book. Dec 05, 2012 rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have mostly meant punishment for him. Its the passion to come back and show yall how post players really need to play oldschool basketball. The protagonist sticky is a boy from the slums of california who spent a large portion of his life in an orphanage. Ball don t lie is an outstanding read by a gifted young author, a book you will hold close in heart and mind.
Rasheed wallace took a high school head coaching job and ball. Rasheed wallace gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball dont lie. Rasheed wallace retired this summer for the second time, but today is his 39th birthday, so were bringing you 5 of our favorite sheed videos. Find books like ball dont lie from the worlds largest community of readers. But a great film and if you get the chance i highly recommend seeing ball don t lie. If the nba allstar game were today, tracy mcgrady who has played about 20 minutes. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name, travis reichard, is rarely used.
One notable incident occurred in a december 2, 2012, game against the phoenix suns. Rasheed wallace keeps technicals flowing with ball dont lie. Before he retired, he left behind this exemplum of the phrases use. Ball don t lie, whos gracytracy, jenna marblesstoolala, blogger salaries think thats a dumb question anyone but people ask it all the time, and im sure theres more questions. The idea behind the ball don t lie phrase is this when a player. Mar 08, 2019 rasheed wallace took a high school head coaching job and ball dont lie march 8, 2019 by am 1530 rasheed wallace was a 4time allstar and a key contributor on detroits 2004 title team, but is best known for leading the nba in getting td up for like 15 straight years and being one of the premiere trash talkers in league history. As a prereading activity, teach a lesson on figurative language and use synectic boxes to learn about similes. Yall are used to all this new, young stuff, highflying and dunking. Goodreads members who liked ball dont lie also liked. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name.
Apr 18, 2019 in the sales world, there is one thing that does not lie either. Colas uses the ball dont lie taunt of rasheed wallace towards officials, with its origins in black american pickup basketball, to analyze what he terms as the 9 major foundational and discursive myths of basketball. Your ball to rasheed wallace would be your daily activity. It stars and1 mixtape team member grayson boucher, a. Stephen jackson talks losing respect for tony parker, lebron and kyries health the herd duration. Ball dont lie plays out over one day in the life of sticky boucher. Dont worry, i can explain it without violating the spoiler alert treaty from the. Todd boyd, the katherine and frank price endowed chair for the study of race and. Rasheed wallace and the politics of protest in the. With ball dont lie, wallace keeps technicals flowing. Rasheed wallace will read the donaghy book and a recap of 2009 nba fines. Rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have.
An indepth look at whether rasheed wallace was right about players missing free throws after bad calls. Our tshirts are made from preshrunk 100% cotton and a heathered triblend fabric. Apr 26, 2008 very authentic when it came to that for sure. Rasheed wallace and the politics of protest in the nba between the lines. Your typical young adult book is going to generally have a set of young characters, some element of romance, and your stereotypical coming of age story where the main protagonist grows and develops as a character.
Ball dont lie is a 2008 film directed by brin hill. Pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth ball don t lie. Ball dont lie theory predates rasheed wallace by about two decades. Mar 01, 2017 an indepth look at whether rasheed wallace was right about players missing free throws after bad calls. After sitting out the last two seasons in retirement, rasheed wallace is back with a vengeance terrorizing rookies and refs with his proclamations that the ball don t lie.
A few episodes ago on lost, something happened that made me think of rasheed wallace. Graysons performance was also very good, as were all of the actors. Jan 04, 2019 three words rasheed wallace made famous came back to bite the warriors in thursdays loss to the houston rockets ball. Wallace popularized the phrase ball don t lie, used when a player on the opposing team misses a free throw after a disputed call by the referees. Pdf this analysis offers a contextualized close reading of the phrase ball dont lie. Jan 29, 2014 ball dont lie is full of powerful imagery, metaphors, and similes.
With about 29 seconds remaining, kevin durant appeared to save a loose ball that was headed outofbounds. Rasheed wallace came back to the nba to show yall how. He attended the university of the pacific on a basketball scholarship and went on to earn a master of fine arts in creative writing at san diego state. Look for his other books, mexican whiteboy, we were here, i will save you, the living, which was named a pura belpre honor book, and the hunted, all available from delacorte press. Rasheed wallace, who holds the record for most technical fouls in a season with 41, was even ejected from a game for asserting his ball don t lie mantra after playing just 85 seconds.