Throwback Thursday [Back That Thang Up and Rasheed Wallace]

So, "Tha Carter IV" seems to have disappointed everyone (I actually liked it) but I thought today I would take a look back at Lil Wayne when he was first starting out. Before he ever released an album he was constantly featured on many of the Cash Money songs, and this was the first monster hit Cash Money had, off of the Juvenile album "400 Degreez" which was actually a really good album throughout, and brought the Cash Money sound to the mainstream. In the years since, Juvenile would have numerous finical problems, but Lil Wayne has become arguably the biggest musician working right now, of course when people build you up, eventually they have to tear you down, I think we are witnessing that with Wayne right now. This song however is just fun, and you if throw it on even now girls are lining up to back their thangs up.

Rasheed Wallace was one of the most controversial players of All-Time, like all great players he changed the rules of the game, his record of 41 technical fouls will never be broken as a result of a rule change were now if you get over 15 technical fouls in a season you will be suspended for a game, and no one wants to be suspended,  that Rule Change was all because of Wallace. Wallace has been called many things, a poor sport, a thug, a bad role model, a jerk, but some things he doesn't get called enough are great team player or Winner. Seemingly every team he played for, outside of his first few years in Washington were with teams that were all legit contenders for the title. The 2000 Blazers team he was a big part of was a 4th quarter meltdown away from a possible championship, and would remain contenders throughout his time there. In 2004 Wallace would join Ben Wallace on the Pistons and win an  NBA Title against the Lakers, the Pistons were a perennial threat to win a Title every year in the Eastern Conference. Wallace would have another chance at a Title in 2010 when he join the Celtics, again that team was a 4th quarter meltdown away from a title. Wallace was never the biggest part of any team, but he was a great team player and found ways to contribute, when he couldn't  be a dominate low-post player anymore he became a very good outside shooter, that was the type of person he actually was, tightly wound and angry, definitely, but he would do whatever his team needed him to do to help his team win and that's the Rasheed Wallace that doesn't get talked about enough. Wallace retired last year, while he won't he a Hall of Famer, he will go down as a great all around player and even better team player.

Fun Fact: A Technical Foul can be given for a number of different reasons, but are most of the time given out for poor sportsmanship, like yelling at the refs or players or getting into fights.