Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters
Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters
Sport /  China

Rasheed Wallace blames Detroit Pistons NBA Finals 2005 loss to San Antonio Spurs on league’s China push

  • San Antonio Spurs were ‘NBA’s team’, Wallace claims, with commissioner David Stern calling them the ‘United Nations’
  • Detroit Pistons star tells Knuckleheads podcast that favouritism was because of NBA ‘push to get into China’

Topic |   NBA (National Basketball Association)
Jonathan White
Jonathan White

Updated: 2:44pm, 19 Aug, 2020

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Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters
Detroit Pistons player Rasheed Wallace reacts to a call during the 2007 Eastern Conference NBA play-off basketball series against the Chicago Bulls. Photo: Reuters
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