The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name, travis reichard, is rarely used. The book is a gritty comingofage story of a troubled throwaway named sticky his real name, travis reichard. Pro basketball player rasheed wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic. Unhappy with the previous call, sheed bellowed ball dont lie. Rasheed wallace took a high school head coaching job and. Untill he was six he lived with his mother that was a drug addict and would leave him on the street to beg for money and give it to her so she can buy her drugs.
But a great film and if you get the chance i highly recommend seeing ball dont lie. With ball dont lie, wallace keeps technicals flowing. Dakich acknowledged that, but said that this was a common. To begin with, it defines the topic of the book the intersection of basketball and languagestakes a position within that intersection, and reminds us that this intersection involves dynamics of power. This analysis offers a contextualized close reading of the phrase ball dont lie. Holden ben affleck teaches alyssa joey lauren adams how to play skee ball and there is a bit of a learning curve. It implies that the ball possessed of its own moral compass tips the scales of oncourt justice, and not the referees or the other players. Ball dont lie by cottrell jr kevin cottrell jr english hardcover book free sh. Someone finally put rasheed wallaces ball dont lie. Rasheed wallace yells ball dont lie because sheed likes to yell things the absolute best conceit in basketball is there is some sort of cosmic justice. You cant forget ball dont lie, as in the above play in 2012 where wallace was ejected after. Rasheed wallace just got ejected after 85 seconds of.
Published on dec 2, 2012 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 gets called for a technical foul after fouling luis scola, and earns yet another and the ejection after shouting ball dont lie. We print the highest quality rasheed wallace tshirts on the internet. Holden mcneil ben affleck, alyssa joey lauren adams about. A native of philadelphia, wallace played college basketball at the university of north carolina before moving on to the nba in 1995. He was known to frequently yell, that ball dont lie. In fact, i consider his 317 career technical fouls a rough index of his ability to convey to. Ive organized the books nine chapters into three parts, preceded by a. It was great seeing some notable actors playing different roles then you are used to seeing them in. Theres a simple poetry to it, the streetrighteous version of cheaters never prosper. Does the balls inherent truthfulness inform the miss or the other way around. Rasheed wallace will read the donaghy book and a recap of 2009 nba fines.
The ball dont lie, but sometimes rasheed wallaces critics do, larry brown said. Dakich acknowledged that, but said that this was a. Podcast professionale sulla nba, analisi, spunti di riflessione e competenza. Ball dont lie by cottrell jr kevin cottrell jr english. This was an evident variation of the phrase ball dont lie, which was popularized by rasheed wallace, dating back to at least 2006. Sheed brings ball dont lie catchphrase to nba coaching. An indepth look at whether rasheed wallace was right about. Sticky the protagonist of the book ball dont lie is a tall 63 basketball player. 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 university. The shirts i ordered are too embarrassing to wear and i wouldnt feel comfortable selling them to people. Although im honoring sheed on his birthday by emphasizing his temper and getting kicked off the court, i could go on and on about all of the good things the nba champion and 4 x nba allstar did on the court at north carolina and as a member of the. In other words, when sheed yells out ball dont lie, hes basically saying im right, youre wrong, and the basketball gods agree with me. The prose moves with the rhythm of a bouncing basketball and those who dont mind mixing their sports stories with some true grit may find themselves hypnotized.
A closer listen to wallaces holy cry further muddies the waters. Shop rasheed wallace tshirts created by independent artists from around the globe. Ball dont lie theory predates rasheed wallace by about two decades. The beginning of balls dont lie is an introduction to the world of lincoln rec, the public gym that does. It can go a lot deeper than the actual statement itself, wallace said of his credo. The protagonist sticky is a boy from the slums of california who spent a large portion of his life in an. Rasheed wallace ball dont lie tshirt by wongkayznba. This was an evident variation of the phrase ball dont lie, which was popularized by rasheed wallace, datingback to at least 2006. 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.
Your annual reminder that rasheed wallace is a national treasure. Here, sheed earns a first technical, and after the opponent misses the free throw, he shouts out ball dont lie so loudly that its the only audible thing in the arena and gets. This study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ball dont lie. It was a vintage sheed moment, imparting his volatile wisdom on the games. Rasheed wallace keeps technicals flowing with ball dont lie. The bulletin sticky is a beataroundthehead foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. The enigma that is rasheed wallace was back in portland on thursday, and for the first time since his nba playing and coaching career ended, he was at a trail blazers game as a fan. Todd boyd, author of young, black, rich and famous. Rasheed wallaces ball dont lie catchphrase suggests that the ball is the ultimate arbiter of oncourt justice, but recently those words have.
The analysis first explains how ball dont lie counters what can be called. Ball dont lie has these to ball dont lie is something of an oddity among books specific to the young adult genre. Rasheed abdul wallace born september 17, 1974 is an american former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the national basketball association nba. The former pistons coach was irritated by some of the reaction friday to. The ball is, essentially, the unbiased judge who will not reward the player by going in if the apparent foul was indeed bullshit. For a generation of fashionminded kids who came of age in the glory days of the team formerly known as the jail blazers, ball dont lie and both teams played hard went beyond delightfully. In a move that immediately makes rasheed the coolest high school coach in the country, he will be teaching the next generation the virtues of ball dont lie and just generally being rasheed wallace, which should be worth the price of admission in itself. Todd boyd, the katherine and frank price endowed chair for the study of race and. If a foul call is disputed by the one cast as the guilty party, then the ball will have final say over whether the call. Forty years later and jillys arcade in ocean city still offers skee ball for 10 cents. Rasheed wallace carries the lessons learned playing for. Graysons performance was also very good, as were all of the actors.
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