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Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:00 am EDT

Flip Saunders is the new Rasheed Wallace

By J.E. Skeets

Michael Lee of The Washington Post caught this hilarious exchange during last night's uneventful Atlanta Hawks-Washington Wizards preseason game.

It's nothing groundbreaking, but when Flip Saunders starts wearing jogging pants and Air Force 1's with the strap undone, well, we'll know who to blame.

"At the start of the fourth quarter, Fabricio Oberto(notes) was called for fouling former Maryland product Joe Smith(notes). Saunders cursed, saying that the foul call was horse manure. He was immediately handed a technical foul. 'If I got a tech every time I said that, I wouldn't coach a game in this league,' Saunders said.

But Saunders provided more entertainment afterward. When Hawks guard Mo Evans missed the technical foul, Saunders channeled his inner Rasheed Wallace(notes) and shouted, 'Ball don't lie!' The coaches on the bench chuckled.

Smith went up and missed the first free throw and Saunders shouted again, 'Ball don't lie!' Smith missed the next free throw and Saunders shouted, 'Ball really, really, really don't lie!' Sam Cassell(notes) nearly fell out of his chair."

Ah, yes. When Sam Cassell laughs, we all laugh.

Cheers, Unsilent Majority.

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  1. rstealer boomer sux Lebronze nuts
    1. Posted by rstealer boomer sux Lebronze nuts Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:25 am EDT

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    rasheed wallace is a douche, he will only bring down the celts with his i dont care, i give up attitude. celtics have a better chance winning a championship signing larry bird than this douche.
  2. Mat M
    2. Posted by Mat M Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:38 am EDT

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    Next he's gonna talk smack on E-40.
  3. Amado
    3. Posted by Amado Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:40 am EDT

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    Sorry Flip, calling insults from the bench won't get your team to advance through the playoffs, which you are miserable at accomplishing.
  4. mars
    4. Posted by mars Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:43 am EDT

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    Tell em Philip! Ball neva lie...
  5. Kibbitz
    5. Posted by Kibbitz Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:54 am EDT

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    it's Sheed's world, we just live in it... example #1, this blog
  6. Hazen
    6. Posted by Hazen Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:58 am EDT

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    ahhh just like the good old days at the palace.....
  7. Tmac is god
    7. Posted by Tmac is god Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:19 pm EDT

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    Flip is a balla.... dude knows what's up. BALL DON'T LIE.
  8. Pokemon Master
    8. Posted by Pokemon Master Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:36 pm EDT

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    @ Amado, The 06 Pistons and the 04 timberwolves got to the conference finals during Saunder's tenure as a coach. Flip is an excellent fit for the wizards and has legitimate playoff experience. So please keep ur mouth shut and use what little cognitive ability you have to form viable comments that arent just brain farts
  9. scarfox
    9. Posted by scarfox Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:53 pm EDT

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    This is news to you? Go on youtube there is another instance where flip did this in 2006!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpC3hIDG_c
  10. Lu
    10. Posted by Lu Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:14 pm EDT

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    Rasheed Wallace is a pretty hilarious guy, but he's such a handfull. Doc Rivers will have his hands full, especially if there's any friction between Rasheed, and say, Kevin Garnett. Those are some pretty big egos we're talking about.
    -Lu Galasso
  11. xstatic6
    11. Posted by xstatic6 Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:20 pm EDT

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    @Amado WHAT? DO YOU WATCH BASKETBALL?
    he brought both minnesota and detroit to the confrence finals. that's not an easy task what are you talking about?
  12. saberdog1966
    12. Posted by saberdog1966 Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:21 pm EDT

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    Post #10,
    No worries about Rasheed getting on with Kevin Garnett. Rasheed is a great guy and will be missed in Detroit.
    Go Celtics.
  13. bigkev1115
    13. Posted by bigkev1115 Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:31 pm EDT

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    LMAO at Carlo Post 11. You couldn t have said it or put it any better!
  14. eNocH
    14. Posted by eNocH Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:38 pm EDT

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    ball don't lie but skeets do.
  15. Alex C
    15. Posted by Alex C Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:25 pm EDT

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    that's funny. I'd liket o see the video on that
  16. Titty poppin
    16. Posted by Titty poppin Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:59 pm EDT

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    i'll tell you what I'm not a huge rasheed wallace fan as a primary player on a team but its a perfect fit for the celtics. rasheed is one of those dudes that thinks he's of the same tier as the garnetts and the tim duncans and only shows respect to those he feels are above him and for that I hate him. But he was the reason the Pistons won the championship that year because they brought him into a situation where he wasn't the star and larry brown was the respected coach and he held his part. I see the same thing happening this year its pretty obvious he isn't going to mouth off with doc rivers, ray allen, paul pierce and especially KG on the squad.
  17. dyun1dyun1
    17. Posted by dyun1dyun1 Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:07 pm EDT

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    Personally I think this is hilarious. Especially the strange coincidence of missing all those free throws.
    Replacement refs? Preseason! I think I can say BS without getting a tech.. And like the magical eight ball, the ball don't lie.

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