Rasheed Wallace reveals toughest matchups amid 2000s gauntlet of power forwards

Long before today’s game of shooting threes and little defense, the NBA in the 2000s was chock full of bruising power forwards who roamed the paint and punished opposing defenses inside. One of those power forwards was Rasheed Wallace who was actually a precursor of sorts to today’s game. Wallace was able to shoot with range out to the 3-point line, but the difference between him and today’s forwards is he was able to dominate opponents with a post game.

During a recent episode of Carmelo Anthony’s podcast, ‘7pm in Brooklyn,’ Rasheed Wallace gave a breakdown of the top power forwards in the NBA at the time who were his toughest matchups to go against. Listing five opposing forwards who always gave him trouble, Wallace included in descending order, Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Antonio McDyess, Tim Duncan and Jermaine O’Neal.

“The West Coast, we had the best power forwards,” Wallace recalled. “And then along comes who for Dallas, Dirk [Nowitzki]. You for sure will get your money’s worth, and the only way I’m not playing is if I’m really f**ked up.”

As part of the segment, Anthony lamented the lack of positional battles in today’s NBA, especially at the power forward spot.

The No. 4 overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft by the then Washington Bullets, Wallace played 16 years in the NBA. He spent only one season with the Bullets before being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers. A four-time All-Star, Wallace was a consistent double-digit scorer throughout his career, and he helped lead the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA championship.

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