"There were times throughout the regular season when Celtics fans wondered why they ever acquired Rasheed Wallace.

The aging bad boy didn't seem like he had what the Celtics needed for a championship run.

ESPN's Bill Simmons, the sports media's biggest Celtics fan, dedicated an April column solely to that topic.

An excerpt:

"Sheed will finish the 2009-10 regular season next week as my least favorite Celtic ever, edging out Todd Day, Fred Roberts, Sidney Wicks, Curtis Rowe and Vin Baker. At least Vinnie had an excuse: a drinking problem. Sheed has an apathy problem. His doughy, nonchalant shadow looms over every game.

Sheed roped the Celtics into giving him an $18.9 million, three-year deal, made a big stink about breaking MJ's 72-win record and then showed up for training camp wearing a fat suit."