PISTONS: Namesake

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Pistons namesakes
Published 8/18/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
This is hilarious — from Ryan Pretzer at Pistons.com: Clifford Wade and Latanya Bussell had an agreement about the naming of their first child. If Latanya had a boy, Clifford would name him; a girl, and Latanya would have the honor. Clifford, a lifelong Detroiter who says he comes to five Pistons games a season on average, knew precisely which name he wanted to go with. And it definitely wasn’t Dwyane. “Rasheed is my favorite [Piston] and I also wanted as the middle name somebody off the bench so I chose Amir Johnson,” said Clifford, who ...

As the Detroit Pistons beat the 76ers in game 4 of their playoff series, a new Rasheed was born
Published 8/18/2008 by Dave Dial at Detroit Pistons Full-Court Press - MLive.com
... and his namesake was born. August 18, Pistons.com: Clifford Wade and Latanya Bussell had an agreement about the naming of their first child. If Latanya had a boy, Clifford would name him; a girl, and Latanya would have the honor. Clifford, a lifelong Detroiter who says he comes to five Pistons games a season on average, knew precisely which name he wanted to go with. And it definitely wasn't Dwyane. "Rasheed is my favorite [Piston] and I also wanted as the middle name somebody off the bench so I chose Amir Johnson," said Clifford, who named his son Rasheed Amir Wade. Now ...