Former NBA champion Rasheed Wallace to join Lakers coaching staff from Chelena Goldman, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Four-time NBA All-Star and former champion Rasheed Wallace has agreed to a deal to be part of the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Monday. Wallace, 47, spent last year coaching at the University of Memphis with Penny Hardaway. https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1533837480780349447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1533837480780349447%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fnba%2Farticles%2Fformer_nba_champion_rasheed_wallace_to_join_lakers_coaching_staff%2Fs1_13132_37565692 Hardaway hinted at Wallace’s departure from Memphis to The Commercial Appeal, saying the plan all along has been for Wallace to work with Darvin Ham. Ham was named the new Lakers head coach less than a week ago. “That was…
Memphis assistant coach Rasheed Wallace to work rest of season remotely from Victor Barbosa, with YardBarker.com/www.yardbarker.com Former NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace joined the Memphis men’s basketball program as an assistant to head coach Anfernee Hardaway in August 2021. The Tigers have dropped seven of their last 11 contests since a 5-0 start, and it was reported on Wednesday that Wallace’s role with the team will change for the remainder of the season. Memphis basketball beat writer Jason Munz reported that Hardaway said Wallace will work the rest of the campaign in a “consultant’s role” — a mutual decision — and…
from www.espn.com: Former longtime NBA player Rasheed Wallace has been hired as the boys’ basketball coach at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. Wallace, who was introduced at a news conference at the school Friday morning, served as an assistant coach during the 2013-14 season for the Detroit Pistons. He said he had taken the Jordan job after turning down several offers from NBA teams to be on their staffs. “Yeah, the money was good or whatever, but it’s not about the money for me. It’s about knowledge,” Wallace said. “Knowledge definitely should be free. It doesn’t cost anything…