Celtics News: Gerald Wallace To Decide Future During Offseason

Boston Celtics forward Gerald Wallace is just 32 years old, but he's already in his 14th year in the league and said he will take the offseason to think about his future. Wallace is still under contract next season and plans to honor that, though he doesn't know what will happen in 2016-17.

“Hopefully, I’ll reflect going into the last year of my deal. This is my [14th] year. You kind of sit back and look at your career and all you’ve done and kind of just evaluate your past and try to set up for your future and see what you want to do. That’s the time I’ll do it, in the offseason.

“I would love to continue to play, but it’s more about my family and my kids. I’m only 32 years old and I’ve been in here 14 years. That’s almost half of my life in this league. My kids are getting older. They’re starting to play high school sports now. It depends on if they’re comfortable with me still playing or they’re ready for me to come home and be part of their lives.

“I’ve had a successful, long career in this league. My mentality was always defense first and striving to be the best defender I could be, then building my way into an offensive player. Me being able to focus on defense kind of helped my offense. You don’t have many defensive-minded kids anymore.”

Wallace has played in just 27 games this year, averaging 0.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 8.2 minutes per game.

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