SI.com · Jun 6, 2022
Rasheed Wallace Agrees to Join Lakers As Assistant Coach, per Report
Former Memphis assistant and NBA star Rasheed Wallace has agreed to join the Lakers as an assistant coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Wallace will join new coach Darvin Ham, who he won an NBA title with in Detroit in 2004.
Despite the agreement, the two sides have not reached the formal contract stage just yet, per Charania.
Wallace was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1995. He retired for the second-and-final time in 2013 after stops with the Trail Blazers, Hawks, Pistons, Celtics and Knicks. After his playing career, he was an assistant for the Pistons before joining Memphis in 2021. After a quick stint in college, Wallace is back in the NBA.