The summer is not just for recruiting players. The coaches also have their Free Agency. Darvin Ham, just arrived on the bench of the Los Angeles Lakers, for example took the opportunity to compose his coaching staff. In particular, he intended to add Rasheed Wallacewhich ultimately turned its back on the franchise.
After discussion, it was decided that Wallace would not join the Lakers this summer, according to Shams Charania. We do not yet know the reasons for this backpedaling, or whether it is mutual.
The “Sheed” assistant coach of the Lakers for the 2022-2023 season… A prospect that would have been very strange for Los Angeles fans. Indeed, the strong winger was one of the executioners of the “purple and gold” in 2004. He left his mark by winning the NBA Finals against Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone et Gary Payton.
The decision is arguably unrelated to this rivalry. Especially since Darvin Ham was also part of this Piston team. An experience that apparently welded the two men and perhaps pushed them to meet in Los Angeles.
In 2019, six years after his retirement, Rasheed Wallace undertook a career change in coaching. He first spent a year in a high school in North Carolina, before joining the staff of Penny Hardaway at the University of Memphis. Maybe he will eventually stay in the NCAA with the Tigers.
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