Four-time NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace has secured a new job, having been named the boys’ basketball coach at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina, according to Jonas Pope IV of The News & Observer. Wallace, who last played in the NBA during the 2012/13 season, says that he considered taking an NBA job before instead opting for a head coaching position at the high school level.
“I did have some offers from a few NBA teams to be on their staff,” Wallace said. “The money was good, but it’s not about the money to me, it’s about that knowledge. Knowledge should be free and it doesn’t cost anything to pass that knowledge to these young men.”
A member of the Pistons’ 2004 championship team, Wallace briefly served as an assistant coach on Detroit’s staff in 2013/14 after he retired as a player.
Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- The Jazz offered an update on Dante Exum today, announcing that the point guard – who has been on the shelf since January 5 due to an ankle injury – plans to return to practice this week. The news suggests that Utah should expect to get Exum back in its rotation sometime in the not-too-distant future.
- Evan Daniels of 247Sports.com identifies eight NCAA underclassmen who could face tough decisions on whether or not to forgo their remaining college eligibility and go pro this season. Tyler Herro (Kentucky), Jordan Nwora (Louisville), Tre Jones (Duke), and Coby White (UNC) are among the prospects on Daniels’ list.
- Brian Windhorst’s latest column at ESPN.com focuses on several subjects of interest, including the challenges facing the Heat as they try to acquire a star, and commissioner Adam Silver‘s recent comments on the state of the NBA.
“Knowledge should be free and it doesn’t cost anything to pass that knowledge to these young men.”
Rasheed Wallace probably just became my all time favorite basketball player.
Jones and White definitely going pro. They’re going to be lottery or near lottery picks. Nwora looks like a lock to be a late 1st so he is most likely going pro too. I could see Herro go back for another year and try next year’s draft.
I agree with everything. However, with long runs for Kentucky in the SEC & NCAA tournament, and if Herro has a strong showing in both and shoots it lights out, I could see him going pro.
With a strong performance, especially in the NCAA tournament, Herro could raise his stock enough to get picked up by a contender late in the 1st round. I think those contenders would view Herro as a 3-point marksman, and a solid scoring option off the bench.
He will certainly be an intriguing prospect to watch throughout tournament play, and as the draft nears. He’ll need to work on his defense, lateral quickness, and add a little muscle, but I think he could definitely become a solid 6th-7th man for an NBA contender.
For a team like the Rockets, the Bucks, Trail Blazers, 76ers, or even the Warriors, I think Herro could definitely provide those teams with an extra solid, shooting and scoring option off their benches…
So the next Donte Divencenzo!
BasRef says good on D this yr, mostly a PG with MIL.
ball don’t lie
Good luck to the referees in that league.