Rasheed Wallace to join Memphis basketball coaching staff

Posted Aug 18, 2021
Former NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace is heading to Memphis to join Penny Hardaway's coaching staff. Wallace won a title with the Detroit Pistons in 2004 and will reunite with the coach of that team, Larry Brown, who was hired as an assistant by Hardaway this offseason. Wallace's hiring comes as the Tigers are in hot pursuit of 5-star recruit Emoni Bates. (CBS Sports)

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