11:34am: Charania has walked back his initial report, tweeting that Wallace is a candidate for Ham’s staff, but the two sides don’t have a formal agreement in place yet.
11:22am: Former NBA forward Rasheed Wallace has reached an agreement to join Darvin Ham‘s staff as an assistant coach for the Lakers, Shams Charania of The Athletic confirms (via Twitter).
As we relayed earlier today, University of Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway had suggested to The Memphis Commercial Appeal that Wallace could be headed to Los Angeles after spending the 2021/22 season as an assistant coach for the Tigers.
Wallace, who played for six NBA teams from 1995-2013, made four All-Star teams and won a championship during that time, compiling more than 16,000 career points and over 7,400 career rebounds. He has done a little coaching since retiring, including with the Pistons in 2013/14.
Ham and Wallace were teammates in Detroit for parts of two seasons in 2004 and 2005, winning a title together in ’04.
Predictions
Wallace and Westbrook fight for power.
What if
Russell Westbrook resistants to Wallace who wants him to adjust his role to a defensive player
Last year
Westbrook always left his opponent 15 feet wide open and tried to grab rebounds (numbers)
Another hot take from you
My money’s on Wallace
Lakers need to send Westbrook out offseason. Lakers won’t make playoffs if he stays until February
6th seed Nuggets will be healthy
7th seed Wolves are all in
9th seed Clippers are far better than Lakers
Westbrook needs a contract like 50 million after 2023
What did I tell you Sillivan? I thought we went over this? The Lakers are stuck with him.
They can’t shop him, they must wait till the trade deadline or he walks at the end of the year and they’ll be free. This is his contract year.
At the deadline there could be a team with a couple guys that aren’t fitting that have a few more years left on their deals. They take back Westbrook and his expiring. That’s the only way he is moved. More likely they’re stuck with him the entire year and then his contract is done.
(The Lakers have sworn they won’t include a first-round pick to trade Westbrook. Brilliant because if they did they’d be idiots. Run it back, give it a shot, you have sleep in the bed you made. Going to be tough but no other choice. It might work out. He might become a great player for them because he was in the past and could be a stud again?)
Well if this happens, the Lakers will probably lead the league in something….technical fouls.
maybe a reverse spreewell/carlesimo.
The idiot Lakers just can’t get out of there own way on bringing in Drama personalities.