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Rasheed Wallace

Rasheed Wallace
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Wallace with the Pistons in 2008
Personal information
Born (1974-09-17) September 17, 1974 (age 42)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school Simon Gratz
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
College North Carolina (1993–1995)
NBA draft 1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career 1995-2010, 2012–2013
Position Power forward / Center
Number 30, 36
Coaching career 2013–2014
Career history
As player:
1995–1996 Washington Bullets
19962004 Portland Trail Blazers
2004 Atlanta Hawks
20042009 Detroit Pistons
2009–2010 Boston Celtics
2012–2013 New York Knicks
As coach:
20132014 Detroit Pistons (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 16,006 (14.4 ppg)
Rebounds 7,404 (6.7 rpg)
Blocks 1,460 (1.3 bpg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Rasheed Abdul "Sheed" Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before moving on to the NBA in 1995.

Originally selected by the Washington Bullets (now known as the Washington Wizards) as the fourth pick in the 1995 NBA draft, Wallace was named to the All-Rookie second team following his first season. He was then traded to the Portland Trail Blazers after the season. With Portland he was a key member of the Trail Blazers team that made it to the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, and was an NBA All-Star in 2000 and 2001. Wallace averaged a career best 19.4 points per game in 2002 for the Trail Blazers.

During the 2003–04 season Portland traded him to the Atlanta Hawks where he played one game before he was traded to the Detroit Pistons. With the Pistons, Wallace won the NBA championship in 2004, but lost the NBA Finals in the following season. Individually, Wallace was an NBA All-Star in 2006 and 2008. After the 2008–09 season, Wallace left the Pistons as a free agent and signed with the Boston Celtics, where he played until retiring in 2010. He returned to sign a one-year deal to play for the New York Knicks in 2012.


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