[情報] Pistons hire Rasheed Wallace

作者: movieholic (Detroit Basketball)   2013-07-09 06:47:04
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內容:
Former NBA player Rasheed Wallace has agreed to a two-year deal
to join the Detroit Pistons' coaching staff and was on the bench
Monday during the team's summer league game against the Boston
Celtics.
Wallace retired at the end of last season with the New York Knicks
after a 17-year playing career that also included stints with
Washington, Portland, Atlanta, Detroit and Boston.
The Pistons and Wallace, 38, had been in discussions the past month
about a player development role with the franchise he helped lead
to an NBA championship in 2004.
A staff position materialized after Detroit hired Maurice Cheeks
last month to replace Lawrence Frank as head coach. Cheeks confirmed
to ESPN.com on Monday that the Pistons are working out the final
details with Wallace on a role that will allow him to help develop
Detroit's talented young post players in Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe.
"He's going to bring a lot of knowledge of how to help our young guys
play on the block, because he's been around the league for, like, forever,
" Cheeks said Monday as he watched his team's summer league game.
"With him having played that position for such a long time, I know
he's going to be a great asset to what we're building."
Wallace averaged 14.4 points and 6.7 rebounds during his career and
was regarded as one of the best-shooting post players of his era.
He scored 16,006 points, made 1,086 3-pointers and twice reached the
NBA Finals with the Pistons.
Wallace also had a notorious reputation for being one of the most
volatile and temperamental players in the league. He routinely led
the league in technical fouls and finished with 317 for his career.
Moments before his coaching debut Monday, Wallace said he was ready
for a change of pace and joked he would remain calm in his new job.
Wallace is the second player from the Knicks' roster last season to
retire to enter the coaching ranks. Jason Kidd took over as Brooklyn's
head coach last month and made his debut Sunday in the Orlando Pro
Summer League.
Cheeks is confident Wallace can handle the assignment.
"He can make that transition," Cheeks said. "A lot of us, we didn't
start out being a certain way we are right now. But change evolves you,
and he's evolved. He realizes he's in the second phase of his life now.
And now he's a coach. He has to make that transition, and I think he'll
be fine."
溪蛙與活塞簽下兩年助理教練合約,
是尼克隊第二個退休後轉戰教練職的球員。
溪蛙開玩笑地說新工作會保持冷靜。
短評:下一季要開始看Monroe和Drummond投狗屁三分然後大喊"BALL DON'T LIE"了(誤)
作者: popstarkirby (有梗的POP)   2013-07-09 07:58:00
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