 Wallace with the Pistons in 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 17, 1974 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
| College | North Carolina (1993–1995) |
| NBA draft | 1995: 1st round, 4th overall pick |
| Selected by the Washington Bullets | |
| Playing career | 1995–2010, 2012–2013 |
| Position | Power forward / center |
| Number | 30, 36 |
| Coaching career | 2013–2014, 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1995–1996 | Washington Bullets |
| 1996–2004 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2004 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 2004–2009 | Detroit Pistons |
| 2009–2010 | Boston Celtics |
| 2012–2013 | New York Knicks |
| As coach: | |
| 2013–2014 | Detroit Pistons (assistant) |
| 2019–2021 | Jordan HS |
| 2021–2022 | Memphis (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 16,006 (14.4 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 7,404 (6.7 rpg) |
| Blocks | 1,460 (1.3 bpg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Rasheed Abdul Wallace (born September 17, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. A native of Philadelphia, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before declaring for the draft in 1995. He played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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. He was a key member of the Trail Blazers team that made it to the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, and he 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 and reached the NBA Finals in the following season before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games. 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. On April 17, 2013, Wallace announced his second retirement.
Wallace holds the single-season record for technical fouls. In the 2000–01 season, Wallace received 41 technical fouls over 80 games. He has received the third-most career technical fouls with 317, and he holds the NBA record for most career ejections with 29.