Rasheed Wallace won’t join Los Angeles Lakers staff

It sounds like a former UNC basketball standout won’t be joining the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff after all.

Last month it was reported that [autotag]Rasheed Wallace[/autotag] was expected to join new Lakers head coach Darvin Ham’s coaching staff. But now, the plans have appeared to change in a hurry.

Per Shams Charania on Monday, Wallace will not join Ham’s coaching staff. The report did not state a reason as to why Wallace won’t be the taking the job anymore as it comes just a few months after he left the Memphis program.

Rasheed Wallace will no longer be joining Darvin Ham's coaching staff, per @ShamsCharania pic.twitter.com/vyS5IoYII5

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 25, 2022

Ham and Wallace were teammates for the Detroit Pistons in 2004 as part of the title team. The initial report even stated that Wallace had agreed to a deal to join the staff and it just had to be finalized.

After playing 18 seasons in the NBA, Wallace pursued a coaching career and was an assistant for the Pistons in 2013. He’s also coached two years of high school basketball in North Carolina.