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Rasheed Wallace reportedly joining Lakers' coaching staff

Updated Jun. 6, 2022 4:04 p.m. ET

Darvin Ham is already making big moves as the Los Angeles Lakers' new head coach.

Former Detroit Pistons All-Star and NBA champion Rasheed Wallace is joining Ham's coaching staff next season, NBA insider Shams Charania reported Monday. Ham and Wallace are former Pistons teammates.

Wallace spent the previous year as an assistant coach for the University of Memphis under another former teammate, head coach Penny Hardaway.

Seeing Wallace on the Lakers' bench could be quite an adjustment for fans, who might remember him most as a cornerstone player on the 2004 Pistons squad that defeated L.A. in the NBA Finals.

He also played against the Lakers in the 2010 Finals as a member of the Celtics. The Lakers won that series in seven games.

His 18.4 points per game against the Lakers were his highest against any opponent over 16 NBA seasons.

Prior to his coaching stint in Memphis, Wallace spent time as an assistant with Detroit and was head coach at Charles E. Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.