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Rasheed Wallace is contemplating a comeback to the NBA, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Wallace, who retired after 15 seasons in 2010, has been working out and probing some close league friends about possible destinations to sign for the rest of the season, sources said.
At 6-foot-11, Wallace, 37, had been one of the most versatile and talented power forwards of his era. One league source who has talked with Wallace recently describes him as “serious” about a return to the NBA this season. Nevertheless, no teams contacted by Yahoo! Sports reported that they had any contact with Wallace, or his representative.
When reached on Friday, Wallace’s agent, Bill Strickland, would only tell Yahoo! Sports’ Marc Spears: “As a veteran player, [Wallace] knows what it takes to be reinstated.”
We've joked (and cried) about Rasheed Wallace comeback speculation since 2010. But it was all conjecture, i.e. Bleacher Report garbage. Unfortunately, this is a credible report from one of the league's top basketball writers.
Can Rasheed Wallace really be in basketball shape? He was out-of-shape for most of the 2010 season. Had he cut back on those postgame Bud Lights, who knows what might have happened in the final minutes of Game 7.
If Rasheed Wallace is truly in shape, would Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers be interested? Their rebounding is so bad, they'd have to consider him.
And it's not a given that Sheed wants to come to Boston. He might have his sights on Miami (say goodbye Eddy Curry) or a Western conference contender.
On Page 2, Ainge is not afraid make major changes.
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