Rasheed Wallace has retired from the NBA

Rasheed Wallace retired from the NBA today, according to NBA.com and Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.
Chris Mannix tweeted a few minutes ago,”Rasheed Wallace has retired.”

This tweet was followed shortly by another tweet:

NBA.com first to report Wallace’s retirement. No surprise, Doc Rivers hinted as much after Finals.

Rasheed Wallace just finished his first season of a three year contract at the mid-level exception with the Boston Celtics. With his retirement, Wallace will have his contract voided and the Celtics will save about $13 million.

Shortly after the NBA Finals, Celtics coach Doc River told media that Wallace was seriously considering retirement. Wallace averaged 9 ppg and 4.1 rpg this season for the Boston Celtics. The Celtics reached the NBA Finals, but fell in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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2 Responses to “Rasheed Wallace retires”

1. frank aziza says:

   June 24, 2010 at 11:03 pm

   I read that Rasheed may be able to keep some of that money. The Celtics can only use what he doesn’t get. Is that true?

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   • Jay King says:

     June 25, 2010 at 8:07 am

     The entire salary will come off the salary cap if Rasheed officially retires. He has yet to do so, according to his agent.

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