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Introducing ... Coach 'Sheed?

Wallace might be even better on the bench than the floor

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 23, 2008 1:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Detroit's Rasheed Wallace is a great basketball player, but he could become an even better coach, writes Eric Adelson in ESPN the Magazine. He may collect more than his share of technical fouls, says Pistons coach Flip Saunders, but he "has all the makings... Read full story »

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