Report: Pistons to hire Rasheed Wallace as assistant coach

The Pistons will reportedly hire Rasheed Wallace as an assistant coach. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Recently retired forward Rasheed Wallace is set to be

The Pistons will reportedly hire Rasheed Wallace as an assistant coach. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Recently retired forward Rasheed Wallace is set to be hired as an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons, according to a report from the Detroit News.

Wallace played for the Pistons for six seasons, helping the team win two Eastern Conference championships and a NBA title in 2004. The team hired Maurice Cheeks as their head coach last month to replace Lawrence Frank.

Wallace spent last season with the New York Knicks after coming out of retirement, but his season ended early because of a stress fracture in his foot.

The team recently added forward Josh Smith, who agreed to a four-year, $56 million deal last week.

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Since leaving Detroit he’s dabbled in semi-retirement and also come out to play for the Celtics and Knicks, spending this season in New York before a stress fracture ended his season. He’ll mainly work with the Pistons’ young bigs -- Greg Monroe, Andre Drummond and second-round pick Tony Mitchell.

He doesn’t have to file retirement papers with the league because he was on a one-year deal with the Knicks, thus he isn’t on an existing contract.