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Today in Boston Celtics history, Rasheed Wallace signed a multi-season contract with the team, a rash of health issues would prevent him from completing with Boston. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina. He was selected by the Washington Bullets (now known as the Wizards) as the fourth overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft.
Wallace made All-Rookie with the Bullets, and then play for the Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, and Detroit Pistons (winning a title there in 2004) before signing with the Celtics, making All-Star teams in four of those seasons. 'Sheed (as he was often called as a nickname) played a single season for the Celtics, his numbers impacted by a number of minor injuries throughout the campaign.
This led to Wallace retiring at the end of the season (he would try a brief comeback with the New York Knicks a few seasons later, which went similarly). Wallace averaged 9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and an assist per game as a Celtic.
Finally, it is also the date that wing Togo Palazzi was born in Union City, New Jersey in 1932. An alum of Holy Cross picked up by the Celtics in the 1954 NBA Draft, Palazzi played parts of three seasons with Boston before his rights were sold to the (then) Syracuse Nationals (today's Philadelphia 76ers) in 1956.
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He averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game while with the Celtics.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Rasheed Wallace signs; Togo Palazzi born
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Wallace made All-Rookie with the Bullets, and then play for the Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, and Detroit Pistons (winning a title there in 2004) before signing with the Celtics, making All-Star teams in four of those seasons. 'Sheed (as he was often called as a nickname) played a single season for the Celtics, his numbers impacted by a number of minor injuries throughout the campaign.
This led to Wallace retiring at the end of the season (he would try a brief comeback with the New York Knicks a few seasons later, which went similarly). Wallace averaged 9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and an assist per game as a Celtic.
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Finally, it is also the date that wing Togo Palazzi was born in Union City, New Jersey in 1932. An alum of Holy Cross picked up by the Celtics in the 1954 NBA Draft, Palazzi played parts of three seasons with Boston before his rights were sold to the (then) Syracuse Nationals (today's Philadelphia 76ers) in 1956.
[IMG alt="WORCESTER - Don Rowe, son of Dee Rowe, and Togo Palazzi talk before a celebration of the life of Donald 'Dee' Rowe at Worcester Academy Friday, October 1, 2021.
Spt Rowe 8"]https://media.zenfs.com/en/celtics_...es_699/64b7dcc92ad13e8515ae776793432f33[/IMG]
He averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game while with the Celtics.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Rasheed Wallace signs; Togo Palazzi born
Continue reading...
