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In 1991, when he was a sophomore and halfway through his illustrious career, Rasheed Wallace got to meet Overbrook alum Wilt Chamberlain on the day Wilt returned to 'Brook to be part of the school's first sports HOF class. With his back to the camera is Philly man-about-basketball Sonny Hill, who brought them together.  Photo by Ted Silary. https://www.tedsilary.com/gratz31-0.htm Philadelphia High School Basketball This page includes stories, special lists, record breakdown, scoring breakdown for league games and recaps of postseason games. To provide additions/corrections: tedtee307@yahoo.com . Thanks! Thanks to Tom Taylor for his help. Return to TedSilary.com Home Page RESULTS *Tournament in Johnstown, PA #Tournament in Latrobe, PA +=Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC @=Showcase Event Gtz Opponent Opp. 2 Phila. Jobs Corps (forfeit) 0 71 *Southern (MD) 44 71 *Roman Catholic 29 54 Franklin 29 56 @Proviso East (IL) 31 62 Olney 39 79 @Redemption (NY) 42 69 #Penn Hills (PA) 27 63 #Lat...

Former NBA and University of North Carolina star Rasheed Wallace directs his Jordan High team in Durham, N.C., last month. “Trying to teach them how to play this game the right way, not how they see it on TV,” Wallace said of his coaching philosophy. CHRIS SEWARD 2 mar 2020 - The Philadelphia Inquirer By Mike Jensen STAFF WRITER Rasheed Wallace carries the lessons learned playing for Bill Ellerbee at Simon Gratz into coaching high school basketball. “Trying to teach them how to play this game the right way, not how they see it on TV."     - Rasheed Wallace DURHAM, N.C. — Rasheed Wallace drove around to the front of the high school, jumped out of his Ford Bronco. “What’s good, old head?” Wallace said to the man stepping out of a car in the parking lot. “You all hungry?” A basketball game had just ended, a game Wallace had coached. Up in the top corner of the Charles E. Jordan High bleachers, across from the opposite bench — as out of the way as you could get and still be i...

18 Apr 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer By Marc Narducci - INQUIRER STAFF WRITER  Contact Marc Narducci at mnarducci@phillynews.com.  Follow @sjnard on Twitter. Rasheed Wallace, who was known on the national level since his freshman basketball season at Philadelphia’s Simon Gratz High, has retired for the second time in his NBA career. Slow to recover from a broken left foot, Wallace, 38, retired Wednesday from the New York Knicks. Wallace first retired after the 2010 NBA Finals following his appearance with the Boston Celtics, who lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers. He returned to the NBA this season and appeared in 21 games for the Knicks. Wallace fractured the fifth metatarsal in his foot and underwent surgery on Feb. 28. He returned to action Monday but played just 3 minutes, 50 seconds in a loss to Charlotte. “Due to his injury, he will not be able to play for us during the playoffs,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said in a statement. “We owe this season’s success ...