Jersey No. | 45 |
Nick Name: | |
DOB | 23 July 1982 |
Place of Birth | Sylacauga, Alabama |
Height | 2.01 m |
National Team | United States |
Current Club Team | Boston Celtics |
Pro Career | 2001–present |
Specialization | Small forward |
Previous Clubs | Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, Brooklyn Nets |
Wallace was selected from the Kings as part of the 2004 NBA Expansion Draft. He would start immediately for the club, and went on to have a season of averaging 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.3 blocks a game. He continued to improve in 2005–06, before getting injured in January, averaging 14.5 points and 7 rebounds, and ranking in the top 10 in the NBA in field goal percentage (54.142), blocks (2.19), and steals per game (2.44). Since the NBA began counting blocks as a statistic in 1973, only two other players (David Robinson and Hakeem Olajuwon) in league history have averaged over 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals per game in a single season.