Former general manager of the Boston Celtics Chris Wallace is joining the Houston Rockets to become their new director of scouting, reports ESPN’s Tim McMahon. He’ll join former Celtics small forward Ed Pinckney there, with the Villanova product already on the Rockets staff as a scout.
The two missed each other’s tenures in Boston by a few seasons, with Pinckney a Celtic between 1989 and 1994, and Wallace in Boston from 1997 to 2003, when he was replaced by the Celtics’ last team president, Danny Ainge. Wallace was perhaps best known for drafting Paul Pierce in the 1998 NBA draft, and perhaps most infamous for having traded away Joe Johnson for a return centered around Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers.
The former Celtics executive will be part of a plan to invest in Houston’s front office under their general manager Raphael Stone as part of the Rockets’ rebuilding strategy.
Sources: The Rockets are hiring former Grizzlies and Celtics GM Chris Wallace as director of scouting. Houston made it a priority to add experience and expertise under GM Rafael Stone, investing in infrastructure as the franchise rebuilds.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 6, 2021
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