Wallace Suspended Seven Games

January 18, 2003

Blazers Forward Rasheed Wallace, has been suspended without pay for seven games by the NBA.

NBA Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations, Stu Jackson, suspended Wallace for allegedly threatening a game official in a parking lot outside the Rose Garden. The purported incident occurred following the Blazers' victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on January 15.

Jackson refused to elaborate on the incident, but did confirm there was no physical contact between Wallace and referee Tim Donaghy.

Wallace was moved to the suspended roster on January 20th.




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