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Mike Woodson helped bring Rasheed Wallace out of retirement

Wednesday October 3, 2012 8:23 PM By Al Iannazzone

Knicks head coach Mike Woodson speaks to the

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After Rasheed Wallace officially joined the Knicks today, he talked about his relationship with Mike Woodson and how it helped him want to return to the NBA.

They grew close when they were in Detroit when the Pistons won the 2004 NBA championship. Wallace was a key player – the missing piece to that Detroit puzzle – and Woodson an assistant coach. Woodson called Wallace six months ago to guage...

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