We will find Bonzi Wells on the side of Memphis next season, as a coach. Not with Penny Hardaway or her former teammate Rasheed Wallace, but at LeMoyne-Owen College, which is in Tennessee City. The announcement will be official in a few days.
Nonetheless, Hardaway is no stranger to this news. The former Orlando player and current Memphis NCAA coach is said to have convinced Wells to take the job at LeMoyne-Owen. Not to mention that Wells’ agent, who is also Wallace’s, knows Hardaway and William Anderson, the head of the university’s sports department, well.
In NCAA, LeMoyne-Owen only plays in Division II, but like Gary Payton, it’s an important first step for the former Portland, Memphis or Sacramento player (ten seasons in the NBA, 12.1 points average) .
“You have to understand that Rasheed and I have a bad reputation”, he had confided to Hardaway precisely, in the “Let’s Get Technical” podcast. “People think we’re Bad Boys, we’re berserk. But no one gives us a chance, or tries to get to know us a little better. So I always considered that I couldn’t take opportunities like this. “
