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Rasheed Wallace once funded a girls’ basketball team. Years later, it helped Justin Edwards become an All-American.

That donation is still paying off as Ebony Twiggs, a former member of the DBL Phoenix, taught the game to her son, Justin Edwards, who became the first Public League All-American since Wallace.

Former NBA player Rasheed Wallace smiles during a ceremony where the block of 18th and Hunting Park Ave was named Rasheed Wallace Road in 2022, once helped fund an AAU team for inner-city Philly girls' basketball players. The son of one of those players, Imhotep's Justin Edwards, is the first Public League player to be named a McDonald's All American since Wallace himself.
Former NBA player Rasheed Wallace smiles during a ceremony where the block of 18th and Hunting Park Ave was named Rasheed Wallace Road in 2022, once helped fund an AAU team for inner-city Philly girls' basketball players. The son of one of those players, Imhotep's Justin Edwards, is the first Public League player to be named a McDonald's All American since Wallace himself.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer