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We are thrilled that Ben is now officially a Bull
Chicago Bulls sign Ben Wallace Jul 13, 2006
We finally got back to playing the way we're supposed to play
Detroit 108, Orlando 93 May 04, 2003
This time we came out with a lot of energy
Detroit 98, Orlando 67 May 01, 2003
We're on top and there is nothing about this league that surprises us
Detroit 113, Philadelphia 85 Mar 21, 2003
I said all along if we come out and play with that type of energy, that type of intensity, that I know this team is capable of playing with, I know we can play with anybody
Detroit 111, LA Lakers 88 Mar 13, 2003
Ben Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American basketball center for the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bullets (later Wizards) as an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace has also played the power forward position and with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers teams.
He has won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In six seasons with the Pistons (2000-2006), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship with the Pistons in 2004.
Ben Wallace was born in White Hall, Alabama, a small town in Lowndes County, and is the tenth of eleven children. He later attended Central High School in Hayneville where he received all-state honors in basketball, baseball, and football (as a linebacker). Former basketball player Charles Oakley is Wallace's mentor, having discovered Wallace at a 1991 basketball camp, and later recommended Wallace to his previous college, Virginia Union.