- Born
- Nickname
- Big Ben
- Height6′ 7″ (2.01 m)
- Ben Wallace is an American retired professional basketball player.
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 played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers.
He won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo. In nine seasons with the Pistons (2000-2006; 2009-2012), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship with the Pistons in 2004.
He is the only player in NBA history to record 1,000 rebounds, 100 blocks, and 100 steals in 4 consecutive seasons (2001-2004).
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseChanda Booker(July 21, 2001 - present) (3 children)
- Various hairstyles
- Defensive play
- He is one of only four players to lead the NBA in both blocks and rebounds in the same season.
- He trains, works-out, and excercises with Pistons teammate Darko Milicic.
- Through 2004 his career free throw percentage is under 50%
- Has won Defensive Player of the Year 3 times in the last 4 years.
- Played college basketball at Virginia Union University, a small, historically-black college in Richmond, Virginia. Led VUU to the CIAA Final Four his senior season in 1996, averaging 14 points and 12 rebounds per game.
- [on feeling pressure during an All Star Game] "Given the opportunity I'll let my defense shine. The All-Star Game is about going out and having fun, it's more for the fans. Whatever happens, happens."
- [on how he decides to wear hair] "Whatever my wife feels like. That's the method to the madness."
- It feels good to just play in the All-Star Game. To be the first un-drafted player to start, I think it speaks volumes for those guys trying to make to the league that there are always opportunities if you just stay prepared.
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