Ben Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He is a four-time wi...
Ben Wallace (born September 10, 1974 in White Hall, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
He is a four-time winner of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award (a feat equalled only by Dikembe Mutombo), and is regarded as one of the finest defensive players in the game. Wallace was considered by many to be the cornerstone of the Detroit Pistons' success in the 2000s, culminating in a championship in 2004.
But since the deal, Wallace has had the more successful career by far, owing in part to Hill's oft-injured status. He has been considered the quintessential defensive specialist, winning the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05, and 2005-06 seasons. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, he led the league in both rebounds and blocked shots. In 2003, he was voted by fans to his first NBA All-Star Game as the starting Center for the Eastern Conference.
Ben Wallace plays the center position and is lauded as a prime defensive presence. He has been voted as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year four times. He is somewhat undersized for a center, being listed at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), 240 lb., a frame statistically resembling more of a forward; he himself admits his actual height is 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m).
However, he compensates for this by his impressive physique (even measured against the standards of his NBA peers) which allows him to out-muscle most of his opposition and "play bigger than his body", allowing him to average 10.7 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.4 steals per game over the course of his entire career. He is especially intimidating with his shot-blocking and defending the basket from drives, allowing his teammates to be aggressive on the perimeter, a defensive scheme used extensively by the Pistons. His uncanny defensive timing allows him to defend with great intensity without committing a foul (his career average of 2.1 fouls per game is considered low). In addition, he is seen also as one of the most reliable contributors, rarely failing to deliver in important games.
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He had his best part in his career with detroit but no mather what he's getting older and if he stuck with detroit his stats would have been just a little better then now not much but not because he would play better in detroit but because Detroit is a better team then Cleveland, especially defensivly... Ben Wallace is the same in any team it's just that he's getting older thats all!!
at least we have a desent line up now and subs. we have lebron god for everything, big ben blocks and dunks, d. west assists threes, wally.s threes, gibson,assists threes,big Z inside shots redounds, brown, good for everthing,smith good shooter. we never had that much good three point shooters man we might do better this season.
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