Ben Wallace (basketball)

Ben Wallace
	Wallace with the Detroit Pistons in 2009
Detroit Pistons
Position	Basketball operations and team engagement advisor
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	September 10, 1974 (age 50); White Hall, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school	Central (Hayneville, Alabama)
College	Cuyahoga CC (1992–1994); Virginia Union (1994–1996);
NBA draft	1996: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2012
Position	Center / power forward
Number	30, 4, 3, 6
Career history
1996	Viola Reggio Calabria
1996–1999	Washington Bullets / Wizards
1999–2000	Orlando Magic
2000–2006	Detroit Pistons
2006–2008	Chicago Bulls
2008–2009	Cleveland Cavaliers
2009–2012	Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
	NBA champion (2004); 4× NBA All-Star (2003–2006); 3× All-NBA Second Team (2003, 2004, 2006); 2× All-NBA Third Team (2002, 2005); 4× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006); 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2002–2006); NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2007); 2× NBA rebounding leader (2002, 2003); NBA blocks leader (2002); No. 3 retired by Detroit Pistons; No. 4. Retired by Cuyahoga Community College; First-team Division II All-American – NABC (1996);
Career statistics
Points	6,254 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds	10,482 (9.6 rpg)
Blocks	2,137 (2.0 bpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference
	Basketball Hall of Fame

Ben Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. He is regarded as the greatest undrafted player in NBA history,^[1]^[2]^[3] and was known for his shot-blocking, rebounding, and overall defensive play. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University. In his NBA career, he also played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Wallace won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo and Rudy Gobert. 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 team in 2004. The Pistons retired his jersey No. 3 in 2016; Wallace was also inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.

Wallace currently is the basketball operations and team engagement advisor for the Pistons.

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^ Davis, Ryan (August 14, 2017). "20 Best NBA Players Who Went Undrafted". Sportscasting | Pure Sports. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ "The Ones Who Defied the Odds: Top 10 Undrafted NBA Players of All Time". ESPN 98.1 FM – 850 AM WRUF. December 19, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2020.