Man Ben Wallace was one of my top favorite defensive players other than Dennis Rodman and Gary Payton. He was an agile center who had freakish abilities to defend the ball like Dennis Rodman.
Being from Detroit, went to 2 of the 2004 home finals games. I was like 13-14 years old. This era of the pistons was everything i loved about basketball. Hard. Tough. Defense FIRST. and playing as a unit even with the bench. Ben was the player I wanted to be. Absolute DOG. I love when the sports team embrace toughness and defense. That's real grit to me. Holding a Kobe and Shaq led Lakers team to like 60 points in a finals game is way more impressive than a team putting up 140 pts in todays game IMO. Ben and Chauncey are two of my favorite players of all time.
And1, if youre reading this you do a comeback. Bro, I mean youre wasting the opportunity of Social media. Countless of opportunities, training facilities, shareable memes, new moves. Come on please comeback.
One of the greatest Detroit piston to ever play the game on the court. He was humble & didn't back down to no one. He's a true started from the bottom to the top a champion & HOF'er. Detroit was the bad boys of basketball & one of the most hated teams. They fought with every team. Lol 😂 A true fan for life. Love this short documentary. Please share more.
I met big Ben Wallace while walking in Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Pontiac/Auburn Hills, Michigan. He was with a lady (i think it was his wife). Real cool guy and he said he would stream some of my music
Yah, one of the shortest centers the Pistons ever had but he was still one of the best--playing D and rebounding like a beast. He would routinely shut down and out rebound the opposing center. He had muscle on muscle kind of like a taller Larry Johnson. I still remember Ben Wallace blocking Shaq's dunk.
To this very day, I‘ll gladly choose the 03-04 Pistons over any team in NBA history. A true team with no ego‘s and a line up that can defend against any team of any era.
