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 Wallace during his second stint with the Detroit Pistons in 2012. | |
| Detroit Pistons | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Basketball operations and team engagement advisor |
| League: | NBA/NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Full name: | Ben Cameron Wallace |
| Born: | September 10, 1974 White Hall, Alabama |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Physical stats | |
| Listed height: | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight: | 240 lbs (109 kg) |
| National Basketball Association career | |
| Debut: 1996 for the Washington Bullets | |
| Final season: 2012 for the Detroit Pistons | |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Central High School (Hayneville, Alabama) |
| College: | Cuyahoga Community College (1992-1994) Virginia Union (1994-1996) |
| NBA Draft: | 1996 / Undrafted |
| Position: | Power Forward / Center |
| Number: | 30, 3, 6, 4 |
| Playing career: | 1996–2012 (16 years) |
| 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 | |
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| NBA career playing statistics | |
| Points: | 6,254 (5.7 PPG) |
| Rebounds: | 10,482 (9.6 RPG) |
| Assists: | 1,437 (1.3 APG) |
| Steals: | 1,369 (1.3 APG) |
| Blocks: | 2,137 (2.0 APG) |
| Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball–Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2021) | |
Ben Cameron Wallace (born September 10, 1974), nicknamed "Big Ben", is an American professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the basketball operations and team engagement advisor for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Wallace was undrafted, signing with the Washington Bullets on October 2, 1996. He was a member of the 2004 NBA Champions with the Pistons. He also played for the Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He is widely considered to be greatest undrafted NBA player and one of the best defensive players of all time, winning the Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, which is tied with Rudy Gobert for the most in NBA history.
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