Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
Ben Camey Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bulletsas 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...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityWhite Hall, AL
buzz enjoy free guys help owe playing talking team whatever
I enjoy being here. I enjoy these guys that I'm playing with. I owe everything to these guys here not talking about this, not making a big buzz about me being a free agent. We just go out there every night, and (I) do whatever I can do to help this team win.
everybody including trying win year
That championship year we had, everybody played. It wasn't trying to win with one or two guys. We used everybody that we had, including our bench. We've got to use everybody. That's the only way you can win in this league.
goal playing regardless
Nah. Our goal is still the same, regardless of where we're playing or who we're playing against. It's still the same.
trying
I was having one of those out-of-body experiences. Just trying to be active, just trying to get to the boards, just trying to make things happen.
close sort
He was so close and it sort of slipped away.
cut rolling
He didn't cut it, did he? Good. I like that hair. I'm rolling with him.
carried
He carried us tonight. He's been like that all season.
ball cover force forcing letting lock moved picked plays running side team teams
I think our whole team has picked it up. We're getting the ball moved from side to side, forcing teams to defend, not letting teams come out and lock in on the plays we're running but force them to cover everyone on the floor. And when we do that, I think we're at our best.
conscious defensive effort everybody forcing hang hats stops teams tough
I think everybody is making a conscious effort to go out and get it done on the defensive end. We hang our hats on the defensive end, being able to get stops and forcing teams to take tough shots.
add game mean possibly shooting win
It don't mean nothing to us, man. We just want to go out and try to win every game that we possibly can. Then, at the end of the season, we add them up and, hopefully, we can end up with home-court advantage. That's the only thing that we're shooting for right now.
definitely everybody glad helped major played role team winning
It definitely helped our team. I think it helped everybody on our team get better. He played a major role in us winning a championship, so we're glad it happened.
I thought he would have had 16 way before now.
advantage playoffs road successful teams
We'll use the home-court advantage if we have to. But I think the teams that are going to be successful in these playoffs are going to be the teams that go on the road and win.
christmas energy home tough
We had a little more energy because we were at home. It's tough to play away from home on Christmas.