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
best energy everybody fun game pick playing seemed start
It's contagious. Everybody else seemed to pick that energy up and start pressuring them. I like playing like that. It makes the game fun for me, and I think it's the best way for us to get a win.
beat force guys hard pick shortcuts sign tough
I didn't know anything about it, but I think that's a sign of consistency. We go out and play hard every night, not take shortcuts and we usually don't pick up fouls. We keep guys off the line, force them to take tough shots, force them to beat you, not beat yourself.
afford allow emotions extra feed guys hang knowing pick team teams type
When a team is short-handed, you can't allow them to hang around and feed off their emotions. Knowing that they got guys out, guys want to come out and play a little extra hard, try to pick it up. You can't afford to let those type teams hang around too long.
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.
pick special veteran
I wasn't doing anything special for him - that's how I play every night. No. 1 pick, No. 2 pick or a cagey veteran - it is all the same to me.
bench control giving great job keeping pick slow turning wheels
We got off to a slow start, but for the most part, we were able to pick it up and take control of the game. The bench did a great job of keeping the wheels turning and giving us a lot of energy.
dead loved serious stood unless walk
I loved what that place stood for. You didn't walk into that place unless you were dead serious about working out.
everybody minute possibly
It's not a problem. Everybody here is healthy. Everybody here is energized and we want to play every minute we can possibly play. It's not a problem. This is what we do.
everybody hurt ready
Everybody is hurt and disappointed right now. But everybody is going to come back ready to play.
ask playing
Everybody's playing together, everybody's playing in sync. That's all we can ask for right now.
against funny problems
Again, it was funny how many problems Shaq had against 68
minutes played ready
It's not about how many minutes we played. It's about being ready to play the way we've played all season.
camp chance guys training
I haven't been through a training camp in a year, so I just wanted to get through that training camp, see what we had going on, ... Give the young guys a chance to shine.
early easy leading stops talked
It was mentioned. We talked about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops and it was leading to easy baskets.