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
ball early easy everybody forcing lead stops talking teams transition trying turn
We're talking about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops that would lead to easy baskets. Where everybody was getting buckets in transition and forcing teams to turn the ball over, everybody getting out and running. ... Now, we're just trying to get back to where we were.
thinking trying
Right now, I'm not really thinking about any of that. I'm just out here trying to have fun, play basketball.
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.
goes key plays relaxed trying
That's the key to our success. Everyone just goes out and plays their role. No one is trying to do it by themselves. Everyone is just relaxed and going through the flow.
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.
front game next playing possibly trying week win worried
Right now, that's what we're playing for. We're not worried about who they put in front of us or who we've got to play this week or next week. We're just trying to win every game we possibly can.
everybody good knew last pieces played roles struggling team trying year
They're a struggling team right now, trying to find their identity. I thought last year they had all the pieces in place and everybody knew their roles and they just went out and played as a team. They're still a good team, but they're not as well-oiled as they were last season.
knowing last matter ourselves playing season situation trying
Same way we've been doing it all season ? just going out and playing with a lot of energy, knowing that it really doesn't matter who we're playing against. We're just trying to go out and win every game, just to put ourselves in a better situation than we were in last year.
good playing shoulders team trying
He's not out there trying to take the team on his shoulders by himself. He's playing good team ball.
close energy hopefully opportunity team themselves wear
When you get the opportunity to close a team out, you just have to come out with a lot of energy early. You just have to go out there and withstand some of their energy, play through it, and hopefully they'll wear themselves down.
stops
We've got to get back to making stops when we need them.
add care season
We don't care about the numbers. We just want to add them up at the end of the season and come up with home-court advantage.
bench coming couple great guys job
We got a couple of new guys coming off the bench. Our bench has been doing a great job for us, coming in and maintaining.
We got outworked all night. That's it. No other comments.