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The Ben Wallace File
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Four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year
(2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006)
Five-time NBA First All-Defensive Team (2002-2006)
Three-time All-NBA Second Team member (2003, 2004, 2006)
Two-time All-NBA Third Team honoree (2002, 2005)
Four-time NBA All-Star (2003-2006)
Starting center for the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons
In 2005-06, he became one of five players in NBA history to notch 100 blocks and 100 steals in six straight seasons (Hakeem Olajuwon 12 times, Julius Erving seven times, Sam Lacey seven times and David Robinson seven times)
His career average of 2.29 bpg ranks 17th all time in the NBA and is eighth among active NBA players (Dikembe Mutombo: 2.94, Alonzo Mourning: 2.90, Theo Ratliff: 2.68, Andrei Kirilenko: 2.59, Shaquille O’Neal: 2.53, Tim Duncan: 2.48 and Marcus Camby: 2.47)
One of four players in NBA history to lead the league in rebounds and blocks in the same season (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 1975-76, Bill Walton 1976-77, Hakeem Olajuwon 1989-90 and Ben Wallace 2001-02)
Led the NBA with 13.0 rpg and 3.48 bpg in 2001-02; led the NBA with 15.4 rpg in 2002-03
Ranks 24th in NBA history with 1,600 blocked shots
Has grabbed 20 or more rebounds in a game 42 times
Member of 2002 Team USA World Basketball Championships squad
Went undrafted following his senior year at Virginia Union in 1996; earned First Team Division II All-America with 12.5 ppg and 10.5 rpg
Transactions: Undrafted by an NBA franchise … signed as a free agent by the Washington Bullets (10/02/96) … traded to the Orlando Magic with Terry Davis, Tim Legler and Jeff McInnis for Isaac Austin (08/11/99) … traded to the Detroit Pistons with Chucky Atkins for Grant Hill … signed by the Chicago Bulls as a free agent (07/13/06)
He and his wife, Chanda, have two sons, Ben Jr. (8) and Bryce (2), and are currently expecting their third child
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