Ben Wallace: It was the Pistons' franchise, Larry Brown who believed in me

AUBURN HILLS — Ben Wallace had been told the same song and dance before arriving in Detroit in the summer of 2000. You can be a team leader. You can average 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. "You could be this, you could be that," Wallace said.

Ben Wallace will become the first of two members of the Pistons' third championship team to have his number retired during Saturday's game against the Golden State Warriors. Chauncey Billups will have his No. 1 retired in a separate ceremony during the 

Really, there was only one way to welcome Ben Wallace back to the Palace on Saturday evening, and to the credit of all those involved, the Pistons delivered. As the house lights went down at halftime of Detroit's 113-95 victory over the Golden State

Ben Wallace will become the first of two members of the Pistons' third championship team to have his number retired during Saturday's game against the Golden State Warriors. Chauncey Billups will have his No. 1 retired in a separate ceremony during the 

Expectations soared when reigning Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace signed a four-year, $60 million deal with the Bulls in July 2006. The Bulls were coming off a .500 record in 2005-06, falling in six games to the eventual champion Miami Heat in