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The Detroit Pistons have been fortunate enough to have several championship teams in the franchise’s history and the organization will be looking to get back to that level with the young core that it’s managed to assemble the past few years.
Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, and Ausar Thompson represent the next generation of Pistons basketball and the trio are perfect fits in the modern game because of their ballhandling, playmaking, scoring, and overall IQ.
Although Detroit is at least a few years away from competing, the pieces are in place for them to build long-term success.
Piston fans have been patiently waiting for the team to get back to prominence as they were spoiled with some of the teams that had previously been representing the city.
There are several iconic players that come to mind when thinking about Detroit but perhaps no one best exemplified what it meant to play for the team than Ben Wallace.
Wallace won over the hearts of the city of Detroit and fans took some time to celebrate him on his birthday via Ballislife.com.
HBD Big Ben Wallace
First Undrafted player inducted into the Hall of Fame!
“In today’s game, not only would I be able to play, I would average 50 rebounds like Wilt.”pic.twitter.com/TPZ2U2X45A
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) September 10, 2023
Legend
— Tidal League (@TidalLeague) September 10, 2023
He was a beast no doubt.
— Ryan (@Chi7Ryan) September 10, 2023
They don’t got ballers like this in the league anymore
— Papi (@dumas_zacarias) September 10, 2023
Big time
“not in my house”
— pooka (@pucadacat1) September 10, 2023
Wallace is one of the NBA’s best success stories as he went from an undrafted center to a key player on the 2004 Pistons championship team.
With Wallace manning the paint, Detroit was able to make several deep postseason runs in the 2000s making them one of the best teams of that decade.
The Hall of Famer was a tough and gritty player who played hard every single night and today’s players could definitely learn things from watching his film.
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