If Ben were to retire?
Posted by pistonsnationAfter some pretty disappointing seasons the 4 time DPOY is now mulling over retirement. Over at Life on Dumars toasterhands says that Ben Wallace is and always will be his favorite all-time Piston. Many used to feel that way, I wonder how many people still do?
I respect toasterhands for saying that. Despite all the his post playing days malfeasance Isiah Thomas is still my favorite player. He’s the reason I love the Pistons’ basketball, or basketball in general for that matter.
But for the ‘04 Champion era Pistons Ben fell off. Way off. I used to place him a very close second behind Mr. Big Shot.
Now I’d rank him 5th:
- Chauncey
- McDyess
- Rip
- Tayshaun
- Ben
- Rasheed
When a member of the Pistons he embodied everything that was Piston’s hardhat style basketball. That’s probably why it stung so bad when we as a fanbase were forsaken for the Bulls and their $$. He went from ‘Big Ben Wallace’ to ‘Big Ben Wallets’. That’s why we boos always rained down for the former face of the franchise. He helped make us and we helped make him and just like that he has gone.
I think that’s also a big reason fans hardly give it a second thought that Rodney Stuckey now dons the “Big 3″.
Then to see him in that Cavaliers jersey for me was just too much. I most times forgot he was ever a Piston at all.
If he does retire and acknowledges the Pistons Nation for embracing him when Joe traded Grant Hill for a guy hardly anyone had ever heard of then and only then can the healing begin. Or, he could just finish out his contract and make the Cavs keep signing $14 million worth in paychecks.
Make the Cavs fear the dough!.

Much like the Celtics knew in ‘88, the Pistons probably knew they could no longer hold the Bulls down. It was Chicago’s time. After three straight years of playoff exits at the hands of the Pistons the Bulls were finally ready to take Detroit’s place as the Eastern Conference’s representatives.
Lance Blanks. There’s a name from the past I happened upon while scanning some of 

If the Pistons want a chance to win game two of this series and steal the homecourt advantage the Cavs have worked so hard for then they have to toughen up. Bottom line.







