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Ben Wallace strengthened the argument that he's one of the best defenders in NBA history.
The Detroit Pistons center became the first player to win the Defensive Player of the Year award four times in a five-year span.
Wallace's path to defensive greatness started in White Hall, Ala., where he said his seven older brothers forced him to learn how to play basketball without shooting much.
"I was always told, 'You have to get loose balls and rebound or try to get a steal because we're not going to pass the ball,"' said Wallace, who went to Virginia Union University.
Wallace -- who won the award last year, in 2003 and 2002 -- and Dikembe Mutombo are the only players in the league to be voted the top defensive player four times. Mutombo won it in 2001, 1998, 1997 and 1995 while playing for Philadelphia, Atlanta and Denver.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/05/07/wallace.defensive.award.ap/index.html
The Detroit Pistons center became the first player to win the Defensive Player of the Year award four times in a five-year span.
Wallace's path to defensive greatness started in White Hall, Ala., where he said his seven older brothers forced him to learn how to play basketball without shooting much.
"I was always told, 'You have to get loose balls and rebound or try to get a steal because we're not going to pass the ball,"' said Wallace, who went to Virginia Union University.
Wallace -- who won the award last year, in 2003 and 2002 -- and Dikembe Mutombo are the only players in the league to be voted the top defensive player four times. Mutombo won it in 2001, 1998, 1997 and 1995 while playing for Philadelphia, Atlanta and Denver.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/05/07/wallace.defensive.award.ap/index.html