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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Difference Manifesto
- Path to Providence - the Creation of the Middle Chamber Program
- Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia
- The Changing Village Environment in Southeast Asia Applied Anthropology and Environmental Reclamation in the Northern Philippines (The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1875-04-01
- Active to
- 1932-02-10
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 864
- Total plays
- 3,550
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 73,090x
- Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2
· 2012 · cited 52,734x
- Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0
· 2007 · cited 24,834x
- HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
· 2015 · cited 21,469x
- Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome
· 2009 · cited 19,772x
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Key facts
- 1996
- Viola Reggio Calabria
- Title
- Basketball operations and team engagement advisor
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1974-09-10 ) September 10, 1974 (age 51) , White Hall, Alabama , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Listed weight
- 240 lb (109 kg)
- High school
- Central ( Hayneville, Alabama )
- College
- Cuyahoga CC (1992–1994) Virginia Union (1994–1996)
- Nba draft
- 1996 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 1996–2012
- Position
- Center / power forward
- Number
- 30, 4, 3, 6
- 1996 1999
- Washington Bullets / Wizards
- 1999 2000
- Orlando Magic
- 2000 2006
- Detroit Pistons
- 2006 2008
- Chicago Bulls
- 2008 2009
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- 2009 2012
- Detroit Pistons
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 109
- Image
- BenWallaceCloseup (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 206
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Ben Wallace (basketball player)
- date of birth
- 1974-09-10
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
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Article
Benjamin Camey Wallace (born September 10, 1974) is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. Nicknamed "Big Ben", he is often considered the greatest undrafted player in NBA history. He is also widely regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time, excelling in rebounding, shot-blocking, and interior defense.
A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University. In an NBA career that spanned from 1996 to 2012, he played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers as well as the Pistons. Wallace won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award four times, a record he shares with Dikembe Mutombo and Rudy Gobert. In nine seasons with the Pistons (2000–2006; 2009–2012), Wallace made two NBA Finals appearances (2004 and 2005) and won a championship in 2004. The Pistons retired his jersey No. 3 in 2016. Wallace was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 2021.