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Wallace signs with Pistons

Associated Press

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Ben Wallace needed some help backing away from the idea of retirement and two old friends in Detroit were ready to help. The four-time All-Star was ready to walk away from the game when he was bought out by Phoenix in the aftermath of the Shaquille O'Neal trade. Tayshaun Prince and Richard Hamilton, his former teammates with the Pistons, had other ideas. "I think Tayshaun called me first, but they were both giving me some coaching," Wallace said. That was more than en ...

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