As the defensive pillar of the Pistons' five tigers, Ben Wallace's career has been nothing short of miraculous. From being undrafted to being the best defensive player to being the champion, he declared to everyone that as long as he doesn't give up , everything is possible, but such an outstanding player has not been inducted into the Hall of Fame after retiring. The media and fans have speculated that this is related to the Auburn Hills Palace incident. In my opinion, Big Ben has always been Failure to be elected to the Hall of Fame has a certain relationship with this matter, but there are also other factors involved.
As the bloodiest fight in NBA history, the Auburn Hills Palace incident undoubtedly had a huge impact on the NBA. Fans and players fought each other, resulting in several people being injured and sent to the hospital. Because of this incident, the outside world Questions about the NBA were overwhelming, and the league also suffered huge losses. In the end, the NBA president had to impose heavy penalties on the players involved in order to quell the dispute. As one of the participants in this serious incident, although Ben Wallace did not directly participate in the fight with the fans, the cause of the incident was the pushing and shoving between him and Artest, so Ben Wallace Wallace was also punished by a six-game suspension from the league. Because the impact of this incident was too huge, it affected Wallace's induction into the Hall of Fame to a certain extent.
In addition to the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Ben Wallace's own lack of personal honor and popularity are also important reasons for his inability to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Ben Wallace is essentially a defensive blue-collar player, and a defensive player cannot attract the attention of fans. As a player with no outstanding personal honors, McGrady was elected to the Hall of Fame because of his extremely high popularity. However, Ben Wallace not only has no outstanding personal honors, but also has a huge gap with Hall of Fame players in terms of popularity. So so far, Ben Wallace has still not been elected to the Hall of Fame.
It is undeniable that Ben is a very good player. He has turned a bad hand into a king. But real life is like this. Sometimes you can not succeed just because you have the strength. Opportunity is also a very important thing when being selected. Anyway, I hope Wallace can be successfully elected to the Hall of Fame in the future! After all, this is every NBA player's dream.