Ben Wallace's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech

Ben Wallace delivers his speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2021.

[thenbalovesdp]

First player ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as an undrafted player! What a journey for Big Ben!

[ChrundleTheGreat]

This man held prime Shaq to 14 points in a finals game. Absolute legend.

[goalieg]

That whole speech he was trying not to break down. Well deserved Afro.

[kidjiujitsu]

He fought through that speech. I’ve never seen him be that emotional.

[Chibason]

This great speech sounded like spoken word poetry at times. You could really feel the emotion. Congrats Ben Wallace

[henryjayatienza]

From being an undrafted player, to becoming a Champion, becoming an All Star, a multiple time DPOY winner and now a Hall of Famer. What a journey for Big Ben Wallace.

[takethatwithya]

This is not just a speech, this is poetry. Everything fits, the words, the body language. For me the best HOF speech so far that i've seen.

[JohnDoe-kxyt]

This man was one of the most savage players. This guy was not scared of anyone. He deserves this honour.

[MarcLobo]

Put this man in the next Black Panther Movie. This man is a warrior. A king. A beast. An inspiration. Loved watching him compete.

[tonysnell]

legend but a even better human being. Well deserved Unc!

[Harveygregorxotwod]

First undrafted player to make several allstar and all nba teams and the hall of fame. Dude was different and is one of the best defenders oat

[PSRemember]

I watched this over and over he is a poet, a man of honour

[davidcasella]

That 2004 Detroit Pistons team was one of the Best Defensive teams in history! They dismantled my Lakers for the 2004 NBA Championship! Well deserved, Ben Wallace was the Anchor on Defense. Great Rebounder and Shot Blocker. Glad to see he was inducted into the Hall of Fame!

[alfekim]

this is just insane level of poetry. true heart of man. his black panther man. freaking hell.

[Uchebeatz]

I'm not getting old, we all are. 😭 Big Ben, Kobe (RIP), TD, KG, The Truth, Ray Allen, Bosh, Ginobilli, Parker, .... so many great players from the 2000's

[TrahNO]

Someone who looked and appeared as the image of hip hop culture in his time, giving this speech with the most professionalism and humility. He was just all about the work. Reason I started rocking the headband as a kid

[miggybyte]

He's more than a basketball player. A tough journey in life made him who he is today.

[jarrellsmall]

Always been so selfless, even selfless enough during his hall of fame speech to use the metaphor of him always being small, counted out, having to fight, and imagining the success on a leveled playing field and taking that and relating that to his peoples' struggle by saying that and walking off with the Panthers' fist. Just a great human being overall, my childhood hero, and he's always been as solid as we thought, and never let us here in Detroit down. Thank you!

[iamkingjohnson]

Swear I almost shed a tear listening to his speech! Detroit Basketball! I’m from Detroit we grind different! God bless everyone here

[johngritenas]

I'm from Detroit. Ben represents the hard work which took the Pistons to winning the 2004 Finals. I'm proud of him. One of the best defensive players in the NBA. He was a relentless rebounder who gave his 100 💯 effort every game Congratulations Ben.