"Ben Wallace says he will take time off after this season and begin law school — probably at the University of Virginia. He is keeping a promise he made two years ago when he signed a two-year deal to return to the Pistons: He said these will be the final two seasons of his 16-year career that has played out with five organizations.

That's it. No more basketball when this abbreviated 66-game season is complete.

"I am done," he said before the Pistons game.

He will play the remainder of the season at center and then retire officially when the season is over. Then he wants to rest his body and then begin the process of being lawyer Ben."