Ben Wallace facing weapons charges

Some NBA players are considering playing overseas to pass time during the lockouts. Pistons All-NBA center has spent his time playing with guns and going for drunk drives. Wallace is facing a five -year felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon when police in Bloomfield Township, Michigan arrested him Saturday on suspicion of drunk driving. Per the Detroit Free Press: The Pistons player was in a 2007 Cadillac Escalade at 3 a.m. Saturday when an officer spotted the SUV driving erratically northbound on Telegraph Road at Long Lake Road, according to the news release. Police had Wallace complete roadside testing, then arrested him on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. When officers searched his car, they discovered an unloaded pistol in a backpack in the “passenger compartment” of the vehicle, according to a press release issued by the police department today. Wallace took a breath test at the police station that registered over Michigan’s l...