There was more to former Detroit Pistons great Ben Wallace's appearance at the Grand Rapids Drive game Saturday than just visiting fans.

Wallace is in discussions with SSJ Group, the ownership group of the G League affiliate to the Pistons, to join the franchise at an upper level, Drive president Steve Jbara told MLive on Sunday.

"We are working on it and he is very interested in being part of the franchise," said Jbara, who added that more information should be released in the near future.

Jbara spent the past three days with Wallace discussing the operation of the franchise and defining his role within the team and organization.

Wallace was at Saturday's Drive game at the DeltaPlex where he presented the game ball to center court and met with fans. He also spoke to the team in the locker room following the afternoon shoot-around.

The @DetroitPistons legend and World Champion, Ben Wallace at our game tonight! #WeAreGR



Come out and see Big Ben deliver the game ball at 7pm tonight! Get your tickets —> https://t.co/s6MRpbgECm pic.twitter.com/x9Dn81Js7v — Grand Rapids Drive (@grdrive) February 3, 2018

"I think we really only scratched the surface on how motivating and influential someone like Ben can be with our team," Jbara said.

The 43-year-old Wallace was part of the Pistons 2004 NBA Championship team and a four-time NBA all-star and four-time NBA defensive player of the year. He played nine seasons with the Pistons, who retired his jersey No. 3 in 2016.

He made more than $87 million in his 16-year NBA career, according to basketballreference.com.

Here is Wallace discussing the G League with the Drive on Saturday: