Ben Stafford

Ben Stafford was born on July 21st, 1986 at Massachusetts General.  Growing up, Ben always loved the sport of basketball. By the age of six, he was already dribbling a basketball up and down his driveway in the suburbs of Boston.  In middle school, Ben played point guard on the basketball team where he finished runner up in the league's MVP voting.  Once Ben entered his freshman year of high school, he immediately turned into the typical high school jock.  He was cocky, arrogant, and narcissistic. Ben was the type kid who was constantly staring at himself in the bathroom mirror combing his hair. He was always trying to talk to girls who mostly wanted nothing to do with him, since he would usually let them know how lucky they were to be in his presence.  Throughout high school, Ben was the star of the basketball team.  But, his team fell short of the state championship his freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year. Not only was his team runner-up every year in the championship, Ben also achieved the amazing goal of falling runner-up in the MVP voting throughout his four year tenure in high school.  This gave birth to his nickname, Ben "Runner-Up" Stafford.  The nickname infuriated Ben, as he usually would threaten to fight anyone he heard call him it.  But, of course, Ben would always talk a big game and as soon as there was any real confrontation, he would make up an excuse for him to have to leave.  The nickname stuck even when Ben was recruited to Boston College where he played back-up point guard to his roommate, Carl Barden.  Carl was a star and Ben couldn't help but despise him.  There he was even one time where Ben tried to sabotage Carl by turning his alarm clock off the night before the team traveled to play Louisville in the playoffs. Ben thought that this would finally be his chance to prove to the world what he could really do.  Unfortunately, Ben woke up and looked over to Barden's bet neatly made, and a note sitting on his pillow. The note read, "Nice try asswipe.  P.S, check the time." Ben looked at his clock and it said 11:30am. The bus left at 8:00 am. Barden ended up putting up a stat sheet of 45 points, 18 assists, 10 rebounds, and 10 blocks.  The first quadruple double in Boston College history. To this day, Ben has no idea how Barden figured out his plan and flipped it on to him.  Finally, in Stafford's senior year, the team's starting shooting guard blew out his knee and the coach gave him a chance to play.  Stafford played exceptionally well and was getting looked at by the Boston Celtics.  Also, in that year, Ben was runner-up for the team's MVP voting behind Barden. Ben ended up getting drafted by the Boston Celtics.  He was the last pick of the NBA draft.  But, Ben proved the doubters wrong and worked his way through the D-League and earned a chance to be promoted to the NBA. The decision was between him and Barden.  Miraculously, Barden tore his ACL the day before the Celtics had to make their decision.  This inevitably caused Ben to be called up to Celtics NBA team. During Ben's tenure as a Boston Celtic, he has a done a staggering job being Rajon Rondo's backup.  To this day, he is still waiting for his first chance to step on the court.  Ben keeps in contact with Barden from time to time, always trying to brag about how great his life is going (even though he can't stand it).