Ben Wallace joins the Bulls

#2
#2
Flipper does not like him and Wallace does not like Flipper..............Hate/Hate going on......
 
#4
#4
There goes Detroit. Now we'll have a bunch of analysts calling for Chicago to win the Eastern Conference next season.
 
#5
#5
Flip it to your local ESPN station and that pretty much sums up talk radio for the day.
 
#6
#6
this is awesome. always have loved the bulls. maybe this will get them back close to where they were.

lineup.....

g- ben gordon

g- kirk hinrich

c- ben wallace

f- luol deng

f- tyson chandler


tyrus thomas will also be a bull
 
#10
#10
.......60 million for a one-trick pony.

....Suppose that's what I get for not eating brussel sprouts.
 
#11
#11
(Crew @ Jul 4 said:
.......60 million for a one-trick pony.

....Suppose that's what I get for not eating brussel sprouts.
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I didn't realize rebounds and blocks were lumped into the same trick
 
#12
#12
yeah....that whole 'offensive liability' thing.

If the bulls can overcome that the way the pistons did then it's fine. But, It would appear to me that they intend on having an upbeat style of offense. Ben is 32 and never was "swift" to begin with.
 
#14
#14
$15 mil a year in cap room for an aging, one dimensional player. I may have to rethink all the praise I've heaped on John Paxson.
 
#15
#15
If nothing else, it gets people excited about the Bulls again in the off-season.

Even if he probably won't do a whole lot for the team. Talk also abound of the Bulls setting their sights on Kevin Garnett. Ummm...? Why? KG's ship sailed long ago, he chose to stick around Minnesota and suffocate his own title hopes.
 
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(milohimself @ Jul 5 said:
If nothing else, it gets people excited about the Bulls again in the off-season.

Even if he probably won't do a whole lot for the team. Talk also abound of the Bulls setting their sights on Kevin Garnett. Ummm...? Why? KG's ship sailed long ago, he chose to stick around Minnesota and suffocate his own title hopes.
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The KG rumor is dead.
 
#17
#17
Chandler is head to New Orleans for PJ Brown. The Bulls alreay had a very solid team and now the additions of Wallace and Thomas make them a serouis threat in the East.
 
#18
#18
(Rocky Top @ Jul 6 said:
Chandler is head to New Orleans for PJ Brown. The Bulls alreay had a very solid team and now the additions of Wallace and Thomas make them a serouis threat in the East.
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Probably. And I don't know about you, but I don't see any serious title contenders in the East. Miami is another year older, Detroit is falling apart, New Jersey is too small inside, LeBron is sticking around Cleveland... Etc.
 
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#19
I don't really get why everyone is jumping all over the Phoenix bandwagon for next year. Assuming Amare is 100%, which is a pretty big assumption, that still won't change the fact they play 0 defense... at their best two years ago they could still only take two games from the Spurs in the Conference Finals.

Ben Wallace going to Chicago just put Miami further ahead and made 2nd through 8th that much tighter in the East.
 
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(tidwell @ Jul 6 said:
I don't really get why everyone is jumping all over the Phoenix bandwagon for next year. Assuming Amare is 100%, which is a pretty big assumption, that still won't change the fact they play 0 defense... at their best two years ago they could still only take two games from the Spurs in the Conference Finals.

Ben Wallace going to Chicago just put Miami further ahead and made 2nd through 8th that much tighter in the East.
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The Suns made it to the Western Conference finals without a top 10-15 NBA talent. Two of their losses to Dallas were by small margins. Add their best player back into the mix, and there ya go. 0 defense had them 2 games from the NBA finals.
 
#21
#21
My concern about Phoenix would be the history of guys returning from microfracture surgery. Alan Houston's career essentially ended and Chris Webber has been a shadow of the player he was.
 
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(hatvol96 @ Jul 6 said:
My concern about Phoenix would be the history of guys returning from microfracture surgery. Alan Houston's career essentially ended and Chris Webber has been a shadow of the player he was.
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Not that I don't disagree on the worry, but how old were Webber and Houston when these happened? Would someone at a younger age be able to rebound BETTER than somone 6 years older?
 
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#23
(VolinArizona @ Jul 6 said:
The Suns made it to the Western Conference finals without a top 10-15 NBA talent. Two of their losses to Dallas were by small margins. Add their best player back into the mix, and there ya go. 0 defense had them 2 games from the NBA finals.
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Amare or not they're still no better than the Spurs or Mavs.

The friggin Lakers took them to 7 games...
 
#24
#24
(VolinArizona @ Jul 6 said:
Not that I don't disagree on the worry, but how old were Webber and Houston when these happened? Would someone at a younger age be able to rebound BETTER than somone 6 years older?
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One would think, but the dropoffs by Houston and Webber were so significant that even a lessened effect on Stoudamaire would be a problem for the Suns.
 
#25
#25
Speaking of the Spurs, what are they going to do at center/big opposite of Duncan with the losses of Nazr and Rasho? Am I forgetting someone they already have?
 
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