you guys ruin threads with some gay ass shit lol...

very good business decision by wallace. playing basketball is his profession. he has a family and a life, basketball is just his day-job so to speak. i would have done the same thing had i been lucky enough to be in his position.

Consider that the Bulls were one decent big man away from sweeping the Heat this year. The same Heat that went on to win the championship.

the bulls are definitely decent this year, along with the picks/trades from the draft... ohhhhhh man :thumbsup

wish i had an extra million a year....

It's always about the bling

It was a good move by the Bulls to aquire Big Ben

For the $$$ :)

They said the same thing about Pudge when he went to the Detroit Tigers ... and look how good they are now.

On the surface, sure it looks like a cash grab. But the Pistons may not be great forever and the Bulls may become a contender with a guy like him and a few others.

Wrong again, the Bulls will contend next year in the east, stop saying 4-5 years. The Bulls have the one leader NOW, Wallace. I didn't take the "it wasn't about money" seriously. just tired of your misinformation that he was only out for money. Pistons are old and on their way down. They didn't get any better in the draft or free agency and they'll be up against the cap next year and unable to improve, its over for them.

They'll most likely lose Hunter also to free agency and Sheed and McDyess say they only want to play 1-2 more years, they're done, put a fork in them. Every team has to go through rebuilding, they took a chance and signed a bunch of veterans and they won with them. However, they didn't develop any young players and are now left with huge salaries and ageing players with declining skills.

50.........

good for ben, but I still don't like him. I like watching the bulls with their young players. I like watching Deng and Duhon as I'm a Duke fan.

nice dog

im a huge pistons fan, but big ben cant hit a free throw, ever. and it comes down to free throws often. we'll be allright without him. and by the way, fuck the bulls

I suppose lazycash makes some sense but as I said, Ben Wallace has 3-4 good years left and even if the Pistons ARE declining, he has a better chance to win with them than the Bulls anyday. The Pistons starting 5 would destroy the Bulls starting 5 any day. You can't say the Bulls are championship contenders because they are nowhere near teams like Dallas, San Antonio, and Phoenix. They don't match up well with any of those teams, and in the new NBA it is all about matchups. The Pistons DO match up well with those teams.. Anyways, next year's title goes to either Phoenix or San Antonio.

At 32, Wallace is consistently one of the most in shape players in the league. Many have said that he's the type of player that could play to 40, although I don't see that happening. The reason teams including Detroit only wanted to offer him 4 years is because after 36 a player's salary counts dollar for dollar against the cap.

Its not about "the starting 5", its about the team and the Bulls now will have one of the top 3 deepest teams in the league. They will play a rotation of 10-11 players. Actually, they do matchup very well with the contenders and with Tyrus Thomas and Wallace in the middle they will probably lead the league in blocked shots.

I'd like to think the title has a chance in Phoenix, but I'm not real happy with what they've done this offseason. Being a long time season ticket holder and having worked for the Suns as a scout for a couple of years, I was hoping they'd continue to move forward from last year. They just lost Tim Thomas, Eddie House and didn't get anything in the draft. Looks like all their going to be able to pick up in free agency is Eric Piatkowski and Lindsey Hunter. The only saving grace will be if Stoudemire can return and play at his previous level.

Dallas and San Antonio will be strong again, but neither of them has gotten much better so far this offseason. The team on the rise in the west is the Clippers, expect them to win around 55 games next year. I'll be in Vegas for the summer league starting in a week, www.vegassummerleague.com so I'll let you know if Detroit finds anyone to take Big Ben's spot.

It doesn't matter. The NBA isn't the same without Jordan

I dont watch or care about hahahahahaha sports.

lol, what a fucking moron...

cha-ching

Yea I just forgot that they lost Tim Thomas. How the hell did that happen, I thought Thomas was a lock, why would he switch teams knowing they are a legitimate title contender with Stoudamire back. And while Dallas and San Antonio didn't do anything special, I still feel they are the two favorites to win the title next year, San Antonio more than Dallas seeing as Dallas has no clutch players to step up on the grandest stage, including Dirk. I'd put all of my money on San Antonio, seeing as how they usually win every other year, and they're going to come back healthy and hungry this year. The Bulls are pretty much the East's Phoenix Suns, and while Ben Wallace is still pretty damn good, I think Stoudamire would destroy him inside, as he did with Duncan a year ago. I don't know why anyone would think the Heat are going to repeat, since I feel this year was a fluke. So you have Dallas, San Antonio, and Phoenix in the West, and Chicago, Miami, Detroit, and MAYBE Cleveland in the east. Maybe basketball will get back to the early 90s style of having 5 great teams in each division. I still haven't seen a REALLY exciting NBA Finals since Bulls vs. Jazz..