By CBF.. Your Game/TalkBulls Writer
Now that the NBA Draft is over teams are now able to talk to Free Agents. One Big name free agent Ben Wallace, Has met with John Paxson and crew today and the Bulls are expected to offer a 4 year 60 million dollar deal.
I dont really know how I feel about this. I like Ben but when are we going to get some low post scoring? If I remember correctly thats what cost us some games in the playoffs where we relied on Perimeter shooting wich never is a good idea.
The thing Big Ben would bring us would be an Intimidating Defense. Afterall he has won Defensive Player of the year 4 out of the last 5 seasons. The potential signing would ideally give us the Leagues best defensive team in the NBA and I dont think anyone could argue against that. Wallace is now 32 years old.
The thing Big Ben would not give us is offense. Who knows maybe Pax has a trade up his sleave. One thing that I would like about this is that Ben is the perfect guy to teach Tyrus all about the NBA especially defensive wise. We cant expect Tyrus to come out like he did in college, obviuosly he is going to be nervous and may look a little out of place from the start but after a while im sure he will begin to feel comfortable.
But what can we expect if we sign Ben Wallace? Some say we could do a sign and trade with Cleveland where we trade Michael Sweetney for Drew Gooden. Hes a guy capable of 12-15 ppg in the paint and would be a good compliment to Ben Wallace. Here is my ideal offseason.
-Sign Ben Wallace If were so high on him (Meaning Pax)
-Sign and Trade with Cleveland for Drew Gooden By trading away Sweets
Thus giving us a great defensive player and a average low post scorer. If this is in fact what happens I would think our lineup would look something like this....
PG Hinrich/Duhon/Pargo
SG Gordon/Sefolosha
SF Deng/Noc/Khryapa
PF Gooden/Tyrus/Chandler
C Wallace/Chandler/Schenscher
We know Gordon is going to score, we know Wallace will block shots and play defense, we know Kirk is our Captain .. Signing Wallace and Gooden would be great signings for us and would help us out alot. What do you think?