Will Ben Wallace bring the Chicago Bulls to the Finals?!?

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Answer 1

finals? i even doubt they can get past the first round next year... dont get too excited but i truely believe they made a boo boo on this one... they overpaid ben wallace with that kind of money, i think he didnt deserve that huge money, i think its outrageous... ben wallace is a very good defensive player no doubt but he cant do anything on the offensive end... i mean is that what tyson chandler was doing for 5 years in chicago? blocking shots but being a liabilty on the offensive end... he's basically the same player but stronger and much much shorter...
one of their glowing weaknesses last year was inside scoring, and they just added ben wallace, tyrus thomas, and pj brown, all of them defensive minded players but suck on offense...
they did not address their need for inside scoring... the backcourt will again have the majority of the scoring load, and i think it will be the same bulls we'll see next year and they'll reach the playoffs and be eliminated in the first round...

Answer 2

I don't think so.

First, Ben Wallace is a big improvement and is a good fit for the Bulls. Having Big Ben as a shot blocker and rebounder and having Kirk Hinrich as a perimeter defender to go along with all the other great individual defenders they have will make them the top defensive team in the league. However, they still don't really have anybody who can draw a double team and Ben Gordon alone isn't enough offense to make them a championship team. Moreover, they're still awfully young. Acquiring veterans in PJ Brown and Big Ben will help, but they could still use some more experience on that team.

They'll be much improved and make some noise, but they're still missing a piece or two.

Answer 3

best benefit the Bulls get is that Ben Wallace isn't on the Pistons and they did not get something in go back to interchange him. there's a large hollow contained in the Pistons rotation and they do no longer have the cap room to bypass after gamers who can help. With the way the revenues cap is they in ordinary words have mid-exception and characteristic to need that they could get a participant for it. Detriot ought to thoroughly retool the way they play basketball and their lack of intensity extremely at middle is going to capture as a lot as them. by employing taking Ben Wallace, Chicago has no longer in ordinary words made the Pistons only a center of the %. playoff crew without possibility of a championship. without achievable championship the Pistons are previous with over 1/2 of their cap tied up with Rasheed Wallace, Prince and Hamlinton all making $10 million a three hundred and sixty 5 days with Billups getting into the awesome three hundred and sixty 5 days of his deal.

Answer 4

They might get a lot better but I think it's too early to proclaim them championship material. Ben Wallace is turning 32, his numbers have been going downhill since 02-03, and he give you nothing on offense which is unfortunately what the Bulls need. Everybody used to keep saying how underrated he was that now he so overrated.

Answer 5

Noooo. I think Bulls will eventually regret Curry trade. Bulls don't have an ALL-star with offensive game. Every team that gets far in the playoffs has an All-Star with an offensive game. The draft was weak. Bulls will be lucky if they make a second round.

Answer 6

Four-time defensive player of the year Ben Wallace is expected to cross Lake Michigan and play for the Bulls next season.



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But Pistons center Ben Wallace wasn't far behind.

Wallace, an unrestricted free agent, and his agent, Arn Tellem, were close to signing a contract Monday night with the Chicago Bulls worth substantially more than the four-year, $48-million offer the Pistons opened negotiations with Saturday.

According to a person close to the negotiations, the Bulls had offered something closer to four years, $60 million to bring the NBA's top defensive stopper to the Windy City.

The deal was expected to be finalized late Monday or early Tuesday with Wallace's oral agreement. He can't sign an official contract until July 12.

Either way, the news leaves the Pistons facing a tough question on America's birthday: What do they do now?

President of basketball operations Joe Dumars did not return e-mails seeking comment.

San Antonio Spurs center Nazr Mohammed and Joel Pryzbilla are two post players left on the free-agent market, and while both are regular starters in the league, neither can offer the kind of shot-blocking, rebound-grabbing, energy-inspiring performances that Wallace had become well loved for in Detroit.

Pryzbilla averaged 6.1 points and seven rebounds a game last season for Portland. Mohammed scored 6.2 points and nabbed 5.2 rebounds a game for San Antonio in more of a backup role.

Wallace, 31, played six seasons for the Pistons, becoming the franchise's all-time leader in both blocks and reaching fourth all-time on the rebound chart with 6,048.

When he came to Detroit in 2000 in the sign-and-trade that shipped former star Grant Hill to Orlando, Wallace was known as a role-playing, undrafted, undersized center without nearly the star power he enjoys today. His profile has skyrocketed along with his trademark Afro.

In Detroit, despite a shaky offensive game, Wallace helped the Pistons go to back-to-back NBA Finals and win the championship in 2004. Individually, he won four Defensive Player of the Year awards and played in four All-Star Games, including the most recent one. He became a nationally known star, one who hawked cellphones and lent his name to an inflatable defending toy.

Wallace, a soft-spoken, no-nonsense personality, soon became symbolic of the Pistons' style — a defensive-minded, grind-it-out, tough way of play. Despite being only 6-feet-9, he controlled the paint on the defensive end against much bigger bodies. He almost never missed a game with an injury.

He was considered the heart and soul of the Pistons locker room, where his teammates affectionately called him "Body."

But there were signs of fracture this season. In a late season game in Orlando, Wallace refused coach Flip Saunders' requests to re-enter the game. He complained then and during the playoffs about the Pistons' system, saying that four players can't beat five.

At other points during the season, Saunders' first with the team, he voiced concern over the Pistons' attention to defense, his calling card. And Wallace had his worst free-throw shooting (41.6 percent) and rebounding (11.3 per game) as a Piston.

But there was no sign that the Pistons executives were ready to send him out of town. In his season-ending statement, Dumars stressed that he wanted to keep his top six players.

The $48-million deal would have made Wallace the richest Piston in team history, but Wallace was reportedly unhappy with that initial offer. It is believed that the Pistons hadn't made a counteroffer.

Throughout the season, Wallace said he wanted to be back in Detroit next season. But midseason, Wallace fired his longtime agent, eventually replacing him with Tellem, one of the biggest names in the business.

One person close to the negotiations said Wallace had mixed feelings as he leaves behind the team that made him a star and the place he called home for six years.

In Chicago, Wallace will find a coach who loves to harp on defensive and energy in former Spartan Scott Skiles. He'll also run alongside some up-and-coming talents in Tyson Chandler, Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon and Andres Nocioni, although ESPN.com reported Monday night that the Bulls will try to move Chandler now that Wallace is onboard.

so in other words no!

Answer 7

BEN WALLACE MAY NOT BRING THE BULLS TO THE FINALS, BUT THEY MAY GET THEM INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THE BULLS WOULD POSSIBLY NEED ANOTHER POWER FORWARD AND/OR A SHOOTING GUARD TO HELP THE TEAM. WHAT A SILLY MOVE BY THE DETROIT PISTONS

Answer 8

Not in one year, but give the Bulls time, and let them learn to play together. They will be a better team though!

Answer 9

I would like too say yes, but it just depends on who's gonna score on that lineup. Ben Gordon has too see alot of time for that team too be succesful.

Answer 10

No, he will not. If the Bulls get to the finals they will arrive in a chartered bus.