I think it is safe to say that all were shocked when the news came out that the bulls signed Ben Wallace for 4 years and 60 million dollars. People tried to defend the signing, but looking back at it at the midway point of the season, the signing was not nearly worth the money. His stats are an underwhelming 9.9 rpg and 6.6 ppg, and the Bulls defense is still trying to adjust playing with him. Before Ben Wallace came to the Chi, the BUlls already had the #1 rated defense in the L, and the core of Hinrich, Nocioni, Deng, Chandler, and Gordon have all learned to play with each other and then Ben Wallace comes in and now the Bulls have to adjust to his game. How about this? Why didnt the Bulls make Ben Wallace adjust to their style of play?

I called it a bad signing from the minute i heard about it and i still stick by that.

When i heard the rumors of ben wallace coming to chicago, i though the bulls had a good idea going on. He is a great rebunder for his size, 11 1/2 last year is really good but not  great. Tyson chandler pulled down 10 per two years ago and nobody really noticed. But ben's defense is what really makes him good, all the blocks and steals, not to mention the countless times players hesitate or alter their shots because of his mere presence. ( His one on one defense is not that great though. In the playoffs you saw him fall prey to spin moves from shaq and cheap arm-guided drives from lebron james)

But when i heard that he was getting sixty million over four years i could have passed out. When you look at it,  at least to me, he is basically a poor man's dennis rodman. Rodman's was a legendary rebounder, pulling down 15-18 boards per game on a regular basis. And dont forget about theway he frustrated players with his physical defense, which does as much as steals and blocks because of the countless times players couldnt get a shot off with him in their face. And what was rodman making per year? He brought in 4.5 million guaranteed and 5.something in potential incentives. Thats 10 million maximum per year. Ben Wallace is not Dennis Rodman, and deserves less money than Dennis Rodman got. Enough said  

I think the pressure was on the bull's GM, paxon, to make a move, and paxon buckled. The money would have been better sent on a player like Nen'e, who can rebound and put up solid offensive numbers, and is a bigger body. And unlike wallace, Nene is not asking for an increase in offensive touches, which he will get anyway. I believe that the Fro is now bigger than Ben himself, and paxon fell bait to the all-encompasing fan attraction we call the FRO.