RHODEY wrote:I think we give up waymore talent in the trade. Zach is young and in his prime. As a primary focus in the front court you can bet on him giving you 20 and 10.
Stats aren't the objective of the game; wins are. Name one playoff team that Zach put up 20 and 10 (or even close to it) as part of. Portland traded him for garbage and is doing MUCH better than they did with Zach. There's other factors there too but there's a reason they just wanted him off the team.
RHODEY wrote:You wanna tell me the Bulls couldnt use that all because ihs contract just a year longer than Ben's? Chicago doesn't have a "Curry " in their front court that would be stifled by Zach. They have shooters that would benefit from Zachs inside game immensely, we dont.
Yep. For one, our defensive system which relies heavily upon the bigs being able to rotate to help would fall apart cause Zach can't do that. And how would our shooters
really benefit from Zach's blackish, holish low post game?
RHODEY wrote:Now what does Ben do for us? Well for one I think Eddy could go back to being near dominant offensively. He helps us from a team defensive aspect mainly. Now Curry, it's true he's no savior but guess what? As long as Zach is here his value will be very low. If we want to move him for something we have to get his value up. The Curry with the 10+ 20 point games and 8+ bounds will get you a whole lot more than this incarnation. Getting Ben could be the key to that.
Nonsense. Ben Wallace's presence would only hurt Eddy's offensive game. Right now, the key to stopping Curry is doubling him and making him pass out of it cause it often leads to turnovers. With Ben Wallace as a complete offensive liability outside of 5 feet from the basket, it only makes it easier for the opposition to double Curry.
Big Ben would without a doubt help defensively (if he decides to play) just by virtue of adding a good defensive player/shot blocker to the front court, but he won't grab any more rebounds than Randolph would.
All of the above highlights the reason why Cliff Levingston said the Bulls wouldn't do it: money. Right now, both Randolph and Wallace are guys you ideally don't want on your team as major parts making the big bucks, so might as well stick with the guy who has the shorter contract (and less remaining per year) in order to get him off your team sooner than later.