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[Rome]

Ben Wallace is the most dominant defensive player in the league, bar none.

It's a fantastic signing for the Bulls and a huge loss for the Pistons.

[hunt]

it's a great signing for a team like the bulls who are only a player or 2 away from making a legitimate run...word out of chi is that chandler will now be moved for pj brown.

for a team like the sixers...it would've been stupid to throw that kind of money at a 31 year old.

[reese125]

the sixers dont have the kind of money anyway--they have 5 million to spend. It would of had to been a sign and trade.

All that hype was by Billy King showing the fans that he was "trying" so hard to be a good GM. We didnt have an inch of a shot at him, not to mention Ben Wallace would never come here anyway. You dont go from 2 Finals appearances, a world championship then to the Sixers--bah. Hunt, you are correct---the Bulls are really that close to making a serious run

[BigEd76]

Detroit replaced him with Nazr.....5/$30M

[Drunkmasterflex]

Detroit replaced him with Nazr.....5/$30M

Who did the Sixers trade him for?

[BigEd76]

He was part of the Mutombo trade 5 yrs ago

[QB Eagles]

Link

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago Bulls mascot dressed in a bright red costume was charged with attacking an off-duty officer after driving a mini-motorcycle through an outdoor festival.

Barry Anderson, the Benny the Bull mascot, was charged with misdemeanor battery and driving within a parkway. The 26-year-old man is accused of throwing a punch at the sheriff's deputy, knocking off his glasses and breaking his watch.

Anderson was riding the motorcycle through the festival without a permit Sunday, Police Capt. James Knightly said. When the off-duty officer, who was working security, tried to stop him, Anderson ran, police said. The officer chased and caught him.

"It would be premature to make any comment at this point until all the information is gathered," Bulls spokesman Tim Hallam said.

Veronica Resa, a spokeswoman with the Mayor's Office of Special Events, said Anderson was entertaining people at the Taste of Chicago festival.

"We always love working with the Chicago Bulls and we know that what happened was not their fault," Resa said.

Anderson's costume was returned to the United Center after his arrest, police said.

In 2005, another Bulls mascot, Da Bull, was sentenced to probation for 11/2 years for possession of cannabis with intent to deliver.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

top 40 NBA players in terms of trade value

Good stuff from Bill Simmons.


Omitted this year:

Andre Igoudala (38): Didn't seem to improve enough last season. Of course, if they ever launch a new professional basketball league in which the whole team concept is scrapped and players just have 30-minute individual workouts, followed by judges scoring their performances like figure skaters, Igoudala and Rajon Rondo would probably be the top-two picks.

On Allen Iverson:

24. Allen Iverson
A future Hall of Famer who averaged 33 a game is currently available ... and not only do none of the contenders seem to be interested (not even the Bulls, who would have been perfect for him), but the guy shopping him is Billy King, who would have easily clinched "Worst GM of the decade" honors if Isiah Thomas and Kevin McHale never passed through our lives. Is anyone else terrified right now? We could be heading for the sequel of the Barkley-for-Hornacek/Perry/Lang trade here, right down to the poor Sixers fans being involved again.

(Here's a prediction: Within the next 15 years, Philadelphia becomes the first city to ban professional sports for an entire calendar year to preserve everyone's collective safety. We're really getting to that danger point. Hooligans, rioting, you name it.)

Haha.

[rjs246]

You know, it pains me to say this but, a year away from the Flyers actually did wonders for my general well being. Then again, if they got rid of the Eagles I'd probably go on a murderous rampage.

[ice grillin you]

dont fret....youd still have soccer

[BigEd76]

LeBron signed the $80M extension with Cleveland

Edit:  SAS reported that it's only 4 yrs/$50M and he can opt out after 3

[hunt]

sebastian telfair is going to ask the celtics to unretire #31 so he can wear it....yeah, sebastian telfair. 

[phattymatty]

this announcer is cracking me up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un6CGeLSgpY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdeadspin%2Ecom%2F

[ice grillin you]

jr smith to the nuggets

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-060716bulls,1,2640131.story?coll=cs-bulls-headlines

[ice grillin you]

an oklahoma city group just bought the supersonics...looks like seattle will be losing its nba team