Friday, February 22, 2008

No Mo Fro

The Chicago Bulls have finally tricked someone into taking Ben Wallace's 80 trillion dollar, 40 year contract. In a three way, eleven player deal with Cleveland and Seattle, the Bulls got Larry "Underused" Hughes and Drew "An Actual Low Post Scoring Option" Gooden and freed themselves of their Big Ben burden. Unfortunately, they also had to give up their best player, 65-year-old Joe Smith, and journeyman Adrian Griffin, as well as a 2nd round pick. Cleveland, who received Wallace and Smith, also got Wally "Yacht Club" Szczerbiak and Delonte West from the Sonics while Seattle got Griffin, Ira Newble, and Donyell Marshall's expiring contract. The Bulls also pulled Cedric Simmons and Sannon Brown in case you've ever heard of them. Now, with a more flexible salary and an expendable shooting guard (Gordon or Hughes), Chicago actually has a chance of rebounding from an abysmal season in which they were once predicted to be the best in the East. Of course, while they are currently in tenth place at 21-32, with the new additions they'll most likely make the playoffs and lose out on their chance of a lottery pick.

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