Wallace a Bull

In my heart of hearts, I secretly hoped that Wallace would end up a Celtic--he would have made a tremendous compliment to Pierce and given Paul once last chance at a title run (assuming he's still in Boston).

I don't know how successful Wallace will be with the Bulls. Wallace benefited from Detriot's tremendous offensive talent--Billups and Hamilton, especially, so their was little need for him to score. Or even play offense. While Ben Gordon has shown flashes of brilliance, I don't know if Chicago will generate enough offense from their other players to carry Wallace, perhaps the worst offensive big man in the game.

That said, Wallace is one of my favorite players to watch (assuming he's not at the free throw line). I thought he would end up in Cleveland or L.A.--he would have made a perfect compliment to James or Bryant respectively.

As far as Boston goes, I'll go out on a limb and say that I like what Ainge has done so far this off season. Unloading LaFrenz's contract (which, granted, he signed) was a key move, Ratliff is a great sixth-man type player, and Telfair should be exciting to watch. So, even though my Wallace is green dream is done, let's hope the Celtics playoff chances aren't... (this, of course, assumes anyone still cares about the Celtics...)

Then, of course, there's this (a few days old now...is no news good news?)