Talk to me when CHI has a roster with the talent equivalent to Billups, Hamilton, Prince, Sheed, McDyess, Delfino, & Maxiell

That's like saying apples do a better job of being apples than oranges do. CHI doesn't have the full talent on their roster as we did. There's no way you can say they didn't get their money's worth because it's not like they had the same level of players. If they had the same level of players that we did, they would have beat our arses. We couldn't even beat CLE without Ben. At least WITH Ben we could be the CAVS.

And, you can talk about scoring more than the other team all you want, but when you can't stop the other team from scoring at will (a la Lebron going to the hole untouched) you will lose. He helps that team, just like he helped our team and for the most part, he was the reason they stayed in games with us because half their roster failed to show up in our series. If citing offensive numbers for a defensive player makes people feel better about it, so be it. The guy has NEVER been an offensive player in his career, but it's awfully convenient that offense is the determining factor for everyone claiming he's worthless. Last time I checked, Ben Wallace wasn't Ben Wallace because he avg. 20 ppg and shot 98% from the line.

I'd happily have his 13 MIL on our salary cap in order to see Lebron's layups and dunks tossed back down his throat.

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