Bulls Ben Wallace likes big help
"But Ben has a knack on his own of getting to the offensive glass and keeping balls alive."
As Ben Wallace extolled the virtues of playing alongside legitimate 7-footers, dropping names from his past like Elden Campbell and Eric Montross, somebody interrupted him to suggest that Montross stunk.
'Doesn't matter,' Wallace said. 'Whether you're a great player or not, if you're 7 feet and around that basket, they have to pay some attention to you.'
And therein lies Wallace's, well, larger point.
In Monday's victory over Seattle, Wallace and 7-footer Aaron Gray logged seven minutes of second-quarter playing time together, during which the Bulls turned a one-point deficit into a five-point lead. Read more