To headband or not to headband seems to be the most pressing question on Ben and the Bulls minds these days. Quick recap; Bulls beat Knicks, but Wallace gets yanked twice by Skiles for breakiing the Reinsdorfian rule of no headbands. Wallace enters game with red headband and Skiles soon pulls him. It took Pete Myers and two other assistant coaches into talking him into taking the headband off and Wallace soon reenters. Following halftime, Wallace again comes from locker room with headband. Skiles once again pulls him.
This is clearly a subtext of deeper issues with Wallace, Skiles and the Bulls. Well respected champion vet comes in and is not as easily manipulated as desperate rooks. If you thought the NBA was just about money, think again, its about garment control-more about this later. Wallace clearly doesn't buy into the Skiles system yet. He has been a champion, unlike Skiles, and can't be pushed around like the youngsters. This is clearly evident as Skiles has been careful not to directly criticize Wallace's play and behavior.
Following the game a 25 minute team meeting was held. According to Hinrich, they wanted to make sure everyone is on the same page-clearly they're not! We'll have to wait and see how this plays out, especially if they at this winning rate- 1 in every 6 games.
Reinsdorf used to have a rule against corn-rows, until it was clearly seen in a racial light, but the headband rule is even sillier. The bottom line may be to keep Wallace happy and he did seem to play better last night with the headband.
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Ben Wallace is in denial. His skills have diminished greatly over the last 12 months. He is desperate to try anything such as donning a headband to recapture his defensive wizardry. The truth is he leaned on Rasheed last year and is now exposed as an offensive liability and an inconsistent defensive stopper. He plays one good game out of five now.
Net loss for Bulls= 60 mill, salary cap nightmare and no playoffs. I actually think that the Knicks will have a better record this year.
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