<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Ben Wallace is in line for a big paycheck in the first year of his four-year, $60 million contract with the Bulls. The Bulls had about $17.5 million in salary-cap space for this season, and general manager John Paxson said Thursday that most of it is going to Wallace. Wallace benefits by getting more money up front, and the structure of the deal helps the Bulls absorb contract extensions to Kirk Hinrich, Andres Nocioni, Ben Gordon and Luol Deng in the coming seasons. By giving Wallace less money later, his contract could be easier to move if a trade comes up.</div> Source
That's good. I think it is important for the Bulls to keep their young core together. So awarding Kirk, Andres, Ben and Luol contract extensions is something that should be done. Although, it may be difficult to manage with the amounts of money that may be required to do so. There may just wind up being the penalty of luxery taxes in the future, much like the Mavs. Also, I think that is a smart way of structuring the contract, for possible trade reasons in the future.
