Yougi,
Arenas was traded but I failed to mention when he was traded. Let's see, I played Washington on January 10. He was acquired 12 days afterwards by the Golden State Warriors.
As for keeping Wallace, I'd love to ... if he actually played like that in real life. Ben Wallace should not be scoring 17.5 ppg. He should barely be scoring about 10 ppg but EA, for some odd reason, decided that if Ben Wallace has the ball in the paint, he should not be challenged. A good amount of the time when I get the ball inside to Wallace, my opponent leaves their defenders on the guy who passed the ball, leaving Wallace with nothing but a free trip to the basket. That's not realistic ... but this is the only Live I have and the only Live I will buy until EA gets their act together. I love Live but, just like Madden, I cannot stand how scripted animations are and how scripted some games feel. Tell me something if you will; if Ben Wallace was scoring 17.5 ppg and 13.5 rpg, would you not be putting more pressure on Wallace to create more mistakes from Wallace? I know that if I was the coach of the opposing team and Wallace was averaging those numbers, then you better damn well believe I am going to run plays that neutralize Wallace's effectiveness. Unfortunatly, I have to live with the programming EA did when it came to the AI's ability to read opposing tendencies. I won't say they did a poor job programming because if you ask me, the level of programming they do is elite compared to what I do (excel).
I will never understand the trade logic behind some of these trades.
Clutch,
I figured it was best to give Gordon his rest because Portland is just the start of a 6,000M+ road trip that my Bulls will be traveling and he was still listed with a sore wrist upon being cleared for his sprained wrist. I deduced it was just best to let him rest so I can see his best.
Chauncy Billups to Portland = Starting role
Darius Miles to Detroit = Bench behind Tayshaun Prince = Carlos Arroyo starting at Point
That was the most assinine trade of the season so far. Detroit lost a good battle tested point guard for a forward that sits on the bench and a point guard getting his first go at the starting position. Portland will not be making the playoffs. Detroit is in the playoffs but fighting to keep my Bulls out. So to see this trade go down, it's not enough to say I was in ->
As for trading Big Ben, no I will not be trading him for unproven rookies. I'd say next season, or even this off-season, I'll be looking to deal him for Hughes and Gooden ... that is if the Cavaliers will accept like they did in real life. I don't have a PF to go with Wallace though, except maybe Sweetney or Malik Allen. I am thinking Malik Allen because Sweetney has been money in the paint these past few games. I think that Sweetneys contract might put the trade too far over but Allen's might be enough. Who would you suggest since I don't have Joe Smith (I think he's with Minny)?
homicide1550,
Thanks dude! I had fun making the frame but I think it lacks something. I've been searching high and low for the Bulls font style they use on their jersey but the closest I could find was the one I used for my avatar. I want to include that font somewhere.