So Where is Gerald Wallace Going?

Now that the dust has settled and Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups and Rashard Lewis have all decided where they're going to play next season (New Jersey, Detroit and Orlando, respectively), there's one huge name left on the free agent market: Charlotte's Gerald Wallace.

Orlando would have been a nice home for the small forward, but the Magic went with Lewis. Not many other teams can afford the kind of money Wallace wants ($10 million a year, which I feel is absurd), so the early indications were that he'd stay in Charlotte.

But after the draft night deal that brought in scorer Jason Richardson and his bloated salary, plus the fact that Charlotte is going to need to pay Emeka Okafor in the near future, and the fact that the Bobcats drafted small forward Jared Dudley, one has to wonder ... is there room for Wallace?

I said it last year - once Charlotte went with Adam Morrison in the draft in 2006, that signaled the end of Wallace. As nice of a player as he is (career numbers last year in scoring, three-point shooting and assists and he's only 25 years old), he's going to impede the growth of Morrison.

So the question remains: where to? Is Dallas really a contender? Supposedly a three-team deal is in the works, but it would have to involve Josh Howard, since he's a small forward. And is Wallace even a better player than Howard? I don't believe so. Milwaukee is supposedly in the fold, but can't offer him Charlotte money. In addition, would he want to play second fiddle to Michael Redd?