Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro is going to miss Ben Gordon, but he's content with John Salmons.

"[Salmons] gives you a little more versatility," Del Negro told the Chicago Tribune. "We'll have to wait and see how all that pans out, but you like that length.

"One of the areas we struggled was defensive rebounding, so with more size at the two [shooting guard] and with Luol (Deng) back healthy and then with a couple of rookies that have some length ... it gives us some more options and versatility."

Opposing two-guards won't be able to post up against Chicago often anymore, as Salmons provides a bigger obstacle.

"The only difference is really on defense," Salmons said of moving from small forward to shooting guard. "Guarding the two and the three, sometimes, is going against two totally different players. Threes are more post-up wings, one-on-one players. A lot of twos run off screens for the most part.

"Like when we play Boston, the three is Paul Pierce, a one-on-one player, and the two is Ray Allen, who runs off screens. It's a big difference defensively."

Via Chicago Sun-Times

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