Gerald Wallace, the Bobcats' top scorer from last season, is reportedly returning to join Jason Richardson in the new-look Charlotte attack. The Charlotte Observer, citing an anonymous source, is reporting that Wallace and the Bobcats have agreed to a six-year, $57 million contract. The sixth year of the deal will be Wallace's option and he can earn as much as $2 million each season in bonuses. The Bobcats had stiff competition to keep Wallace. Seven other teams contacted the free agent forward when the NBA free agency period began. Dallas, Orlando, Milwaukee, Detroit, Miami, Portland and Golden State all made inquiries. Wallace averaged 18.1 points and 7.2 rebounds a game last season, when he made just over $5.5 million. He opted out of the final year of his contract, which would have paid him about $6 million, to become an unrestricted free agent. Wallace was expected to command more than $10 million a season in a deal that could run as long as six years. The Bobcats took on the first big contract in their three-year history when they acquired swingman Richardson from Golden State in a draft-night trade. Richardson, who the Bobcats hope will be the go-to scorer they've been missing, is due about $51 million over the next four seasons. The Bobcats believe a nucleus of Richardson, Wallace, power forward Emeka Okafor and point guard Raymond Felton will get them to the playoffs next season. Wallace, who left Alabama after one season, spent his first three years in the NBA at the end of Sacramento's bench. But the Bobcats selected the 6-foot-7 slasher in the 2004 expansion draft, and he quickly blossomed. -- ◢██◣═════╮ TheAnswer3 ╭ ◢◣◢◣ ═╮ TheAnswer3 ╭═◢█ ◢██◣ █◤ ◥ ◢▌ ●╰═══════╯ ████ ●╰══════╯◢██ █◥█ █ ██◣ ◢ ◢█◣ ◢█◣ ████ ◢ ◢█◣ ◢█◣◢█◤█ █ █ █◣ ◢ █▌█ █ █◢◤ █▌█ █▌█◥◤█ █ █▌█ █▌█ █▌ █ █ █ ◥██◤ ◥▌◤ ◤ ◥█◤ ◥▌◤ ◥ ◤ ◤ ◥▌◤ ◥██ ████ █◣█ ╰════════════════════════════▄◤═══█ ◥██◤ --

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