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What Should the Bulls Do With Ben Gordon?

 
This article can also be found at Hoops4Life.com , a basketball fan's site.  I decided to post it here because, well, you all seem to enjoy this stuff. Ben Gordon has watched free agents come and go.  But he is, at this point, the last major name left on the scrap heap of the NBA's free agent market. There has been a lot of speculation that he may go somewhere else and that he will never play as a Bull again, which means that my Gordon jersey is probably no longer relevant. "I guess it's safe to say I've played my last game in a Bulls uniform," Gordon has been quoted as saying. The most likely thing to happen, according to ESPN, is that there will be a sign-and-trade.  Gordon's agent, Raymond Brothers, has reportedly been speaking to teams about that option. "I'm pretty optimistic it'll happen," said Gordon, who averaged 18.6 points last season. "It's very likely." The problem with Gordon is that he wants Luol Deng's contract, but he isn't really a starter.  ... (link)

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