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sportsradiointerviews.com - 7/3/2009
Ben Gordon: Chicago Didn’t Pursue Me At All
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Much like Trevor Ariza leaving the Los Angeles Lakers for Houston, Ben Gordon wanted to feel wanted. He never felt the love from the Bulls despite giving them five solid years. It was never a great fit in Chicago simply because Ben and the Bulls never really saw eye-to-eye in terms of the ...

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So Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon are the newest Pistons, but where do they go from here?
blog.mlive.com - 7/2/2009
So Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon are the newest Pistons, but where do they go from here?
— blog.mlive.com — AP PhotoGetting Chris Wilcox cheaply would potentially be the best signing of the Pistons' offseason. Joe Dumars made his offseason splash this week, firing Michael Curry and signing Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva to big contracts, but the moves created... (more) So Charlie Villanueva and Ben Gordon are the newest ...

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Chicago's Stupidity is Detroit's Gain
detroit4lyfe.com - 7/2/2009
Chicago's Stupidity is Detroit's Gain
— detroit4lyfe.com — Chicago's professional sports teams are floundering right now. And we can see why from the events that have transpired the last 30 hours. First, the NHL's Blackhawks allow their leading scorer in the playoffs, Martin Havlat, to sign with the Minnesota Wild for a mere $5 million a year. ... (more) Chicago's Stupidity is Detroit's Gain

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How Gordon’s Departure Helps and Hurts Derrick Rose
notqualifiedtocomment.com - 7/3/2009
How Gordon’s Departure Helps and Hurts Derrick Rose
— notqualifiedtocomment.com — The debate here at NQTC over Ben Gordon has raged on for a while now and his departure has only served to stir it up even more. Clearly I have been a Ben Gordon supporter from day 1, although I will be the first to admit that his game has some severe flaws. Regardless, an interesting question ... (more) How Gordon’s Departure Helps and Hurts Derrick Rose

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Ben Gordon as The Microwave
Detroit Bad Boys — Ben Gordon in a radio interview with ESPN Chicago (via Sports Radio Interviews): How hard did Chicago pursue you? “They didn’t pursue me at all, they didn’t even make an offer. It was pretty much a one-man race.” […] Did you function well with Derrick Rose or are you a better fit in Detroit? “Personally, me and D-Rose, I thought we played well together. Our games are pretty different - I’m more of an outside shooter, he’s more of an attack player. I think we played well off of each other. Moving forward with Detroit, ...

Up Against the Invisible Wall
Hardwood Paroxysm — ... In the other real, we have Ben Gordon.  Gordon obstinately refused the affectionate advances of the team that drafted him, and was rewarded for his stubbornness by being allowed to set his own market value.  According to Gordon, what many thought was a two-team bid for his services was even less than that.  Chicago wasn’t part of the equation, which left Joe Dumars to bid against himself and the monsters that Gordon and his agent had created.  The result was a bad, but not atrocious, 5-year, $55 million deal that all but gobbled up the Pistons’ future.  There was ...

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