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Ben Gordon Wants to Be the Highest-Paid Bull
nba.fanhouse.com - 8/1/2008
Ben Gordon Wants to Be the Highest-Paid Bull
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After signing one " potential, maybe, sorta-kinda franchise player ," how close are the Bulls to locking up their other? According to Brian Hanley of the Chicago Sun-Times , not very. The Bulls remain far apart in negotiations with guard Ben Gordon , also a restricted free agent. Gordon's agent, Raymond Brothers, has told the Bulls that Gordon should be the highest-paid player on the team ...

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The Sporting Blog:  Ben Gordon Thinks Way Too Highly of Himself

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Ben Gordon Thinks Way Too Highly of Himself
The Sporting Blog — ... Really? No one's dug their heels in? That's why you've got Gordon publicly stating that he should be the highest paid Bull, and, as in this otherwise innocuous ...

Ben Gordon: Tough Negotiator, or Delusional?
FanHouse — Filed under: Bulls, NuggetsOur weekly check-up on the situation of Ben Gordon leaves us further from resolution than ever before. Shoals of The Sporting Blog expresses dismay over Gordon's self-delusions of grandeur, as Gordon seeks to be the highest-paid Bull after Luol Deng's massive contract was finalized. How far off-base is Gordon, though? I mean, is he good enough to hold out for $11-12 million a year? Two players: Man A and Man B. Man A is 25 years old, and the other will soon turn 23. On their four-year careers, both ...

Ben Gordon And The Hundred Days
Hardwood Paroxysm — ... Ben Gordon has got himself a Napoleon complex. He's currently in the midst of a contract battle that's been going on for much more than a hundred days, but right now it's gone from a minor skirmish to a full blown angst fest. Gordon feels he deserves to be the highest paid player on the Bulls. He's clearly not clued into the fact that ...

Ben Gordon Doubts He'll Return to Chicago
FanHouse — ... sounds about ready to give up on his pipe dream of being the highest-paid Bull. Actually, he sounds ready to give up on being a member of the Bulls at any salary. From the ...

Ben Gordon Claims to Prefer Root Canals to Contract Negotiations
FanHouse — Filed under: Bulls, NBA Media Watch, NBA RumorsPeople, in the heat of clamoring for more money, say crazy things all the time. Ben Gordon for instance, recently demanded $100 billion* for his future services as a Bull and even threatened to head towards Europe. Now he's been quoted in USA Today as preferring a root canal to his contract negotiations with the Bulls. "Right now, I think it's contract negotiations." -- Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon when asked by USA TODAY's Jim Halley which was more ...

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