Rumors and Free Agent Updates - Collective Bargaining Edition
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... There is still no movement in Ben Gordon's situation. Reports are that the Bulls have offered Gordon a six-year deal worth around $59 million but Gordon is asking for more like $12 million a year. He feels that being the team's leading scorer for the past 3 seasons should entitle him to that much. If in fact the Bulls are offering close to $10 million a year, Gordon should grab that. There is no guaranteeing he will get more next season as a free agent. It is possible that teams will find out that Gordon was their leading scorer not because he is so good, but because the ...
First Cup: Tuesday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Mike McGraw of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald: "The NBA's summer began with seven significant restricted free agents sitting around waiting for some action. Now with the start of training camp less than a month away, Luol Deng, Emeka Okafor, Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala, Monta Ellis and Andris Biedrins have re-signed with their current teams. That leaves just one of the seven still in a holding pattern -- Bulls guard Ben Gordon. Gordon has to be wondering why Isiah Thomas couldn't have lasted a few more months as president of the New York Knicks. ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Mike McGraw of The Daily Herald: “League sources continue to suggest there is little to no action on the Gordon trade market. Because of collective- bargaining rules that make it difficult to trade a player in the first year after signing a larger contract, Gordon could not be traded by himself. More players would have to be involved. So even if there is a team willing to meet Gordon’s asking price, that team must also be ready to take someone like Larry Hughes or Andres Nocioni in the deal and send some useful players back to the Bulls. Shouldn’t be a ...
Gordon, Chicago Need to Realize They're Destined For Each Other and End Stalemate
The Sporting Blog —
... But what Gordon -- and the Bulls, who would at this point love to unload their smooth-shooting, height-deficient guard in a sign-and-trade -- don't realize is that they're doomed to be together. From The Daily Herald: ...
Ben Gordon to Russia?
SLAM Online —
... The report is, at best, flimsy, but with seemingly little League-wide interest in the frustrated guard, it’s not entirely out of the question that Gordon could skip the pond instead of playing one lame-duck season in Chicago prior to becoming an unrestricted free agent. ...
Reaction to Comrade Gordon
Blog a Bull —
... agree. Send Hughes away for corpses with contracts. Pay a team to take Cedric Simmons off the books. Make the necessary Nocioni deal now. Free up some cash, free up some playing time. ...
