Qualifying Offer Gordon’s Best Bet
Dabullz —
... Today, Marty Burns of SI.com did a piece on Ben Gordon’s situation titled Sitting Bull: Gordon stuck in limbo. The article covers the basics that we all know, of Gordon’s options being Qualifying offer, taking the Bulls slightly lowball offer, a sign and trade, or Europe. The interesting part of the article is some quotes from an Eastern Conference GM. ...
Sitting Bull : Gordon Stuck in Limbo
Blog a Bull —
Sitting Bull : Gordon Stuck in Limbo
[From the FanShots. No real new information, unfortunately. -ed.]
"His best deal might be to take the qualifying offer," one GM said. "He could still re-sign with the Bulls next year. He'd ...
Gordon Best Off Taking Qualifying Offer
CelticsBlog —
... blog. Check him out! In his SI.com column , Marty Burns reports that Gordon may be looking for a deal starting in the range of $13 milion annually in order to make him the team's highest-paid player as a result of his scoring production. There are two problems with this approach for Gordon. The first is that only penny-pinching Memphis can afford that type of deal at this point, and the Grizz seem to be in no rush to use their abundant cap space. The second issue is that Gordon isn't a $13-million-per-year player. In Gordon's favor is the fact that he scores with ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Marty Burns of CNNSI.com: “Indeed, Gordon appears to be facing a harsh reality. As the GM pointed out, only the Grizzlies have big money to spend — and they already have a shooting guard in top rookie prospect O.J. Mayo. The Bulls, meanwhile, are already committed to about $63 million in salary for next season after last week’s signing of Luol Deng (six years, $71 million). That leaves Chicago with around $8 million to offer as a starting salary for Gordon, if it intends to stay under the luxury-tax threshold of $71.2 million.” ...
What About Ben?
Chicago Bull —
... Gordon wants to be the highest-paid Bull, since he is the led the Bulls in scoring over the last three seasons. That would put him in the $13 million range. The Bulls have $8 million in cap space, and have offered him a 1 year qualifying offer of about $6.4 million, which he won't even consider. ...
