CKSA Moscow Dismisses Ben Gordon Rumors

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Rolling a blog joint - Sept. 4
Published 9/4/2008 by Cuzzy at Cuzoogle
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Note to Ben Gordon's Agent: Making Stuff Up Is Not a Good Negotiating Ploy
Published 9/5/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
Filed under: Bulls, Euroleague, NBA RumorsBen Gordon never officially commented on the rumors that CSKA Moscow was interested in signing him. Well, he no longer has to, because CSKA's GM Andrei Vatutin commented for him. From the Russian newspaper Soviet Sport, as translated by The Hoop: "This whole thing is a dirty trick of the newspapers, we are NOT in negotiations with Ben Gordon. At the moment all of our staff are currently on holiday. I'm personally on holidays in France and I haven't heard ...

The Hoop Doctors Daily Dimes: 09/05
Published 9/5/2008 by Anklesnap at thehoopdoctors.com
... Prescribed NBA reading from all over the world wide web Ben Gordon deal with Russia a Hoax… CKSA GM Dismisses Ben Gordon Rumors Skeets has a funny photo of the new OKC Thunder Mascot! Breaking Fake News: What was your first guess Bill? Tim Donaghy comes to mind… Pistons Owner accuses refs of being crooked It’s still basketball, let the players represent their country ...

The Fundamentals
Published 9/5/2008 by Brandon Hoffman at ballerblogger.com
... The Hoop:  “Soviet Sport says that they contacted Nikos Zabaras, a basketball reporter of the greek newspaper Fos and asked him about the article that was published on contra.gr about Ben Gordon. Nikos Zabaras said that the agent of Ben Gordon wanted the article published on contra.gr in order to increase the projected salary of his client. He also said that the player was offered to other NBA teams but only under his conditions and that CSKA was willing to pay him 5.5 million dollars per year. Finally the greek correspondent said that CSKA and Ben Gordon are still in ...

Ben Gordon’s Agent Has an Active Imagination
Published 9/5/2008 by Marcel Mutoni (marcelmutoni@gmail.com) at SLAM Online
by Marcel Mutoni Earlier this week, I posted an item about Ben Gordon possibly being in talks with a Russian team. Gordon never released an official statement regarding the rumor, and now we might know why: His agent made the whole thing up. Awesome! According to Andrey Vatutin, general manager of CSKA Moscow, there’s absolutely nothing brewing between Gordon and his ballclub. From The Hoop (who were kind enough to translate the Russian text from Soviet Sport): Soviet Sport says that ...

Friday Mini-Bullets
Published 9/5/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... I heard Ben Gordon did not have an offer from CSKA, as has been reported somewhere or other. Today CSKA bigwigs are on the record making the same point emphatically. Ian Whittell, veteran of covering European sports explains by e-mail how this kind of thing can happen: "In the NBA, generally, there is more transparency and honesty in the dealings between media and teams (and players and agents, for that matter). Because business is conducted along strict guidelines, as laid out by the CBA, and for salaries determined by the cap, it is generally not ...