Hornets match Gordon's offer sheet

[JJackisangry]

Now what center are we going to pull out of the boondocks?

[RaisingTheBar]

good point....most of this will be forgotten months from now when the season starts anyway. now we can all argue about something else

[Rugger]

Now what center are we going to pull out of the boondocks?

I say the kid from Boston.

[GeauxPelicans]

We do not have a $5.5 million TPE. All we have left after resigning Gordan is our one full midlevel exemption ($5M).

We don't have the MLE either. We were to far under the cap to qualify for it. We do still have 4-5 million in capspace I believe. Don't worry 42 will be in here to clarify everything for us eventually.

[Westbank23]

I hope he stays healthy I cant deny he's a hell of a player I hate the way he talked but I think we all can get over that we ust want wins he wants his money and demps wants his job

[Westbank23]

Rivers/Vasques E.J/Henry hopefully improves bigtime Aminu/D.mill how will our big men match do we play AD with J.smith or with Anderson and who will that 4th big man be

[LSUandNolaFan]

Here's a nola link.
http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss...ill_retai.html

[kinglio21093]

Looks like Mr. Demps and Monty worked their magic in their meeting with EJ.

Good to have him back. Hopefully he learned to watch what he says in front of the camera.

[Pelicans78]

Go after Stiemsma and I will be fine with the entire roster.

Centers - Smith, Stiemsma, Davis

Power Forwards - Davis, Anderson, Smith, Thomas

Small Forwards - Aminu, Miller, Henry, Davis

Shooting Guards - Gordon, Henry, Rivers

Point Guards - Vasquez, Rivers, Dyson

This isn't a depth chart. Just a roster.

[BIG_CITY_BOI]

Well EJ haterz... Speak up. Now is your chance

Yay the nation's top crip walker is back in the fold
Whats the over/under on how many games Gordon will play? lol

[Westbank23]

I say he change his number to 24 to signify a new start lol

[Silverfoxx]

im soooooooo lost.

[Westbank23]

yea i like the guy from boston and Greg Oden

[RaisingTheBar]

Yay the nation's top crip walker is back in the fold
Whats the over/under on how many games Gordon will play? lol

whats the over/under on how many people care what you think? lol

[IamQuailman]

im soooooooo lost.

Don't worry... We won the Lottery!! Anthony Davis to New Orleans!!!!!!!!

[RaisingTheBar]

For those who want the latest numbers: Hornets have a little over 5 million in cap space plus they can use the "room MLE" which is 2.575 mil

— hornets247.com (@hornets247) July 14, 2012

so does this technically mean we have 7.5mil?

[BIG_CITY_BOI]

whats the over/under on how many people care what you think? lol

smh if you don't care why did you say something lol

[FlyGirl]

``There is always a business element to the NBA when dealing with contracts, but I never lost my appreciation for the New Orleans Hornets,'' Gordon said. ``I look forward to going on the court this season to make our team successful.''

[RaisingTheBar]

smh if you don't care why did you say something lol

because im tired of every post from you being something negative about gordon lol

[Daigle09]

Well everything I have read makes me think that we had 3 days to match the offer but that does not mean we immediately need to get him to sign that contract. Shouldnt that give us time to find players to sign and utilize our cap room before we actually get Gordon to sign his contract? OR is us matching the offer automatically count the contract against our cap before he literally signs the contract?

[Pelicans78]

Well everything I have read makes me think that we had 3 days to match the offer but that does not mean we immediately need to get him to sign that contract. Shouldnt that give us time to find players to sign and utilize our cap room before we actually get Gordon to sign his contract? OR is us matching the offer automatically count the contract against our cap before he literally signs the contract?

He signed with Phoenix and the team had 72 hours to match. He's officially a Hornet.

[rt0307]

Doug Mouton‏@DMoutonWWL
Eric Gordon: "There is always a business element to the NBA when dealing with contracts but I never lost my appreciation for the NOLA fans."

a "business element" huh?

[Snarly]

Well everything I have read makes me think that we had 3 days to match the offer but that does not mean we immediately need to get him to sign that contract. Shouldnt that give us time to find players to sign and utilize our cap room before we actually get Gordon to sign his contract? OR is us matching the offer automatically count the contract against our cap before he literally signs the contract?

Once he signed the contract in phoenix, he is under contract. Since he is a RFA, the only possible outcomes once he signs the contract with phoenix is to A. Match or B. Let Phoenix have him.

So to answer your question, once we officially match, it counts against the cap.

[MG3n2K9]

I think we can wait on signing Davis & Rivers to make moves. Rookie exception signing 1st rounders allows you to go over the cap I think, that should allow us to go 7-8 million over the cap.

[BIG_CITY_BOI]

because im tired of every post from you being something negative about gordon lol

ok fine...i'm happy Gordon is back