Broussard: Hornets Gauging Interest in Gordon {merged all of Gordon rumors}

It would be dumb to even trade to Golden State since they're in the same conference and more dumb with Houston being as they are in the same division and Conference. Deal him to the East where he could be closer to home. I just don't like our young team playing against former disgruntled players;it comes back to bite us every time. It happened to the Saints in years past with the Falclowns.

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Originally Posted by Hornetnojersey

Imagine how fast our fanbase/media would have ran off D.Wade. Geesh you guys would trade Kevin Love for Chris Douglas Roberts.

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And when did Wade ever miss the level of games that Gordon has or have the injury issues he has had?

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Originally Posted by Buffalosaint

This may have already been posted.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...ing-no-takers/

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I have a hard time trying to see why any other team would want Gordon. I do not see us being able to get any value in a trade. As such, I would expect he will not be moved, at least not now.

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Originally Posted by Hornetnojersey

Imagine how fast our fanbase/media would have ran off D.Wade. Geesh you guys would trade Kevin Love for Chris Douglas Roberts.

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The Heat drafted him. So they had to dance with him through the rough patches. We traded for him and are less on the hook.

I'm not saying get rid of him ASAP, but if the iron is hot...who knows.

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Originally Posted by sterlr

It would be dumb to even trade to Golden State since they're in the same conference and more dumb with Houston being as they are in the same division and Conference. Deal him to the East where he could be closer to home. I just don't like our young team playing against former disgruntled players;it comes back to bite us every time. It happened to the Saints in years past with the Falclowns.

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You trade Eric Gordon to a West team he might not even suit up when they face the Hornets.

Why does everyone keep throwing out the "we're not going to get any value" card out? What kind of value do you expect from a guy that has been red flagged by every GM in the league as an injury risk? This dude is not on a All Star level...he has the potential to do that but has not shown he can stay on the floor long enough to prove so. So no matter if you trade him now or in the summer, its not like you're going to get value you want for him in the first place. Thats the risk you take by trading someone.

Get rid of him because he said things that hurt the fans feelings? Players get injured, it happens. But good GMs don't just trade their talent for trash players and over rated draft picks . This week will be very telling for Demps

http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss..._river_default

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Originally Posted by HunnyB

http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss..._river_default

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Unless another team makes an offer the Hornets simply can't refuse for the 24-year-old shooter – Klay Thompson, anyone? – they'd be best served to sit tight and allow this group to play out the season.

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I agree.

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Originally Posted by sterlr

It would be dumb to even trade to Golden State since they're in the same conference and more dumb with Houston being as they are in the same division and Conference. Deal him to the East where he could be closer to home. I just don't like our young team playing against former disgruntled players;it comes back to bite us every time. It happened to the Saints in years past with the Falclowns.

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1. It's not as simple as, "Well we'll only deal him to East teams!"

2. It's very different in the NBA vs. NFL. The regular season games mean much less per game, the impact of a player lessens when you have a few games over 82 games vs. one or two over only 16.

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Originally Posted by Hornetnojersey

Imagine how fast our fanbase/media would have ran off D.Wade. Geesh you guys would trade Kevin Love for Chris Douglas Roberts.

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Dwyane Wade, in his career, has never played less than 51 games in a (non-shortened) season. Before his injuries, Dwyane Wade, in his first 3 years, got to the second round, the conference finals, and won a title and Finals MVP. Dwyane Wade gets injured because he goes balls-out every single game. Remember his commercials, fall down 10 times get up 11? He was the original D Rose. In the year that Miami literally got rid of EVERY contract in order to lure LeBron and Bosh, Wade played 37 mpg in 76 games. He's not a whiner. He gives it his all every single game. Fans know that, that's why he owns Miami. Miami is Wade's town, not LeBron's, that's one of the reasons people criticized LeBron for going to Miami.

Any fan with any common sense would love Wade on their team. Don't insult us for not wanting Gordon. Gordon is not Wade and has never shown even half the heart that Wade shows every game.

By the way, the argument that we should keep Gordon because "he was the centerpiece of the Chris Paul deal" is so flawed logically it's making my head hurt.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

The Heat drafted him. So they had to dance with him through the rough patches. We traded for him and are less on the hook.

I'm not saying get rid of him ASAP, but if the iron is hot...who knows.

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I'm cool with trading him, I just hate the thought of getting rid of him just so he's off the team. That's really my only issue with

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Originally Posted by Chuck

Dwyane Wade, in his career, has never played less than 51 games in a (non-shortened) season. Before his injuries, Dwyane Wade, in his first 3 years, got to the second round, the conference finals, and won a title and Finals MVP. Dwyane Wade gets injured because he goes balls-out every single game. Remember his commercials, fall down 10 times get up 11? He was the original D Rose. In the year that Miami literally got rid of EVERY contract in order to lure LeBron and Bosh, Wade played 37 mpg in 76 games. He's not a whiner. He gives it his all every single game. Fans know that, that's why he owns Miami. Miami is Wade's town, not LeBron's, that's one of the reasons people criticized LeBron for going to Miami.

Any fan with any common sense would love Wade on their team. Don't insult us for not wanting Gordon. Gordon is not Wade and has never shown even half the heart that Wade shows every game.

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Chuck, google or think back to how the Heat fans wanted Wade traded and calling him injury prone before the championship. I'm done with this topic. just be careful what you wish for. Tell Dell to trade Gordon for MT5 since that's the type of players we love here

Dwayne Wade has missed 130 games his entire NBA Career.

Eric Gordon has already missed 142 games.

I think that says it all.

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instanc...0/35117772.jpg

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Originally Posted by Hornetnojersey

Get rid of him because he said things that hurt the fans feelings? Players get injured, it happens. But good GMs don't just trade their talent for trash players and over rated draft picks . This week will be very telling for Demps

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This is true....but when it is a pattern, something thats been hindering him not only during his time in NOLA but while he was a Clipper too then there is a logical reason to cut bait. Yes you might not get the value you might think he's worth but based on the actual time he's seen on the floor...and the pattern of injury he has. You are not going to get you the value you thinks he's worth. GMs have to look at the entire picture and potential and a few 20pt+ games and a whole lot of missed ones just don't cut it. Those are facts and thats the way the business is run. You won't get a the type of percieved "caliber" player Gordon is back for him but you will remove him off your books gain some decent assets to imbed in your team or flip for something else and become flexible financially.

I've seen teams too many times hang on to a player that is not worth the money and play the game of "maybe this year" and end up stuck for years. You're taking a risk either way....I say take the cheaper less drama filled one.

BTW FWIW, I sat three rows behind the Hornets bench last night and not once did anyone ever check out Gordon's knee, back, or hand.

He never iced it down, he never got on the bike. Makes me wonder about these back to back things.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

BTW FWIW, I sat three rows behind the Hornets bench last night and not once did anyone ever check out Gordon's knee, back, or hand.

He never iced it down, he never got on the bike. Makes me wonder about these back to back things.

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Maybe he'll play tonight. I actually don't even care if he starts. lol If he can go 20 minutes on back-to-backs that shows some improvement, at least.

I don't see a reason why Gordon shouldn't play. He needs to show that he can tolerate back to backs.

They already said he would sit out tonight.

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Originally Posted by IamQuailman

They already said he would sit out tonight.

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Wow. Disappointing.

It is. At this point I just think it's a "lets not try to win to many games" strategy. He's about a week away from being back for two months, no reason he shouldn't be playing in these games. No reason.

Same goes for the limited minutes. It's obvious once he leaves the court with 4 minutes left in the quarter we're a different team.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

It is. At this point I just think it's a "lets not try to win to many games" strategy. He's about a week away from being back for two months, no reason he shouldn't be playing in these games. No reason.

Same goes for the limited minutes. It's obvious once he leaves the court with 4 minutes left in the quarter we're a different team.

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why not play tonight instead of last? national tv. just bothers me how we get no respect. watching nba gametime last night, webber was like all surprised that AD could run the floor

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Originally Posted by beastbowen40

why not play tonight instead of last? national tv. just bothers me how we get no respect. watching nba gametime last night, webber was like all surprised that AD could run the floor

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I brought this up even before the game last night. I would have rathered he played tonight than last night.

But then when you start picking games for him to play, that could send a bad message. Like if he sat last night I'm sure some people would view it as "Monty probably felt we couldn't beat Chicago with him anyway" or something like that.