Hornets match Gordon's offer sheet

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

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Originally Posted by LouisianaPride

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

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:hihi:

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

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

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I say the kid from Boston.

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Originally Posted by MarcNOLA

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

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

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

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

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

im soooooooo lost.

yea i like the guy from boston and Greg Oden

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Originally Posted by BIG_CITY_BOI

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

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

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

im soooooooo lost.

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

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?

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBrow

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

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

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``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.''

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Originally Posted by BIG_CITY_BOI

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

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

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?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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

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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."

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a "business element" huh?

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Originally Posted by 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?

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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.

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.

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBrow

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

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

do you guy think darko could fit in with this team coming of the bench

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Originally Posted by BIG_CITY_BOI

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

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i knew the truth would eventually come out ;)

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Originally Posted by Westbank23

do you guy think darko could fit in with this team coming of the bench

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Anyone with size and 6 fouls can fit on the team. :hihi:

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Originally Posted by Westbank23

do you guy think darko could fit in with this team coming of the bench

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he just went unclaimed, a min bid would have won him, so it looks like we have another plan for a big.

who knows maybe we let davis play the 5

Drew Returns, Then Gordon returns........ Great weekend so far.

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Originally Posted by Westbank23

who knows maybe we let davis play the 5

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i think that is the plan eventually, and he will definitely see some time there at 5 this season, but for his rookie year he will primarily be used as a power forward.

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Al Farouque looks nice in his suit.

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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."

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I think we will go after Scola with our remaining $5 mil cap room and sign some min contract big body for back-up C.

PG – Rivers, Vasquez, Dyson
SG – Gordon, Henry
SF – Anderson, Aminu, Miller
PF – Davis, Scola, Thomas
C – Smith & Stiff

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

Al Farouque looks nice in his suit.

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but fletcher mackel told us this could never happen???

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Originally Posted by MarcNOLA

I think we will go after Scola with our remaining $5 mil cap room and sign some min contract big body for back-up C.

PG – Rivers, Vasquez, Dyson
SG – Gordon, Henry
SF – Anderson, Aminu, Miller
PF – Davis, Scola, Thomas
C – Smith & Stiff

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i agree with your lineup almost 100%. i dont think anderson will be able to play the majority of his time at the 3. in spurts? sure. but i dont see him starting there.

GO GET ODEN, DEMPS!

how would EJ respond if we told him to report to Vegas and suit up for tomorrow's game?
his ego may explode.

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBrow

i agree with your lineup almost 100%. i dont think anderson will be able to play the majority of his time at the 3. in spurts? sure. but i dont see him starting there.

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yea i rather aminu starting at the 3 honestly I see anderson playing somewhat of a matt bonner role but he will play much more then bonner and hopefully have a bigger impact

business... gosh, he made us suffer almost a heart attack!!

Good job to Demps and Monty. Maybe Gordon saw the excitement coming from the WhoDat nation over the Brees news that he may be coming around on the city? Those who love New Orleans get loved right back.

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Originally Posted by da_freshness

GO GET ODEN, DEMPS!

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imagine having the two most dominant defensive big men in college basketball in the last 5 years?

If we get oden and he stays healthy this team will become a top 3 defense eventually

14m Doug Mouton ‏@DMoutonWWL
Despite potential injury & attitude issues, keeping Eric Gordon is the right move. Making Suns wait until last second is the right move too.

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Originally Posted by rt0307

a "business element" huh?

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Roy Hibbert said the same thing. Roy Hibbert said he really wanted to play with Portland when he has a fan section and is the fan favorite in Indy and said last year he wanted to be a Pacer. Then he comes back and says he wants to be like Tim Duncan and retire a Pacer just bushiness talk to get paid.


It is all apart of getting the best deal for you. He said his heart was in PHX because they paid them. If NOLA would of offered him a 4yr 58m dollar deal at midnight on the 1st he would of never had to go get his max deal else where and say he wanted to leave. It was all part of getting paid NOLA months ago said he will be the FOTF yet they never acted like he would be(FOTF get max deals and NOLA didnt give him one until they had too bushiness by both parties.

Man, disappointed that Demps couldn't do anything with the cap space. We'll never know if he tried to but it takes two to tango. So I really can't blame him all that much since I dont know if he tried or not.

That said, putting an offer on Scola is not a good move IMO. Bad few for Demps

Are people on here really that serious about getting Greg Oden of all people?:confused:

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Originally Posted by Basketball Nate

Are people on here really that serious about getting Greg Oden of all people?:confused:

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what is wrong with that? at the price he will cost, its a very low risk and high reward.