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“I’ll start playing around July,” Gordon said.
http://www.vigilantsports.com/2014/0...is-doing-well/
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“I’ll start playing around July,” Gordon said.
http://www.vigilantsports.com/2014/0...is-doing-well/
Sick of hearing this
I'm tired of this guy.
Watch out, it's infective. My knee started hurting after my run yesterday. Damn gordon.
very minor cleanup = two months without training
but in case he will stay this year - it is good when he will train before the training camp.
I love all these stories. It is blatently obvious that the Pelicans and Gordon's camp are trying to put this news out there to get the word out to the other 29 teams. Now, we just need him to play some pickup ball with some other NBA players, so they can get the word back to their teams about how good he looks and this guy can be gone in 3-4 weeks.
Keep it up guys!
Can't wait til he's off the team. Hopefully he doesn't play another game in a New Orleans jersey.
Every damm summer its the same story. :deadhorse
I'd rather this than them saying he had another set back.
When was the last totally healthy summer Gordon had? Sixth grade?
lmao his comments aren't leaked to the media for the sake of a trade, teams know how particular knee injury/surgery takes to heel lol
he was asked this question b/c not ALL people hate him and want him traded and wish him to get healthy and help this team...go figure.
i hope we can trade him but i dont read this as a tatic we are a class organization and something as silly as this message wouldn't help/hurt a trade, trust me
Can we let Gordon play in the summer league so people will see him and be impressed enough to trade for him? lol
Any interview is done with a purpose. The second you get into the industry, you realize this. Guys don't just give out random quotes. You have to go through a team PR person and/or a players' agent.
You got multiple pieces here, coupled with a national ESPN piece a few months ago where there are quotes from Dell and Monty talking about how Gordon sacrifices for our system and if he were elsewhere he could still be a 20 ppg type scorer.
If you don't think this is calculated, then - no offense- you don't understand how teams and players use the media for their own gain.
Pretty sure he says that every offseason. If he had any sense he would come off the bench and be the sixth man so he could shot his little heart out and help this team instead of consistently letting his ego getting in the way.
I guess my point was more this: calculated as you want to call it, it wont effect his trade value by them interviewing him saying "ill be playing in july" IMO now if he just was taped dropping 35-40 in a pick up game that would be different.
And i respect 100% of your opinions MM, you add the most insight and call people out on the ignorance so that was more of my argument.
This wont help his stock.
But you never know what will help. If something can move the perception meter 1 degree, why not try it? It can't hurt.
There have been articles about how he is sacrificing. About how will be healthier than ever heading into next season. About how he doesn't view himself as a backup, though we might do it anyway.
You never know if another GM sees all this stuff and goes, "You know, I might be able to get a steal with this guy. He will finally be healthy and his only issue is that the Pelicans don't know how to use him."
All you need is one GM. And again, it doesn't hurt one bit. And like I said, I do believe the next step will be him playing with other NBA players in a pickup game. I think this is a calculated propaganda campaign by both the team and Gordon's camp to help him get traded. We saw the first stages of this in that ESPN article of February. Now these pieces are phase 2. Phase 3 will be him playing with other players and tales of him looking great leaking.
I'm not sure if anyone... Gordon's camp or the Pelicans ...will risk him playing "pick up". I think both sides would be thrilled if he gets traded this off season, but both sides also know the ultimate goal is for him to be in a position to opt out next year.
Side note: How surprised should anyone be if we do Gordon/Anderson/Pierre for Boozer/Dunleavy and 19 (or 16)??? That makes A LOT of sense to me.
Couldn't see Bulls doing that because it would have to be agreed to on draft night and the Bulls will go after Melo and others first. Gordon would be a fall back option after they strike out
I just don't see Demps trading away Anderson in a package just to help get Gordon out the door. Maybe I'm being n**ive, but I believe that Jrue, Tyreke and Ryno will not be traded by Demps. I'm not saying they are completely untradeable, I just think that it'd have to be for a quality piece. An exceptional young vet, if you will.
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Eric Gordon...I don't believe in fairy tales!!!
So the Bulls have to amnesty Boozer to go after Melo or Love?
And it wouldn't necessarily have to be agreed to on draft night. The Bulls could draft the best "assets" at 16 or 19 that could be used in any number of deals after the draft. Similar to Houston's draft strategy in 2012.
Just to argue the other side:
Ryan Anderson and Anthony Davis play the same position, making Ryan a luxury, especially if you can add a SF at some point in the next couple of years that can nail the 3 point shot. By trading Anderson/Gordon for Boozer/Dunleavy/19, you could get a C or SF in the draft and have as much as $20m in cap space in 2015 to go after any Free Agent you'd possible want. There are several players in the 2015 free agent class that could be the final piece(s) to a roster ready to ascend. And I don't think subbing out Ryan/Gordon for Boozer/Dunleavy moves the needle much in either direction for 2014, but does answer the SF question for next season and gives us a little more cap flexibility now.