Any better way to tell a player "good riddance" than by sending him to Minnesota?
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Any better way to tell a player "good riddance" than by sending him to Minnesota?
Sending him to milwaukee or charlotteOriginally Posted by AD23nEG10
Too far from Utah for MM to carry to Minnesota.. Can someone explain why Gordon is not a fit for this team?
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What does it say about NBA fanbases that the Minnesota fans like the trade to get rid of Martin and think Gordon could do well with a change? Just like our fans seem more focused on the fact that our FO wanted Martin a few years back instead of his play in Minnesota - where they hate him as much as fans here hate Gordon. This is part of why I have always said that Gordon is not a completely toxic contract, it just takes one GM to have the opinion that Gordon could reach his potential somewhere else, that it was more about him not being happy here. I wouldn't be stunned if that were the case (although I would be stunned if it happened in Minnesota, his midwestern roots went out the window when he arrived in LA).
Is the worst contract in the history of the NBA Gilbert Arenas? Orlando hires a GM that had a prior good relationship with him and Gilbert arrives in Orlando (for maybe the 2nd worst contract). Bargniani not only got out of Toronto- the Raps got picks for him!?!
This trade definitely looks like a real option for Dell to me, and I think it's not the only potential destination for Gordon. Several teams are going to miss out on Melo, and several are going to miss out on Love, and several are going to miss out on Lance, and those teams are going to need to do something, and Gordon could well be a plan C for some of them. What makes me happy about this trade is that I think it works for the Wolves regardless of whether they trade Love now or at the deadline. What makes me sad about this trade is that Martin may be as bad as the Wolves fans say he is. But even if that is the case, since it allows us to keep Ryno and Rivers, I definitely still do it.
lmao, +1
This
what is this crap about?
because he sucks?
Martin would be a backup here.
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It's not the fit that's the problem, It's production vs salary. Of course attitude and injuries don't help either. I'd prefer to trade with the hornets but I'll take anything I can get.
Another question, why would SA COACH Pops switch his best defensive player, Leonard, to guard Gordon? Why is EG doubled? Believe it or not even MM admitted Gordon is a good player.
Off the topic what happened to GERRY?
Who should leonard guard? Aminu?
SIGN A SF
No he wouldn't. He'd play the 3. Something he's played before.
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Eg on being traded to Minny
I'd rather see jrue play the 3 personally
He isnt a bad player. But there are two undeniable facts:
1. He is not worth his contract, and even more so for us as we have two stus in the backcourt already
2. This team was terrible with him on the floor last year (Team was 8.2 points per 100 possessions better when he was off the court as compared to on)
A player can be good in a vacuum, but not good for your team. If he goes to Minny, I can see him putting up 18ppg and having a nice little season. Even if that happens, I would have no regrets about moving him. He just doesn't fit here and we can take that same exact money and get guys who fit better.
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MM, how could you forget the injury factor!? I'm disappointed in you
This is the point i continue to make. He's like a B- player and a D asset. They're very different rating scales.
He had his best seasons at the 3.
I firmly believe that if there were these two worlds with Gordon still on our payroll:
1. Gordon starts at SG and plays 30-35 minutes
2. Gordon hangs out in LA watching IU basketball
That the Pelicans would do better in scenario #2 over the course of the season. Now, if he would would be cool coming off the bench and playing 20-24 minutes and embraced that role, the Pels could be better than in either of those scenarios. But, I dont believe he would be okay with that, and I think his pouting and bellyaching could disrupt team chemistry.
So I think that if Gordon and Martin were swapped, Gordon would have the better year but Martin would have a better impact on his team
I can see a three way trade happening. Parsons, Jones, pelicans 2015+ something else to Minny, Asik Kmart and SF to Nola, Love + change to Houston.
Just my feeling based on non verbal reaction to how excited I was at the prospect of trading Gordon when this was mentioned yesterday, is that not everyone thinks Gordon is completely useless/terrible/worthless.
But is anybody else on here blocked by Gordon on twitter? Somehow I've been for like 2 years! Even Gordon has gotten wind of my displeasure with him living in MY city! For me I take equal offense to his apparent lack of appreciation for NOLA as I do his obscene contract relative to his net impact on our origination. Gordon is easily my least favorite player EVER in the NBA. And like I've said, I'm a grown man...so that's a lot of scummy players I've seen come and go.
That being said.... I think I might possibly understand if Dell is gun shy to dump Eric Gordon for players if he thinks Gordon has any chance of being better than those players next year and the Tyreke/Gordon dynamic can be worked out by either starting both or one embracing the 6th man role.
Let's go with the theory that Dell is on the hot seat. For the same reasons Minnesota might be willing to gamble on Gordon, Dell might be talking himself into gambling one more season on Gordon, and then weighing that against trading Rivers who we should all be to agree is not as good a player as Gordon.
More than likely Dell wants to get something better than just Martin out of the deal, and refuses to take back 2 bad contracts in Martin and Chase. At least that's my hope.
Last edited by NMThreeMVP; 06-29-2014 at 10:04 AM.
What about Gordon?
"we might make dollars, but we don't necessarily make sense"
"always be sincere....whether you mean it or not"
He goes to Minnesota too
In that deal with Houston I'd love to get Parsons but I think if they don't get melo parsons ain't going anywhere. I think for Houston it's melo or bust.
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