I was very adamant about trading Gordon. The guy clearly didn't want to be here. I felt we should have traded him the min he refused the original contract extension. You need everyone to buy in especially a player you expect to make up your core.
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I was very adamant about trading Gordon. The guy clearly didn't want to be here. I felt we should have traded him the min he refused the original contract extension. You need everyone to buy in especially a player you expect to make up your core.
I need to see the whole offseason. Also, I think there is a very real chance he doesnt make trades until in season. For example, JJ wont have any less value at deadline than he will this offseason, so if he doesnt get blown away with an offer for him or Jrue or even Lonzo, he could go into the season with them on roster but knowing he is likely to trade them
I will learn most from the coach decision and the overall around the edges moves this offseason. He will only make a trade this offseason if someone overpays, so that wont tell me much
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At the time, Gordon was our franchise player for the first or second smallest market team in the league.
You could draw parallels, but I don't think the Lonzo situation is that identical considering Zion and Ingram
What is intriguing is the mindset Griffin has. The (second) Gordon decision was the first or second most important decision a rookie GM had to make.
Griffin and the team are a lot more experienced than that, with a lot more ammunition outside of Lonzo to appease fans, which is obviously always a consideration
Gordon was THE prize, but the myriad of assets we derived from the AD trade completely outweigh putting all the eggs in one peach basket like Dell had to in deciding Gordon's future with the team
Imagine your whole livelihood depends on umming and ahhing about roster decisions. Not sure if that's a blessing or a curse
Last edited by AusPel; 10-01-2020 at 09:57 AM.
Also, I'm not sure why no one questions the Dell hire in the first place which a subject rife for discussion
The problem I have with this Gordon situation is Demps didn't treat Gordon like he was the prize on the CP3 trade. We could have secured Eric on a max contract extension and didn't (in fairness to Dell he wasn't worth a max deal), but that created animosity between the franchise and Gordon. We let him hit free agency albeit restricted, but Phoenix rolled out the red carpet offered him the max and his heart was never here even though we matched. So we ended up handing out almost the very same amount, but managed to ******** off our star player. It was dumb then as it is dumb now. Either we should have paid him or moved him.
Actually, that's a very good point that I glossed over
I don't think letting him explore free agency was the turning point though. He was disgruntled from day 1 which you could glean from his comments and demeanour
Dell should have just traded him considering he's in the inner sanctum with these guys
But there's no real point in letting a guy get other offers then match as you say. It achieves nothing but create animosity and confusion.
The only two contracts I can remember in the last ten years (star level players) in this situation are Eric Gordon and Gordon Hayward
No surprise that they both left soon after
Last edited by AusPel; 10-01-2020 at 10:39 AM.
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