Agent: Ben Gordon receives $11M guarantee from Pistons

[mgoblue2290]

The Pistons doing this makes no sense unless we're dealing Rip Hamilton. Actually this makes no sense at all for the Pistons. We don't need a shooter, we need a dominant big man. We can't be wasting our money on Ben Gordon, unless we're dealing Rip and someone else for a big man, or somehow trying to sign Boozer and Gordon, then dealing Rip.

[FirstTimer]

The Pistons doing this makes no sense unless we're dealing Rip Hamilton. Actually this makes no sense at all for the Pistons. We don't need a shooter, we need a dominant big man. We can't be wasting our money on Ben Gordon, unless we're dealing Rip and someone else for a big man, or somehow trying to sign Boozer and Gordon, then dealing Rip.

I'll trade you Gordon for Rip

[mgoblue2290]

I'll trade you Gordon for Rip

Is Derrick Rose available? :D

[goDawgs1433]

Read the other posts in the thread, goblue. I mentioned that the Pistons are shopping Rip, it wouldn't be necessary otherwise.

[FirstTimer]

Is Derrick Rose available? :D

Did you bring back Isiah Thomas circa 1987?

[FedEx227]

Bulls can't let Detroit get him of all teams, I think he is worth that money. He's easily a top 5 shooter in the NBA. Bulls better resign him.

Unfortunately they have this little thing called a luxury tax. I love when people have these ideas "We gotta get him!" "RESIGN HIM! "SIGN THIS GUY". Gordon at $11 million puts the Bulls over the cap and puts us in the luxury tax zone.

The Bulls, hell any NBA team, shouldn't be paying luxury tax for a 4th-7th seed in the East.

[Vinsane]

Look at drafting a guy like Terrence Williams at #16 and a PF at #26(Where I think we will get Hansbrough for better or for worse)

No way BG is worth 11m IMO.

Hansborough doesn't crack the Top 25 in a lot of mock drafts. I can see Chicago picking him up as late as 26th. Unless some GM out there is really in need of a jolt and wouldn't mind taking a little risk/reward pick up of Hans 25 or higher.

[FedEx227]

Sadly he's moving up the boards. For some reason teams are buying into his "Everyone is dogging me" crap he's been spewing to the media. It's making me hate the guy even more than I already did.

Some see him going as early as 11 to New Jersey.

That's a blessing though so he's not available when Gar Forman aka John Paxson's Publicist has a chance to take him.

[goDawgs1433]

I guess we'll see if this thing actually has legs if and only if the Pistons unload Rip. Otherwise...no way this happens.

[FedEx227]

The Billups thing needed to be done though. That team was going nowhere with or without Billups.

They now have a lot of financial wiggle room that will allow them to pursue Gordon and a big name in 2010.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

There have got to be better fits for them out there than Gordon.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I don't know anything about the Luxury cap but since BG has bird years can't they go over the cap to get him?

Yes.

[FedEx227]

Well the Bird Years can let you go over the cap, but there is still the luxury tax threshold and the signing of Ben Gordon will put the Bulls in that. You can go over your cap to a certain limit, but if we re-up Ben we officially get into the luxury tax range and Uncle Jerry is NOT about to pay that.

They absolutely CAN sign him. If they want to pay luxury tax. However, the luxury tax fees are huge and definitely bad news. If you want to go all-in and win a title one year then it's a good idea but it's not a long term way to do basketball business (see Knicks, New York).

[MRN]

What do some of you guys mean he's not worth some of that money. Without him the Bulls are not even close with the Celtics in that 1st round series.

This is true.

I honestly think he is worth it, unless we are going to make a push for D-Wade in the next year.

[mgoblue2290]

There have got to be better fits for them out there than Gordon.

Yeah, like Carlos Boozer.