Should Bulls keep Ben Gordon?
June 20, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under Chicago Bulls, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Chicago Bulls have a tough decision facing them. In fact, they have several tough decisions on personnel. It seems that every single Bull is on the trading block except for Derrick Rose and Luol Deng.
The big question though, has to do with resigning Ben Gordon. He will get anywhere from 10 to 11 million smackers and that is a lot of money for a small shooting guard that often plays sixth man.
Ben Gordon can score, but how does he guard the taller shooting guards?
Still if you watched the playoffs it was Ben Gordon that could get his shot off under pressure and it was Ben Gordon that could keep them in games. He has that knack.
If the Bulls resign Gordon, they would be over the luxury tax threshold. This may not be an issue.
If Chicago does re-sign Ben Gordon they’ll be pushing the luxury tax threshold, which means there won’t be a lot of money to spend on free agents. Sources have made it clear that the luxury tax thing is not as big a deal for the Bulls as the media seems to be making it out to be, and while that may be true, it’s also no secret that Chicago is protecting their cash until the summer of 2010, when Miller, Tim Thomas
, and Jerome James come off the books. That’s about $24 million in salary gone in a blink.
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Chicago Bulls have a tough decision facing them. In fact, they have several tough decisions on personnel. It seems that every single Bull is on the trading block except for Derrick Rose and Luol Deng.
The big question though, has to do with resigning Ben Gordon. He will get anywhere from 10 to 11 million smackers and that is a lot of money for a small shooting guard that often plays sixth man.
Ben Gordon can score, but how does he guard the taller shooting guards?
Still if you watched the playoffs it was Ben Gordon that could get his shot off under pressure and it was Ben Gordon that could keep them in games. He has that knack.
If the Bulls resign Gordon, they would be over the luxury tax threshold. This may not be an issue.
If Chicago does re-sign Ben Gordon they’ll be pushing the luxury tax threshold, which means there won’t be a lot of money to spend on free agents. Sources have made it clear that the luxury tax thing is not as big a deal for the Bulls as the media seems to be making it out to be, and while that may be true, it’s also no secret that Chicago is protecting their cash until the summer of 2010, when Miller, Tim Thomas
, and Jerome James come off the books. That’s about $24 million in salary gone in a blink.
Image: Zuma Press
As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome.
More blogs about basketball.
As always, any NBA Basketball related comments are welcome.
More blogs about basketball.
BULLS should NOT RE=$IGN BEN GORDON for that kind of MONEY.
There are better NEW upcoming players and YOUNG MEN at that.
Excellent idea. Since my Pistons signed him and are very happy about it.
of course they should? They were finally somewhat healthy and they were finally playing their style of ball. They should not mess with the chemistry of this team.
they did not agree and my Pistons are happy to take him off their hands.
I’ll give you that one.Definetely the bulls loss. I’d rather see detroit do well rather than the bulls since I’m a knicks fan. If I wasn’t a knicks fan, would I even admit it? I would have liked to have seen the pistons take out the Spurs when they lost the championship,but it was nice to see the pistons put the east back on track. Maybe Big Ben can still have 1 or 2 more healthy years. Still, Iverson for billups was whack!!!
Iverson for Billups was to clear salary cap as Iverson’s contract would come off the books. Chauncey is at the end of a career and the Pistons are a few years away. Easy decision for Joe D.