Ben Gordon decides a one year contract is like having a birthday

Ben Gordon has signed an offer he said he would never sign.

”I’m definitely not taking it,” Gordon told New York media Aug. 15. ”I’ve already expressed that to them. I mean, that’s not an option.”

It turned out to be Gordon’s only option. His agent, Raymond Brothers, failed to find a sign-and-trade deal or offer sheet from another team after Gordon became a restricted free agent July 1, and negotiations with the Bulls never came close to a long-term deal.

Some signs suggested trade talks with the Miami Heat were revisited the last few days. But by Wednesday, the Bulls had pulled what was believed to be a six-year contract worth about $58 million that Gordon had shunned since July.
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It appears Gordon is rolling the dice on this one. He turns down a multi-year 50 million dollar deal to stay with the Bulls, which is the team he says he wants to play for and instead takes a one year deal for 6.4 million bucks.

After the one year, Ben Gordon is an unrestricted free agent. In the meantime, he cannot even be traded without his permission.

So fast forward a year when Ben is on the open market. Hmm, he scores a lot, but is kind of small for a shooting guard and not really a point guard and can’t really check most guards, so who is going to want him? Yeah, he did lead the Bulls in scoring for 3 straight years, but that is because their guards struggle to score.

Now the Bulls are bringing in Derrick Rose to share time with Kirk Hinrich and Larry Hughes. That means fewer shots for Ben and that means…well, you take it from there. 50 million bucks, wow!

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This is a monster trade by Cleveland, Chicago, and Seattle.

Cleveland gets Ben Wallace and Joe Smith from Chicago and forward Wally Szczerbiak and guard Delonte West from the SuperSonics.

Danny Ferry, the Cleveland GM, immediately announced they were good enough to win the title.

Hold on, there.

All four players were underperforming, especially Ben Wallace.

Now as a huge Pistons fan, your intrepid author likes Ben Wallace a lot, but he is 33 years old. His best years are behind him. You also gave up Dwight Gooden to get him. Expect Ben to play excellent defense, but will he be able to rebound like days gone by? Most likely not.

Here is a rundown on the trade.

In an 11 player three-team blockbuster trade, the Cavaliers acquired Chicago’s Ben Wallace and Joe Smith, Seattle’s Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West before the trade deadline closed on Thursday, two league sources confirmed.

The Cavaliers sent Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Shannon Brown and Cedric Simmons to the Bulls, and Donyell Marshall to the Sonics. Seattle also gets the expiring contracts of Chicago’s Adrian Griffin and Cleveland’s Ira Newble. source

LeBron James

Still LeBron James has to be happy. His current cast was going nowhere and Ben is an intimidator, Smith and Szczerbiak give you scoring, and West is young. It will help LeBron to have more outside shooting around him than Daniel Gibson.

Danny Ferry is happy to be out of Larry Hughes contract.

Much like Wallace, Hughes didn’t deliver as the Cavs had hoped. They signed him to a five-year, $60 million free agent deal in 2005, but he struggled with injuries and his jump shot.

Hughes had become a target of abuse at Cleveland home games as fans grumbled with every miss and every mention of a contract—he’s making $12.8 million this season—that seemed untradeable. source

Still, Danny Ferry was trapped. His Superstar, LeBron James, was unhappy and that is not good.

He’s dead serious, though, about getting the Cavaliers their first title. James, who led them to their first finals appearance last season, had publicly campaigned for Ferry to do something before the deadline.

James got his wish. Ferry overhauled the Cavs, trading 60 percent of the starting lineup Brown used Wednesday night.

The deal caps a busy month of trades as several stars, including Shaquille O’Neal, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion and Pau Gasol, all were dealt to new teams. The Gasol swap triggered an arms race of sorts among the Western Conference’s top squads, while this one could have a major impact atop the East.

Will Ben Wallace bring Cleveland the NBA Title?

Probably not, but the mix makes James happy and gives them a shot and that is all he wanted.

NBA Basketball Fan Question Can you break down this trade to make LeBron happy?

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