Comments on: Ben Gordon: NBA lockout could last two more years

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:54:29 +0000

Gordon is talking out his …… Just look at the breakdown on truehoop by Larry Coon a week or so ago. By January, all of the extra money the players would have gotten with a 53% instead of 50% share will be gone. Why in the world would they continue to hold out past that? Principle? It makes no sense for the majority of players to continue to hold out once that amount of money has been missed in salary.

By: Jodi Jezz

Jodi Jezz — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:45:26 +0000

I agree. I thinking Gordon can still be that effective scorer or V.Johnson type player once we trade Rip. If we run a strict 3-guard rotation of Knight/Stuckey/Gordon, all three of those players would be able to receive a great deal minutes. We all know Dumars wasn’t able to trade Rip because of the ownership situation, so I think its unfair to call Gordon a “disappointment” when there wasn’t any room for him to produce.

By: rob

rob — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:51:06 +0000

edit – “I wouldn’t mind if the NBA became a defunt league….”

By: rob

rob — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:49:16 +0000

2 year lockout?

Part of me wants basketball back, then part of me remembers how shady the NBA can be, and wouldn’t if the NBA became a defunct league, and a new league was formed minus David Stern.

By: Jakob Eich

Jakob Eich — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:16:47 +0000

In Chicago Gordon was one of the most efficient scorers in the league. His TS% was off the charts, I believe he was one of the Top 5 guards in the league in that regard. I still don’t think it was a horrible decision to sign him to that contract! Dumars got him because he wanted to trade Rip, he didn’t get the trade done and that is his fault. He probably wanted Gordon to be like Vinnie Johnson back in the days, just a guy who can score in bunches and give you the occasional quarter of 20 points.

By: detroitpcb

detroitpcb — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:29:16 +0000

When did Daye become the Pistons player rep?

and how is he doing in Russia?

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:44:46 +0000

18-20 ppg is only good if it is efficient and helping out the offense on the whole.

By: Jodi Jezz

Jodi Jezz — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:12:34 +0000

Gordon has only been a so called “disappointment” because of our major logjam at the SG position…If he had a clear role and consistent minutes I think we would still see that 18-20pts we are expecting from him…I hope he is working on his defense as well…

By: RyanK

RyanK — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:51:31 +0000

Hopefully Gordon is working on his defense and ballhandling during his time off. He’s been a major disappointment…if not for CV, Gordon would take even more criticism.