Ben Gordon walks
NBA free agency started July 1st 2009. Ben Gordon left the Chicago Bulls for the Detroit Pistons. The Bulls kept saying they wanted to bring Ben Gordon back and were trying to resign him. Considering he agreed with the Pistons the first day he could, the Bulls never seemed in the running. I don’t know they said they wanted him back if they had no intention of actually bringing him back. The Bulls will either start John Salmons at shooting guard or start Kirk Hinrich. If Hinrich started then he would still be the primary back up point guard to Rose and Salmons would back up shooting guard and small forward. If Salmons started he would give us a bigger backcourt and then Hinrich would back up both guard spots. This is all a result of letting the former number three pick, Ben Gordon leave via free agency. Ben Gordon was a great shooter and an important part of the Bulls going as far as they did to 7 games against the Celtics in the playoffs this past season. The other players like Deng, Hinrich, Rose, Salmons and Tryus Thomas will have to step up their game for the offense were losing. The Bulls will not target any big names this offseason because they have less than 2 million dollars before they hit the luxury tax.
3 comments:
Ben Gordon sucks. He takes way too many shots, is a HUGE ball hog, and refuses to play defense. I'll admit he came up HUGE in the playoffs but that doesn't warrant the money he wanted. He's a really good sixth man, nothing more.
Everyone knew he wasn't going to be a Bull and you should be happy he's not on the team
Also, how about a little humor and good analysis to go along with your posts.
You're posts are drier than Elizabeth Taylor's vagina
I wasn't a big Ben Gordon fan for the reasons you mentioned, but he was the only clutch shooter we had. Someone like Rose will have to step it up bug time to replace his production.
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