nice find.

LUXURY+ TAX= no long term deal

The real problem is Hughes saying he should start last year and that once he had a training camp with the Bulls he would be able to move into that role.

But my comment had nothing to do with Ben being selfish. He is a top athlete because he believes he is the best, which gives him a lot of confidence, which is why he has the balls to take clutch shots that the other players won’t. So, as a confident player, who has always been a winner (until last year), and with the fact that he is looking at the team and he is the leading scorer, he’s like, “why am I coming off the bench when I’m the leading scorer? Why is Larry Hughes here? He’s messing with my minutes.” (This is not a real quote, just what I think he is thinking based on his responses to questions in the media). And he is not saying this because he doesn’t care if the team is good or not as long as he gets his. He IS the leading scorer. He thinks if he played more, they would win more. We should hope that all the players feel this way. And the way he is not demanding in the media that he start and that he get 35-40 minutes a game should be commended. People talk bad about players when they say these things, but no one praises them when they work hard even though they feel like they deserve more.

BTW, I am not some Gordon honk that loves him and thinks he should start. I think he is a great scorer who drives me nuts when he loses the ball in the last seconds! Hopefully VDN’s new approach (i.e. not being Skiles), and D. Rose will help him not have to be double teamed like last year at the end of games.

From Hanley’s article – he has to have this wrong, doesn’t he?

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.

That left Gordon with the tender offer that needed to be agreed to before the league’s 11 p.m. deadline.

Because you are all part of the same wing of the institution?

Failing to sign Gordon is just that – a failure. There shouldn’t be any praise going around about the results of this situation.

drafted Chandler/Curry

and Chandler with the Bulls wouldnt be nowhere near as good as Chandler with the hornets…hopefully TT can get as good with a great point guard at the helms….

Paxson’s Picks
03’ Kirk Hinrich(#7)
04’ Ben Gordon(#3) and Luol Deng(#7)
05’ no picks
06’ Tyrus Thomas(#2)
07’ Joakim Noah(#9)
08’ Derrick Rose(#1)

before last season I believe. Looks to me like his new agent didn’t have BG’s best interests and that could be BG’s worst mistake.

shudder

But it will get Thabo minutes at the 3.

traded under any circumstances, unless your’re Paxson. Who makes statements similiar to:
“I wouldn’t want to be in this position being responsible for losing/trading both Gordon and Hinrich”

“No Guts” (no more balls jokes)… make a trade! From what I remember when you trade you are suppose to get something back? I guess Paxson is using his past and most recent trading experience to guide his thoughts and decisions. Get this guy out of here ASAP!

He’s delusional, he thinks those two are like “Scottie and Michael” because he envisions they will win so many championships for chicago?

Likely moving him to the bench, yet delusionally thinking Kirk can be bona-fide starting SG in the NBA.. but reality will set in quickly and Paxson will then be the last to know, as usual, that he really can’t trade him for any real value?

Only in Paxsdorf World…

The band wagon will be screaming Paxson’s firing but December 2008, Jerry’s hands will be forced by summer 2009. Jerry’s hands are influenced by $$, which will be spent discretionaly by fans when given the option to view a losing ball club.

i’m sorry, but there should be no time put in trying to “develop” Thabo. He’s not the answer now, nor will he be.

Would Gordon have accepted 10 or even 11 per. The long term numbers have been kept under wrapts since day one. Unless you count the “Gordon wants to be highest paid” etc rumors. Would you pay Gordon 13/14 per?

I guess two years of development with Scott Skiles and Jim Boylan is a bullet proof data set.

Patience. It’s an option pickup season.

where? when?

There were two official offers that we knew of

2007 – 5/$50M

2008 – 6/$58-59M

Have you heard of any others?

I will say that last year’s offer was better. But that still doesn’t mean it was market value or fair value.

::rolls eyes::

Where’s that dude who liked JJ Reddick?

from the Bulls can be tossed too. They both look dumb.

I just listened to the first track…

“If you do what you’ve always done, obviously, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” ~VDN

“Welcome to Obvious Inspiration. This is, obviously, Vinny Del Negro, head coach for the Chicago Bulls and, obviously, a motivational expert. Obviously, you purchased this seminar because you, obviously, have problems. In this series of compact discs I am, obviously, going to share obvious strategies to, obviously, help you succeed in today’s global marketplace. Obviously, if we want to direct our lives, we must obviously take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do obviously…..”

“I don’t regret any decisions. Anytime I make a decision, I always try to make the right one. I have my own set of reasons why I make decisions that may be different than anyone else’s. After looking at how everything went down, I definitely made the right decision.”

Maybe the extra million or two wasn’t because he thought he was worth more, but because he wanted that much money to “deal” w/ being on the Bulls. No, I’m not saying that sarcastically.