Another day, no Gordon practicing

"''He has some irritation there,'' Del Negro said of Gordon's toe.
"Because Gordon injured the toe at home and because he reluctantly signed a one-year contract two days after the start of training camp -- he and the Bulls failed to come to terms on a long-term deal -- there has been speculation that the extended absence is some sort of protest."

So I guess we can add John Jackson to the list of people who hate Ben Gordon.

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and the next paragraph, from VDN -

‘’People are going to read into what they think, but no one really knows the truth other than Ben and us,’’ Del Negro said. ’’He’s going to try to get healthy as quick as he can.

’’We’ve talked to him, and his toe’s bothering him. I want him to get healthy. As soon as he’s healthy, he’ll be practicing and working out and getting into game shape — and that’s going to take a little while.’’

by DangerMouse on Oct 16, 2008 11:34 AM CDT reply actions

I watched that interview on tv

and in background BG is shooting during what appeared to be practice. So is he just sitting out the wind sprints and scrimmages and there for everything else? Because they seemed to be interviewing VDN during or right after practice and BG was there.

Everything I post is speculation. I have no insider information nor ideas deemed concrete enough by those who are self-elected to regulate post content.

by cranscape on Oct 16, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

i saw that too

it looked like he was just shooting free throws. Maybe he is just sitting out the full-contact stuff…no real running

by NormVanBeer on Oct 16, 2008 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions

ha!

WTF is up with the Chicago media?

When I read Wednesday about Vinny Del Negro’s marathon practice, the first person I thought of was Larry Hughes. And I smirked.

The smirk grew into a full-fledged smile when I read that Hughes skipped the practice because of some problem with a surgically repaired knuckle.

And then I see Ben Gordon sat out, too. For some reason, I wasn’t as suspicious of Gordon – at first. Then I saw Del Negro actually had to address the suspicion that Gordon sat out as protest over not getting a contract done.

My cynicism may be unfounded. They both could be legitimately injured, but it seemed like a smirkable coincidence.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/bulls/2008/10/nba_vets_just_love_marathon_pr.html

by NormVanBeer on Oct 16, 2008 12:25 PM CDT reply actions

So we get to read this bullshit for a whole season?

So Gordon has already been out a week, but the fact that Hughes skipped practice with a boo-boo raises suspicions of Gordon?

And for that matter, how would these guys know ahead of time that it was going to be a “marathon practice”? In my experience at least, most coaches don’t give advance warning. “Hey, I’m really gonna beat your asses tomorrow! Sprints till everyone pukes!” They just shut the doors and tell everyone to go at it.

by Sports2 on Oct 16, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm so sick of this:

trade-distractions, faking it, grin-and-bearing it, hurt feelings, mutinies, contract impasses, impending free agency, veteran whining. The media perpetuates half this crap; the other half could be avoided with better roster management.

Screw it. K.C. could encorporate snarky emoticons into his “journalism”, Pax could announce he just hopes Rose will be “adequate,” and I’d still be looking forward to the season.

The poster formerly known as Freethefro.

by MPG on Oct 16, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions