How low is Ben Gordon's market value?

"Gordon is most likely to be the top restricted free agent not to have his offer matched, but he's going to struggle to get a huge offer from anyone. Gordon may be better off taking the Bulls' one-year tender offer."

3 months ago Ozzie Montana Comment 7 comments 0 recs |

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Was surprised to read that

If the Bulls could sign BG for less than $10M per, I’d consider that a steal.

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by snley on Jun 30, 2008 2:19 PM CDT 1 recs

Gordon may be better off

but the Bulls wouldn’t, unless the mission is to lose him after a season for nothing. The one-year qualifying offer seems more like the worst for both sides, honestly.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jun 30, 2008 2:23 PM CDT 0 recs

Yeah originally I thought the QO would be like a 1 year tryout for him

But then I realized he would just be pissed off, and if he played lights out the Bulls wouldn’t bother to overpay him.

After hearing Rose talk about how he has reached out to Gordon, it seems like BG isn’t going to be an ass and complain about a crowded backcourt, and will most likely continue his reputation for hard work to keep his starting spot. I think getting Gordon for 9-10 million is fine, the real concern is not giving Deng too much money. Paxson has proven he gets scared easily if other teams show interest in his players.

by Ozzie Montana on Jun 30, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think Gordon's and Deng's contracts

are going to be very tricky.

My guess is that-for both guys-the market won’t offer a contract as rich as the contracts the Bulls offered last year.

Does Paxson just say those offers are still on the table? Does he reduce them in line with this year’s market? Or does he up them incrementally to make the guys feel good about the team?

It reminds me a little of the Pippen deal, when Reinsdorf told him the deal wasn’t good but Pippen took it anyway—then resented the Bulls for years afterwards.

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by alec on Jun 30, 2008 2:31 PM CDT 0 recs

I think

The QO is the way Ben goes. It’s not the security players look for, but he’s the one that turned down 10 mil per ‘reportedly.’
Worst case for the organization is they get nothing for him in return if they aren’t interested in his services. With that said, he led the team in scoring because he was the only one with balls enough to want to take big shots. Everyone defered to him. (Everyone except Noc, that is.)
Best case scenario; Bulls sign him for 8-9 mil per, keep him, and trade Kirk.

by kingj41 on Jun 30, 2008 2:39 PM CDT 0 recs

We should be so fortunate

that we get nothing in return for him—except extra cap space.

by hlac on Jun 30, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up 0 recs

If the Bulls have no interest

in retaining BG they need to get something back in return.
Whether it’s a trade exemption, future draft picks w/ cash considerations, etc.
And if you think he’s only worth cap space, that hints stronly at your lack of knowledge regarding the NBA.

by kingj41 on Jul 1, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up 0 recs