'09 Free agent class may be better than '10.

Says one extremely high-ranking team executive: "This is going to be a nuclear winter for free agents. I would not want to be one this summer. So, if the point is that this summer will be great because there will be bargains galore, you are on the money."

Ben Gordon, your MLE is waiting.

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oof.

well, I’ve seen promises of restraint before. Hey if the Bulls can get Gordon on a cheaper deal, great.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 9, 2009 11:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Not only is it great

hopefully we can resign Ruffin as well!!

by J Theory on Jan 9, 2009 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

and I should remind you (D2.0, not myself) that it only takes one team

So despite any market generalities, a TWolves or Pacers can ruin your perverse desire to see Ben Gordon shamed for not taking Reinsdorf’s supposed charity.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 9, 2009 11:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I know it only takes one team.

I do not have this perverse desire of which you speak. It is my opinion that the offers made to Gordon were too high and he was foolish for not accepting them. I think he is closer to an MLE player than a max player, but apparently others (BG) think otherwise.

The point of this article really is that there could be some very good bargains during this free agent market, because few teams will have cap space and the economy is in the tank.

" I've looked at these numbers and decided the #1 problem

is that Ben Gordon is selfish..." -your friendly bulls blogger

by Dionysus2.0 on Jan 9, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, then, at 10mil per year, like what was proposed to him,

he’s closer to the MLE than to a max salary anyway !

The Game chose him !

by Diabolo on Jan 9, 2009 2:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

shhh...

people think Deng’s making max money too.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 9, 2009 4:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's exactly the point.

Ben Gordon turned down those offers…ostensibly because he views himself as a near max player…or at least believes his dollar value is higher than what was offered.

" I've looked at these numbers and decided the #1 problem

is that Ben Gordon is selfish..." -your friendly bulls blogger

by Dionysus2.0 on Jan 9, 2009 4:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

what did I say about the turning down $10m thing?

not to mention the story that he was going to accept it and then the Bulls pulled the offer?

stop annoying me.

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by your friendly BullsBlogger on Jan 9, 2009 6:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Matt, only you can let him annoy you.

Otherwise, they are just vapid, irrelevant comments.

Viva la nuance! Reading comprehension rules!!!

by tyger1147 on Jan 9, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I never said anything about $10m

You must have replied to the wrong post.

" I've looked at these numbers and decided the #1 problem

is that Ben Gordon is selfish..." -your friendly bulls blogger

by Dionysus2.0 on Jan 9, 2009 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

take that Ben Gordon!

You greedy fool! Shame on you for not accepting the Bulls “generous” offers!! Damn you to hell!!

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by NormVanBeer on Jan 9, 2009 11:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I long hoped for this scenario

because then the Bulls could just steal him away at little over the MLE. But in reality, if this did occur, Ben would just sign a short term deal (most likely 1yr so he can be in the 2010 mix). Then we’d have to go through all this nonsense again, I’d rather they just offer the 6/58 again and hope Ben jumps at it (even though he already did once and the Bulls are idiots).

by CJ Bulls on Jan 9, 2009 12:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Let's not kid ourselves

The ‘09 free agent class is junk. When ’quality bigs’ includes Rasheed Wallace and Anderson Varejao, there’s not much quality.

Of the teams under the cap this year though (Atlanta, Memphis, Minny, OKC, Portland), I could all of them having interest in Gordon. Every team besides Portland needs another scorer to compete, meaning Gordon provides more value to them than Marion, Artest, Odom, and Kidd.

by YaoPau on Jan 9, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs