A Brief History of Ben Gordon: the Quotes Version
by wjb1492 on Jul 2, 2009 6:04 PM CDT
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PrintOn breaking Allen Iverson's Big East tournament scoring record:
"When Mek got injured, I got to take all this pressure on myself and that's when I started having fun," Gordon said, referring to All-America center Emeka Okafor. "I didn't look back since then."
On being drafted 3rd in the NBA 2004 Draft:
"Other people may be surprised, but I always thought I should go No. 1," Gordon said.
On winning the 6th Man award as a rookie:
"I didn't know what was going to happen or whatever. It's great to come off the bench and still help my team the way I did," Gordon said.
"Once I got around the team and everything like that, I pretty much accepted my role. Especially after the slow start, I was not really thinking about starting, I was thinking about how can I help my team get the first win."
Defending Kirk against Pat Riley's "dirty player" accusations:
"I think [the coach's accusation] was very unnecessary," Gordon said, according to the Sun-Times. "He should be worried about his players. Posey's always in the middle of something. I think that was a cheap shot at Kirk. Kirk was just playing his normal defense. It was a freak accident."
On hitting the big shot:
"I take a lot of pride in it," Gordon said. "It is not really something I say to myself, I'm going to hit every big shot, it sort of happens that way," Gordon said.
On not getting the ball enough:
"Not as many touches as I wanted," Gordon said. "It's pretty easy to play someone who doesn't have the ball."
On contract negotiations as an RFA last offseason:
"I guess it's safe to say I've played my last game in a Bulls uniform," Gordon said.
On signing with Detroit and leaving Chicago:
"To all the true Chicago Bulls fans, it's been great," he added. "I loved playing here; it's one of the greatest sports cities in the world. It was a great time. But it's time for me to move on."
In honor of Ben, add your favorite quotes. There have been ups and there have been downs, but it was rarely boring with Ben around.
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I've always been a big BG fan
Through thick and thin (heh)….
Anyway, nice job putting all this together. I’m sure all those silly Bulls fan BG haters will wake up and say, Man it was stupid we let him go for nothing….
If we get Wade I’m fine, but something tells me the org’s gonna lead us to believe it’s going after a Wade or Bosh for the next 12 months, and then instead we’ll settle for a 34 year old Manu Ginobili (good player who may have 1 year left by then after all these ankle injuries) and hard working Udonis Haslem, while BG’ing Tyrus Thomas…..
THE BULLS ARE GOING TO WIN IN 2010....maybe by stating this the positive vibes can make it happen.
Def a pro
dont lite us up 2 bad, after u torch us the 1st game
I was watching the 1995 Playoffs VS the Magic's and remembered how much I hated Horace Grant. Horace Grant - i hope you burn in bball hell
On getting paid...
" I've looked at these numbers and decided the #1 problem
is that Ben Gordon is selfish..." -your friendly bulls blogger
I can't even tell if you are being positive or negative anymore.
I salute you!
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.
rizzzzec'd
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. --Bruce Bartlett
A theoretical Q:
How good is BG if he is 6"5 or 6"6?
He'd probably be dunking a lot more.
Defensively he’d have a longer reach, but he’d likely be a little slower. People might like him more because he’d fit the mold. He’d find it easier to put the star at the top of the Christmas tree. Um…
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.
Yeah, I think he'd be pretty similar
People would just react to his abilities differently.
In honor of the dearly departed, I declare July PB&J month - everyone raise a sandwich to the memory of Ben!
I find it kind of funny
that for a team with guys who don’t fit the mold for their positions (Kirk, Deng, Noah, Tyrus) Gordon is the one they fixate on. Gordon was drafted the same height as he is now and the Bulls got a good look at him just in case he was 5’ 5" or something. What happened to make him such a loathed player? He has done what he was advertised to do from day one and consistently for years. He has even improved on his defense from the first two years from god-aweful to a guy who could be used in a highly rated Sklies team. Bah. I’m going to come back from the holiday looking for something other than BG to talk about. It depresses me. Someone post a Noah or Rose story. That is all I am interested in.
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.
Joakim Noah traded to Pistons for Rodney Stuckey
…
OK, not really.
Vinny Del Negro Offensive Gameplan, Part 1
-When there's less than 30 seconds left in the game, that's me with my hands cupped around my mouth yelling.
"BEN! SHOOT! SHOOOOTTTT!!! WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?!?"
-This segues nicely into my Timeout Management classes - order now!
A "happy" Noah or Rose story.
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.
Hey, if all the good players on the Bulls got traded to some other team and then won over there, that would be happy for me.
Vinny Del Negro Offensive Gameplan, Part 1
-When there's less than 30 seconds left in the game, that's me with my hands cupped around my mouth yelling.
"BEN! SHOOT! SHOOOOTTTT!!! WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?!?"
-This segues nicely into my Timeout Management classes - order now!
Which, unfortunately, makes all the difference in the world.
If “all else were equal” except his proportions, he’d be a better player all-around, for sure. Get more shots off, better looks, finish a little better, maaaybe handle a little better because his hands were bigger, play a little better D. Maybe the biggst thing, though, is that he’d pull down an extra board a game.
People should remember that while they have the right to their opinion, they are not entitled to be taken seriously. --Bruce Bartlett
In retrospect.. "it never should have been Ben vs Kirk" .. Paxson is an idiot!
That’s a quote…
Both are good players and Paxson is solely responsible for creating and allowing to foster this loss.
He could have easily done many things to both temper Ben’s ego and not bloat Kirk’s significants and contract. Paxson is a idiot! He could have easily position Kirk as a 5 to 7 million annual contract even not buying in to him as the next Stockton and evaluated him fairly for who he really is, Drafted Brandon Roy (spectular player) instead of Tyrus in 2006. Fatal mistake, this guy “Roy” had superstar written all over him if one tersely watched the ncaa tournment and considered the top 5 potential draft picks. Gordon would have been out played by Roy as SG and accepted it, but definitely Gordon would continued to win the 6th man of the year award. Thereby justifying his accepted position. Duhon, Thabo bust and/or Kirk weren’t talented enough to keep Gordon’s ego in proper persepctive Gordon at this point would have settled for 7 to 8 million annual and Roy would still be on his rookie contract 4 million. The perfect 3 guard lineup that Pistons Dumar is try to do.
At a budget cost of appropriately 18 million for all three, until Roy’s rookie contract eclipse both.
Gar is Paxson’s press secretary.. that is it. Paxson and the whole bunch must go!
man up!
Next season is going to be frustrating..
when they need a big shot or a last second winner or a big 3. I don’t know if that is really Rose’s game. I can’t say that he’s really clutch but I guess he could become that. But not like BG. Sad.
Rose isn't a 3 point shooter at all,
and has never had to be clutch with BG there and I bet that needed three/shot will come against the Pistons.
Maybe it'll be AI
GarPax will bring him in and to preserve his health, Vinny will only play him in the last 5 mins of the 4th quarter every game
by huzzla duzzla on Jul 8, 2009 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions
ben will be a bust
the Bulls have seen the best of ben Gordon detroit will see the worse this free agent signing will be the pistons equilvelent of when we signed Ras Ben Wallace
take it easy
by angryandy on Jul 15, 2009 1:57 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
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