He's a short, unreliable defender who's willing to shoot his decent jumpshot.  

There's a player profile hidden in there somewhere.

As the refrain goes, LeBron James would supply so many 'instant offense' points off the bench that Red Kerr would squeal.

Johnson wasn't a better player than Gordon, and he doesn't even rate when compared Ginobili, Havlicek, McHale, or Toni Kukoc. Simply coming off the bench first isn't really a role either.

You're giving Isiah Thomas and Vinnie Johnson a lot of credit for being teammates with Laimbeer, Rodman, Dumars, and Dantley.

OK, not 2X (merely 63% more), but I did say roughly.

Thabo can get easier buckets against worse players off the bench too. That works for every player, and I don't understand it. I don't get the goal in 'staying even' with the first-team, and having to wait until the other team makes a sub to get your best offensive player in the game. Once again, this team's offense sucks. They need players who can score. More of them, too. Heck, if they had Pau Gasol (let alone Tim Duncan like Manu does) I'd be happier with benching Gordon.

It'd be nice if Gordon could defend SGs better. It'd be nice if Thabo could 'shoot'. I believe shooting is more important from a 'shooting' guard. It's not guarding guard (ha!)

Kevin Martin, drafted way later than Gordon, signed a reported 5 year 55 million dollar contract extension.  Martin is already the polished scoring guard that gets to the free throw line.  He's also 6'7" which takes away many of the defensive weaknesses that are exploited in Ben Gordon.

One of the only differences that can account for the two is that Martin scores in the Western conference that play as a faster pace and Ben Gordon plays in the Eastern Conference as a slower pace.

In short, bake me a cake and let me taste it, but don't try and throw it in my face.

I don't fathom an actual GM saying, "Let's make this guy out to be a piece of shit, both in basketball abilities and personality, so that we can re-sign him for cheaper."

Do you think before you type?

So perhaps 6/60 is better to Ben than 5/50.

point #2:  Wrist Injury - So now Paxson I guess goes up to Boylan and convinces him to sit out.  Do you think Paxson has the balls to try and pull this??

point #3:  Media specualtion about wrist injury - So now it's the media against Gordon just to prove that Gordon is soft and will hoepfully come at a cheaper price??

point #4:  Hinrich bashing - Media asked question whats the benefit of playing with Thabo vs. Gordon?  He answers that he doesn't have to guard big SG and can focus on offense.  

This seems like a lot of people all looking out for the Bulls best interest in order to save some $$.  Meanwhile, Pax, Boylan ad certainly Gordon's job are at risk and they all seem to focus on bringing Ben down in the media??  Seems a little far fetched to me...

In all seriousness, Skiles was harping all preseason about getting the starters on the floor together before they opened the season.  It was obvious what he was reacting to - the previous three seasons of slow starts.  But more so, he needed to SEE where his starters were in terms of playing together.

I have no way of determining if Gordon's ankle was poor, bad, or able to play, but his public comments then were to stay out of games, but still participate in shoot-arounds and limited practices.

We've learned many things in the middle of this season that should cause us to go back and review what we had previously concluded.  The fact that Skiles basically asked Reinsdorf to fire him to benefit the team, according to Reinsdorf, is a big mystery to me.

If you haven't already, read Keith Glass' book.  You'll learn some more about Skiles, albeit from his agent.