Ben Gordon looking for NBA Comeback

sco · Post #1 » by **sco** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 1:32 pm

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/17196099/nba-ben-gordon-looking-use-british-springboard-back-nba

Cuz I know some of you can't help yourselves. :noway:

ATRAIN53 · Post #2 » by **ATRAIN53** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 1:50 pm

He just sees these huge contracts getting tossed around and wants in.

If he put in the effort THEN that he''s gonna have to now, he'd be on a near max deal with someone.
If he played defense, was 2 inches taller and could dunk consistently, he'd probably have his jersey hanging in the UC in a few years.

This dude was Steph Curry before there was such as thing as a Steph Curry.

Should be a great 3 point weapon off the bench for someone. Have your agent call the Knicks.

MC3 · Post #3 » by **MC3** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 1:57 pm

ATRAIN53 wrote:He just sees these huge contracts getting tossed around and wants in.

That's called Classic Ben Gordon.

sco · Post #4 » by **sco** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:05 pm

If we want to tank we can bring back Kirk, Ben, Boozer...

Red Larrivee · Post #5 » by **Red Larrivee** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:09 pm

Bye, Dinwiddie.

biggestbullsfan · Post #6 » by **biggestbullsfan** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:16 pm

We need shooting, I would be ok with a camp invite.

Repeat 3-peat · Post #7 » by **Repeat 3-peat** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:16 pm

Meh, if he wants a training camp invite, sure why not?

League Circles · Post #8 » by **League Circles** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:52 pm

Namaste

sco · Post #9 » by **sco** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 2:53 pm

You guys know his minutes would come at the expense of Valentine.

RSP83 · Post #10 » by **RSP83** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 3:07 pm

Pax have moved on completely. I don't see any member of that Bulls team returning. Although I can see Kirk returning for a coaching gig. I don't think Deng will stick around as well, I think Deng is more loyal to Thibs than the Bulls organization. Ben Gordon, I never had the feeling that he really cared about playing for this franchise, he's always about Ben Gordon.

JordansBulls · Post #11 » by **JordansBulls** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 3:56 pm

Once he left us he went downhill he was greedy and wanted out when he wasn't the highest paid player on the team.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gordobe01.html

Look at his numbers once he left us.

Post #12 » by **HomoSapien** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 4:07 pm

sco wrote:You guys know his minutes would come at the expense of Valentine.

Would actually come at the expense of Cannon.

ChicagoStrong · Post #13 » by **ChicagoStrong** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 4:27 pm

Meh, ship has sailed

No one from that era needs to be back

Chi · Post #14 » by **Chi** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 4:51 pm

Nothing he can do better than Cannan (spelling?) at this point...

biggestbullsfan · Post #15 » by **biggestbullsfan** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 4:53 pm

HomoSapien wrote:
sco wrote:You guys know his minutes would come at the expense of Valentine.

Would actually come at the expense of Cannon.

I'm ok with that. At least for a pre-season look.

johnnyvann840 · Post #16 » by **johnnyvann840** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 5:44 pm

ATRAIN53 wrote:
This dude was Steph Curry before there was such as thing as a Steph Curry.

No. He wasn't.

Post #17 » by **DuckIII** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 6:00 pm

ATRAIN53 wrote:This dude was Steph Curry before there was such as thing as a Steph Curry.

No he wasn't. Not even close.

Post #18 » by **DuckIII** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 6:03 pm

sco wrote:You guys know his minutes would come at the expense of Valentine.

I chortle at the notion that Ben Gordon could earn even 10 seconds of Denzel Valentine's playing time.

kodo · Post #19 » by **kodo** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 6:05 pm

My problem with Ben is that he dribbles the ball more than I'd like from an end of bench, spot up shooter. Even while he was a roleplayer in ORL, only 43% of his shots were assisted. To put that into perspective, Jimmy Butler was more assisted (47.9%) than Gordon in Orlando.

He's never had the height of the prototypical marksmen SG like Korver, Klay, Rip, Reggie Miller etc.. so his MO has always been to receive the ball and then dribble to try & get clear and then shoot. And often times he has to arc mortar shots over defenders, he's just very good at it.

Even at the height of his career in Chicago, Ben's shots were usually contested. He just made them. It made for awesome entertainment. It made for crappy basketball if our goal was better than the 1st round.

Canaan has some of the same qualities, but Canaan is a lot younger (24 vs 33), on a minimum contract while Ben is probably looking at to cash in on some of these cap spike contracts, and Canaan as a player shoots a lot more assited (63.8% assisted vs Ben's 43%).

If someone actually pays attention to Ben and doesn't let him go off like he did in Chicago, he's not that difficult to defend. And Ben's counter is to just try and shoot over them.

Watch on YouTube

sco · Post #20 » by **sco** » Tue Aug 2, 2016 6:23 pm

DuckIII wrote:
sco wrote:You guys know his minutes would come at the expense of Valentine.

I chortle at the notion that Ben Gordon could earn even 10 seconds of Denzel Valentine's playing time.

I think chortling is illegal in Illinois, be careful about doing it publicly. :wink:

I think it is equally laughable that JR would ever bring Gordon back.