Eric Gordon Out Indefinitely!

[JMac1]

Per ESPN

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/85766 ... definitely


Whew! Blessing in disguise. I think the same will go for Harden. Pay a superstar max money.....not a very good player. NYK, NO, and even GS with Curry were just asking for it. Did no one learn from Arenas' deal?!!

[bwgood77]

Per ESPN

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/85766 ... definitely


Whew! Blessing in disguise. I think the same will go for Harden. Pay a superstar max money.....not a very good player. NYK, NO, and even GS with Curry were just asking for it. Did no one learn from Arenas' deal?!!

Or McDyess back in the day when he left us for Denver for LESS money when they were a worse team than us?

[Sentry]

Ken Berger @KBergCBS
Hornets G Eric Gordon expected to address media tomorrow regarding his "indefinite" absence due to persistent knee soreness, source says.

It'll be interesting to hear what Gordon has to say... Looks like we definitely dodged a bullet here.

[phx#7]

The Hornets seems to think he's able to play. I think this has more to do with him not wanting to be there, still glad he didn't end up on the Suns though.

Harden on the other hand is certainly worth the max.

[rsavaj]

Lots of Hornets fans think he's faking it.

It appears I was wrong about his contract; we can actually trade for him after 1 year has passed.

I just don't know if we want this kind of character on the squad.

Edit: Nvm

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

[ShawnBronald]

As I said in another thread and I'm sure many, many other Phoenix fans are thinking it...

Karma is a bitch!

[ShawnBronald]

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

I still wonder if his current contract cannot be traded to us no matter what or if the Hornets can't trade him here. If that's the case, I wonder if a 3-way trade would work where he's traded to another team and then that team trades him here. My guess, though, is it's the current contract, regardless of what team is trading it.

[bwgood77]

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

I still wonder if his current contract cannot be traded to us no matter what or if the Hornets can't trade him here. If that's the case, I wonder if a 3-way trade would work where he's traded to another team and then that team trades him here. My guess, though, is it's the current contract, regardless of what team is trading it.

It has to be regardless of which team he is on. Because the only reason that would be a rule is to prevent players from signing an offer sheet and then forcing their way to that particular team (if the deal was matched.)

He's gotta know he can't be traded AT ALL for a year though, so refusing to play (if that's what he is doing) certainly isn't doing him much good, and is going to make him less desirable to teams and also decrease his trade value for the Hornets.

[phx#7]

Lots of Hornets fans think he's faking it.

It appears I was wrong about his contract; we can actually trade for him after 1 year has passed.

I just don't know if we want this kind of character on the squad.

Edit: Nvm

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

He can be traded to any team other than the Suns on December 15th. 1 year after being matched he can be traded to the Suns. He can also reject any trade for the first year.

[lilfishi22]

I guess we "lucked out" on Amare and Gordon.

[ShawnBronald]

Lots of Hornets fans think he's faking it.

It appears I was wrong about his contract; we can actually trade for him after 1 year has passed.

I just don't know if we want this kind of character on the squad.

Edit: Nvm

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

He can be traded to any team other than the Suns on December 15th. 1 year after being matched he can be traded to the Suns. He can also reject any trade for the first year.

Do you have a source/link about where he can be traded to Phoenix after one year? I was under the same impression as rsavaj in that he could not be traded here while on his current contract.

[phx#7]

Lots of Hornets fans think he's faking it.

It appears I was wrong about his contract; we can actually trade for him after 1 year has passed.

I just don't know if we want this kind of character on the squad.

Edit: Nvm

I may have been right initially....there's a 1 year deadline until he can be traded to any team OTHER than us. I don't think he can be traded to us.

He can be traded to any team other than the Suns on December 15th. 1 year after being matched he can be traded to the Suns. He can also reject any trade for the first year.

Do you have a source/link about where he can be traded to Phoenix after one year? I was under the same impression as rsavaj in that he could not be traded here while on his current contract.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q97

For one year after exercising the right of first refusal to keep a restricted free agent. The player must consent to a trade to any team, although he cannot be traded to the team that signed him to the offer sheet.

I know it's ambiguous and the wording was more clear under the previous CBA but this does mean after the first year the player no longer needs to consent to the trade but can be traded to the team that gave them the offer sheet. Larry Coon replied to this specifically(either via tweet or in a Q&A) and clarified it during the off-season.

Edit: Regardless I hope the Suns don't end up with him, I never wanted him to begin with.

[ShawnBronald]

I know it's ambiguous and the wording was more clear under the previous CBA but this does mean after the first year the player no longer needs to consent to the trade but can be traded to the team that gave them the offer sheet. Larry Coon replied to this specifically(either via tweet or in a Q&A) and clarified it during the off-season.

Edit: Regardless I hope the Suns don't end up with him, I never wanted him to begin with.

Ambiguous is an understatement. I still could have sworn seeing various writers and so-called experts saying that, in regards to the Suns and Gordon, he could not be traded here at all for the duration of his contract (since there was talk at the time of him pouting and refusing to play the first year and then demanding a trade to Phoenix).

I guess we'll see how everything plays out. Now that Harden is off the table and there are no big name free agents out there for next year, assuming this trade could be possible, I'm sure Sarver and Co. will try to make it happen.

[phx#7]

Ambiguous is an understatement. I still could have sworn seeing various writers and so-called experts saying that, in regards to the Suns and Gordon, he could not be traded here at all for the duration of his contract (since there was talk at the time of him pouting and refusing to play the first year and then demanding a trade to Phoenix).

I guess we'll see how everything plays out. Now that Harden is off the table and there are no big name free agents out there for next year, assuming this trade could be possible, I'm sure Sarver and Co. will try to make it happen.

You could always tweet or email Larry Coon if you want confirmation. I've already seen his answer so I wouldn't want to bother him, but he is pretty good at replying to questions.

[Revived]

There's an article saying that he was faking his injury.

[DirtyDez]

What a little bitch.

[Revived]

Gordon is faking the injury. I guess he really did leave his heart in Phoenix I don't feel bad for NO, they should have let him go when he said he wanted to play for us.

Especially since they already drafted another SG to replace him with.

We told you today that the Hornets Eric Gordon is out indefinitely with a bum knee, which means he will be sitting when the Hornets tip off the season Wednesday night against the Spurs. That is the same knee he missed most of last season with following surgery, the one that has slowed him all preseason. The same knee that the Hornets ignored when giving Gordon a max $58 million extension this summer.

What exactly is the problem with Gordon’s knee? Therein lies the rub.

Hornets GM Dell Demps was pretty vague about what is going on. Or when we might expect him back. Or anything Gordon related. From the Times-Picayune (as pointed out by Deadspin):

“He’s processing some information right now and he doesn’t have any comment,” Demps said, without discussing just what that information was. “We don’t have any comment right now. We’re processing information and we will, at the appropriate time, give a statement.”

Okay… “processing some information.” Not sure what that means exactly, but the tone was pretty terse. Coach Monty Williams, you want to shed some light on how Gordon is feeling and what is going on?

“He probably does feel pain; that would be the only reason why a guy can’t play,” Williams said. “For me to try to read an MRI … I’ll find out more as we go forward. I try to not get into all that because that would just make me upset…

“I’ve checked with Doc,” Williams said, “but for him to explain to me what’s going on with his body and then have Eric feel a certain way doesn’t matter. You know what I’m saying? If Doc says one thing and the guy is feeling another, then you have to . . . what am I supposed to say?

“I’m sure it’s got to be medical. A guy just can’t not play. It’s got to be medical. At this point of the year, everybody is excited to play. I’m sure it’s medical.”

It sounds a whole lot like the Hornets doctors say Gordon is ready to go and he says he still has pain and is not. The problem is only the player really knows what he’s feeling. And like Williams said, it’s hard to imagine Gordon just sitting out because, that’s really not who he is. He’s a competitor.

But there seems to be a lot of friction between the Hornets and Gordon over how much friction is in his knee.

[EB2]

Eh, I'm not a big fan of Gordon. I was a fan of getting Harden though(provided we had a player better than him on the team as well).

[sunskerr]

Wow I know he said he wanted to play for us but if he is faking it then I'm not too sure I'd like that kind of character on the Suns, especially if it means we wait a year and have to trade to get him.

[Long Time Sun]

Any way you cut it, glad the Gordon signing didn't work out....this is weird....it sounds like he's a head case but he hasn't seemed like that type....