Knicks Interested In Trading For Eric Gordon

[RealGM Wiretap]

The New York Knicks have struggled to a 13-16 record so far this season. But the poor record hasn't pushed New York off of adding players who can help them this season. The team reportedly has a long list of players to trade for to aid a playoff push.

One target for the Knicks is Eric Gordon of the Houston Rockets. New York point guard Derrick Rose has long advocated for his team to trade for Gordon. The two were AAU teammates and have been known to want to play together in the NBA.

Gordon has had a bounce-back season for the rebuilding Rockets. He's averaged 14.7 points on 47.7% shooting from the field, including an impressive 43.4% from behind the arc. Gordon's contract is for $18.2 million this season and is fully guaranteed for $19.6 million for 2022-23. Gordon's deal is fully non-guaranteed for $20.9 million for 2024-24, unless he hits some unlikely triggers this season or next.

Via Marc Berman/New York Post

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[Kampuchea]

Based on the source the Knicks have no interest in Gordon at all.

[IWishIWasHarden]

I've been impressed with Gordon. He's just played and done his job. And he's been playing very well.

The Rockets would love to offload him because he's the cause of all these wins.

The Knicks if they're trying to win should trade for Gordon. That would be fine.

But I have no idea what the Knicks are doing trying to win. They haven't drafted enough good players for the rebuild. Barrett is not Jordan. I'm not even sure Barrett is Barrett anymore.

[spree2kawhi]

It’s getting embarrassing. The Knicks are in the middle of nowhere adding players like Fournier, Walker and now Gordon who have been camping in the middle of nowhere for an eternity.

That’s called more of the same. That team is a paradox: You’d assume from the middle of nowhere you couldn’t actively move further towards nowhere, but they are. And they have been doing so consistently for two decades actually.

It’s mind boggling.

[njknicks]

Knicks are last defensively and near last in assists -- and the target is 33year old scorer Eric Gordon?

[Ackshun]

It’s getting embarrassing. The Knicks are in the middle of nowhere adding players like Fournier, Walker and now Gordon who have been camping in the middle of nowhere for an eternity.

That’s called more of the same. That team is a paradox: You’d assume from the middle of nowhere you couldn’t actively move further towards nowhere, but they are. And they have been doing so consistently for two decades actually.

It’s mind boggling.

Good post man.

[Pickled Prunes]

That would be interesting. I don't see Gordon as an improvement of Kemba, who they already have and cost half as much. It would be interesting to know what happened behind the scenes there. The Knicks were 10-8 with Kemba in the lineup. They are now 3-7 with him sitting on the bench. Maybe he wasn't the problem?

Whatever the problem is... I doubt Gordon is the answer.

[niha17]

here we go again knicks going to mess up this teams for the next 10 years go for it knicks

[HarthorneWingo]

Great! Fournier and a future 2nd for Gordon.

[KnixtapeH20]

I'll take Jameer Nelson out of retirement over Gorgon please. Smh

[HarthorneWingo]

I'll take Jameer Nelson out of retirement over Gorgon please. Smh

The title of this thread should be:

"Dolan Interested In Trading For Eric Gordon"

[Scalabrine]

It’s getting embarrassing. The Knicks are in the middle of nowhere adding players like Fournier, Walker and now Gordon who have been camping in the middle of nowhere for an eternity.

That’s called more of the same. That team is a paradox: You’d assume from the middle of nowhere you couldn’t actively move further towards nowhere, but they are. And they have been doing so consistently for two decades actually.

It’s mind boggling.

As a Knicks fan, if you can't see the difference between what we have going right now and what we have been doing for the past 20 years then I don't think you've been following very closely. NEVER in that time have we had all of our own picks (we have extra too). NEVER in that time have we not had an untradable contract. We're one of the youngest teams in the league, we have plenty of short, moveable deals, plenty of young impact players, and an All-Star level player (All-NBA 2nd team last year) locked up to a much less than max contract. Sure, we're still mediocre, but it's unrealistic to go from what we have been to contender in the span two years. We're building the right way, and I would be pretty shocked if we made a move for Eric Gordon that didn't include Evan Fournier at this point. We're certainly not giving up anything of value and in all likelyhood, this rumor isn't even true.

[GAthens34]

It’s getting embarrassing. The Knicks are in the middle of nowhere adding players like Fournier, Walker and now Gordon who have been camping in the middle of nowhere for an eternity.

That’s called more of the same. That team is a paradox: You’d assume from the middle of nowhere you couldn’t actively move further towards nowhere, but they are. And they have been doing so consistently for two decades actually.

It’s mind boggling.

As a Knicks fan, if you can't see the difference between what we have going right now and what we have been doing for the past 20 years then I don't think you've been following very closely. NEVER in that time have we had all of our own picks (we have extra too). NEVER in that time have we not had an untradable contract. We're one of the youngest teams in the league, we have plenty of short, moveable deals, plenty of young impact players, and an All-Star level player (All-NBA 2nd team last year) locked up to a much less than max contract. Sure, we're still mediocre, but it's unrealistic to go from what we have been to contender in the span two years. We're building the right way, and I would be pretty shocked if we made a move for Eric Gordon that didn't include Evan Fournier at this point. We're certainly not giving up anything of value and in all likelyhood, this rumor isn't even true.

Fournier is untradeable. So is Randle(who is a good player but still). You should have waited before re-signing Randle, there was no rush.
Fournier was a big mistake.

[dice]

Knicks are last defensively and near last in assists -- and the target is 33year old scorer Eric Gordon?

they're 22nd in defensive rating (opponent points per possession). but point taken

[dice]

That would be interesting. I don't see Gordon as an improvement of Kemba, who they already have and cost half as much. It would be interesting to know what happened behind the scenes there. The Knicks were 10-8 with Kemba in the lineup. They are now 3-7 with him sitting on the bench. Maybe he wasn't the problem?

Whatever the problem is... I doubt Gordon is the answer.

yeah, unless this is kemba for gordon plus a first rounder, it doesn't make much sense. gordon shoots and does absolutely nothing else (the exact opposite of the kind of player thibs loves). might as well bring in jamal crawford on a min contract

[njknicks]

Knicks are last defensively and near last in assists -- and the target is 33year old scorer Eric Gordon?

they're 22nd in defensive rating (opponent points per possession). but point taken

Unfortunately they've regressed big time from a top 5 defense last season to a bottom tier defense this season.

Their off-season acquisitions were a mis-calculation in the growth of Randle as a player ( they likely anticipated Randle to continue to develop into a superstar, which he has not ) which is why they surrounded him with scorers rather than defenders.

Reggie Bullock / Elfrid Payton ( while limited offensively ) were superb defenders @ their position - unfortunately their lack of offense compounded the pressure on Randle to deliver buckets.

Alex Caruso / Norman Powell would have been better fits ( Rather than Fournier / Kemba ) -- both have championship pedigree, superb defenders, solid ball handlers and are interchangeable for 3 positions ( sf / sg / pg ).

[Scalabrine]

It’s getting embarrassing. The Knicks are in the middle of nowhere adding players like Fournier, Walker and now Gordon who have been camping in the middle of nowhere for an eternity.

That’s called more of the same. That team is a paradox: You’d assume from the middle of nowhere you couldn’t actively move further towards nowhere, but they are. And they have been doing so consistently for two decades actually.

It’s mind boggling.

As a Knicks fan, if you can't see the difference between what we have going right now and what we have been doing for the past 20 years then I don't think you've been following very closely. NEVER in that time have we had all of our own picks (we have extra too). NEVER in that time have we not had an untradable contract. We're one of the youngest teams in the league, we have plenty of short, moveable deals, plenty of young impact players, and an All-Star level player (All-NBA 2nd team last year) locked up to a much less than max contract. Sure, we're still mediocre, but it's unrealistic to go from what we have been to contender in the span two years. We're building the right way, and I would be pretty shocked if we made a move for Eric Gordon that didn't include Evan Fournier at this point. We're certainly not giving up anything of value and in all likelyhood, this rumor isn't even true.

Fournier is untradeable. So is Randle(who is a good player but still). You should have waited before re-signing Randle, there was no rush.
Fournier was a big mistake.

Randle is the 45th highest paid player in the league at 29 million per year (once his extension kicks in). If we waited then he would have gotten a true max deal making 35+ a year. He's one of 3 players in the league average 20+/10+/5+, Giannis/Jokic being the others. He's 27 year's old. He's a versatile, plus defender, and just was 2nd All-NBA last year. He's making less than D'Lo, Wiggins, Love, Hayward, Porter Jr., McCollum, Siakam and a bunch of other players that he's better than. If you don't think thats a tradable contract then you're high.

[Pickled Prunes]

That would be interesting. I don't see Gordon as an improvement of Kemba, who they already have and cost half as much. It would be interesting to know what happened behind the scenes there. The Knicks were 10-8 with Kemba in the lineup. They are now 3-7 with him sitting on the bench. Maybe he wasn't the problem?

Whatever the problem is... I doubt Gordon is the answer.

yeah, unless this is kemba for gordon plus a first rounder, it doesn't make much sense. gordon shoots and does absolutely nothing else (the exact opposite of the kind of player thibs loves). might as well bring in jamal crawford on a min contract

Yeah, HOU is rebuilding so it's hard to see them sending out picks. I doubt they want to rebuild around Kemba.

[spree2kawhi]

As a Knicks fan, if you can't see the difference between what we have going right now and what we have been doing for the past 20 years then I don't think you've been following very closely. NEVER in that time have we had all of our own picks (we have extra too). NEVER in that time have we not had an untradable contract. We're one of the youngest teams in the league, we have plenty of short, moveable deals, plenty of young impact players, and an All-Star level player (All-NBA 2nd team last year) locked up to a much less than max contract. Sure, we're still mediocre, but it's unrealistic to go from what we have been to contender in the span two years. We're building the right way, and I would be pretty shocked if we made a move for Eric Gordon that didn't include Evan Fournier at this point. We're certainly not giving up anything of value and in all likelyhood, this rumor isn't even true.

Fournier is untradeable. So is Randle(who is a good player but still). You should have waited before re-signing Randle, there was no rush.
Fournier was a big mistake.

Randle is the 45th highest paid player in the league at 29 million per year (once his extension kicks in). If we waited then he would have gotten a true max deal making 35+ a year. He's one of 3 players in the league average 20+/10+/5+, Giannis/Jokic being the others. He's 27 year's old. He's a versatile, plus defender, and just was 2nd All-NBA last year. He's making less than D'Lo, Wiggins, Love, Hayward, Porter Jr., McCollum, Siakam and a bunch of other players that he's better than. If you don't think thats a tradable contract then you're high.

If we had waited he would get the same or less than now because he’s ass and the Knicks are still ass with him and everybody understands that.

He’s not a bad player but he’s not better than half of that list and barely better than the rest. He’s that type of guy, yet he’s all the Knicks have to show. They have nothing, know nothing and, I believe, want nothing.