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Chicago Bulls' Ben Gordon looks beyond playoffs
By K.C. Johnson | Tribune reporter
May 3, 2009
BOSTON -- Ben Gordon is a meticulous sort, the guy whose shaving kit is organized just so after every game before he addresses reporters.
Similarly, Gordon can compartmentalize basketball from business with the best of them, rarely letting the mind wander to wonder if his Bulls career is over after the playoffs.
That's why Gordon's admission early Saturday sounded so surprising.
"It kind of crept in my mind [in Game 6] when I fouled out and I couldn't help the team," Gordon said.
Gordon, of course, is an unrestricted free agent on July 1, free to sign with any team. In consecutive summers, he has turned down multiyear contract extension offers from the Bulls worth $50 million to $54 million.
Gordon has said he won't rule out anything this summer, other than definitely testing the market. That means the Bulls have a chance -- even if it's small -- to re-sign their leading scorer.
It's likely the Bulls would have to make other moves to re-sign Gordon and avoid luxury-tax territory.
"I have no idea what's going to happen," Gordon said.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...brite-chicago-may03,0,3651849.story?track=rss
By K.C. Johnson | Tribune reporter
May 3, 2009
BOSTON -- Ben Gordon is a meticulous sort, the guy whose shaving kit is organized just so after every game before he addresses reporters.
Similarly, Gordon can compartmentalize basketball from business with the best of them, rarely letting the mind wander to wonder if his Bulls career is over after the playoffs.
That's why Gordon's admission early Saturday sounded so surprising.
"It kind of crept in my mind [in Game 6] when I fouled out and I couldn't help the team," Gordon said.
Gordon, of course, is an unrestricted free agent on July 1, free to sign with any team. In consecutive summers, he has turned down multiyear contract extension offers from the Bulls worth $50 million to $54 million.
Gordon has said he won't rule out anything this summer, other than definitely testing the market. That means the Bulls have a chance -- even if it's small -- to re-sign their leading scorer.
It's likely the Bulls would have to make other moves to re-sign Gordon and avoid luxury-tax territory.
"I have no idea what's going to happen," Gordon said.
continued below
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...brite-chicago-may03,0,3651849.story?track=rss
