Kush's Article

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Hendu0520 wrote:

That is interesting, nice stat. Out of the guards on the list Vince has always been critisized, I gues Joe hasn't but he is so underrated no one realizes how good he is. Paul was going to be run out of Boston until KG came. I like Gordon but I don't think he gets overcritisized more than any of those guys. Also there is no one else under 6'7" on that list, so if they are off they make up for it in other areas more than Ben can because of his size.
Kush's point on Luol Deng being the biggest problem was right on. If he does come back will he ever get any better? And Salmons has definately taken his spot if we do keep BG, so then he would be a 10 mil dollar backup. I wouldn't mind seeing Deng go out of the three.

Interesting note on Pierce. It was highly rumored that the Celtics were trying to trade Pierce to the Bulls for Ben Gordon on draft day 2004.

 

[collisrost]

I think it's not so much about Gordon's consistency or the fact that he's "just a scorer" or any of that stuff. It's the fact that Gordon isn't your typical 2-guard, which means you need a tall point guard or some other adjustment to try to hide him on the defensive end. I'm not saying he's a bad defender, I'm saying he's fine but coaches and teams prefer your typical sized player for the position just because it doesn't require other lineup re-arrangements. How long were the Bulls looking for a good tall backup two guard who could play the point in spot minutes because of the Kirk and Ben backcourt? Other teams would find themselves in this position if they signed Gordon as their main backcourt guy.

I guess I'm saying Gordon's stats don't tell the whole picture of how teams view him.

 

[genefoley]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=543990



Holy shit do I miss this guy.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Looks like he won't be coming back at the trade deadline.

 

[phranchk]

This is already being discussed in the ex-hawks thread.