F.A. SIGNING: Pistons strike deal with Ben Gordon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...6041971.column

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Originally Posted by Dwayne Wade

"Ben is one of the best scorers that we have in our league. I mean, he is one of those players who is very rare to come by.

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Originally Posted by Danny Granger

Ben Gordon is very unique with what he brings. So he is under-sized for the shooting guard position. But he can score the ball with the best of them. And I think that can always be used on any team. I compare him a lot to Jason Terry. Ben is not the prototypical size, but his ability to score the ball is unprecedented.

38% shooting during last year's playoffs = "shows up in the clutch".

30% in Game 7 = "shows up in the clutch".

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

38% shooting during last year's playoffs = "shows up in the clutch".

30% in Game 7 = "shows up in the clutch".

They weren't supposed to win that series anyway...

And D-Rose was playing selfish basketball in Gm 7.

Blah.

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Originally Posted by Wilfredo Ledezma

They weren't supposed to win that series anyway...

And D-Rose was playing selfish basketball in Gm 7.

28% shooting in Game 5 and Game 6 = "shows up in the clutch"

I think we overpaid for Gordon but if we can move Rip for a big I'm ok with it CV for $7 mil per is just stupid. WTF are you doing Joe?????

What is he doing? he just signed a young, talented player other teams gave up on that's hungry to prove himself. It's the same fucking formula he used when he got Chauncey and Big Ben.

It may or may not work out, but this is right out of the Joe D playbook.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

28% shooting in Game 5 and Game 6 = "shows up in the clutch"

nitpicking

No other team was offering $50 million contracts to Big Ben or Chauncey when we took 'em on. Ben Gordon already rejected such a contract from da Bulls.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy

No other team was offering $50 million contracts to Big Ben or Chauncey when we took 'em on. Ben Gordon already rejected such a contract from da Bulls.

I said Charlie V was such a signing, not Gordon.