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Originally Posted by darkobetterthanmelo
It has been proven? Uh, They were both only 20 years old at the time, and expected to hold down the paint with a combined 1 year experience.
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Originally Posted by darkobetterthanmelo
It has been proven? Uh, They were both only 20 years old at the time, and expected to hold down the paint with a combined 1 year experience.
And they are both now considered defensive studs...
Bosh has improved greatly. V obviously needs to work on his D, but so did Rip when he came here.
Their games are so similar, it would be foolish to have two perimiter big men. We would have no offensive rebounding and become even more of a jumpshooting team.
You can't trade consecutive firsts anyway, which means it would take them like 5-6 years to cash in on them anyway.
Yahoo says Gordo is 5 years/58 million
I actually disagree on this. In the 2nd round, they took the BPA with Summers. They're looking at Daye as a guy that's going to need time to develop and put on muscle, then play both forward positions. And I was surprised when I read a report today saying that the Pistons thought Jarebko would be best suited as a PF that could play some SF. I guess they're looking at him differently than we all thought. Summers isn't going to be our starter and Daye is going to need time to develop, so I'd say Tay is fairly safe unless we get another SF in a trade. The person we're looking to deal at this point has to be Rip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
Bosh is not a perimiter big man. He likes his mid-range game, but perimiter implies 3pt line and just inside it. McDyess isn't a perimiter big man, and he's got a similar shot selection to Bosh. I do agree that we wouldn't have a man in the post, but Bosh is willing to go down there when they need him to. He doesn't float outside like Sheed always did. He'll bang bodies if needed and face the guy up and hit a 15 footer if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkobetterthanmelo
kstats old board (that he doesn't post at anymore) says Gordon was on ESPN radio and said Dumars told him he wanted Gordon as the 3rd guy in a three guard lineup.
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Gordon: Bulls never made me an offer
ESPNChicago.com
Updated: July 2, 2009, 1:58 PM ET
Ben Gordon said the Chicago Bulls did not make him an offer, despite general manager Gar Forman saying recently that re-signing Gordon was the team's goal.
Gordon visited the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday -- the first full day of NBA free agency -- and committed to a five-year deal for between $55 million and $60 million, sources told ESPN.com. Contracts can't be signed until July 8.
During an interview on ESPN 1000's "Waddle & Silvy" show, Gordon was asked how aggressively the Bulls pursued him.
"I mean, they didn't pursue me at all," Gordon said. "They didn't even make an offer, so it was pretty much a one-man race."
Gordon was reminded that the Bulls said re-signing him was a priority.
"It is what it is," he said. "Like I just told you, there was no offer made. So you guys can put it together. I'm happy about my new situation now. I'm looking forward to it."
When he was introduced as the team's GM on May 21, Forman spoke about Gordon.
"We like Ben," Forman said at the time. "He's our kind of guy. He's got great makeup and character, a great work ethic. Our goal is to re-sign Ben Gordon. In the conversations we've had, I think Ben wants to stay here in Chicago."
Gordon said he felt love from Bulls fans, but he wasn't sure how he was viewed by the organization.
"The fans that follow the game, I always felt I got a lot of love and respect," he said. "When I was walking down the street, people always showed me love. I really enjoyed that. If you were messing up, they told you. And if you were doing a good job, they told you. Coming from New York, I could really appreciate that.
"As far as the organization giving me my respect, I really don't know what they thought of me. When you go through the negotiations I've gone through, the writing is kind of on the wall."
Gordon reportedly rejected $50 million offers from the Bulls the last two summers. Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said Gordon's agent Raymond Brothers wanted to accept the five-year, $50 million offer last summer after initially rejecting it, but the Bulls decided it was too late and took the offer off the table.