Ben Gordon to Orlando Magic

[Adios]

BG is still playing in the NBA to keep some skills alive for Great Britain in international competition.

 

[tykurez]

The future was oh so bright. He then went for 33 in game 7.

 

[Dogdeacon]

I have no idea why an NBA franchise would commit their money and a roster space to someone without consulting the experts here.

It's great that two of their associate general managers vouched for him, but come on, what do they know?!

Some truth in what you say as always, but there's a lot more truth in the fact that Ben has vastly underperformed his most recent contract. Here's what Zach Lowe just wrote; "
Basically the entire NBA world thought Ben Gordon was a minimum-salary player, and a few team executives even suggested to me on Wednesday that Gordon should have had to earn his keep as a training-camp invite after snoozing through two disgruntled seasons in Charlotte.
But the Magic signed Gordon to a partially guaranteed two-year, $9 million deal for reasons that are unclear but probably pretty simple. The Magic aren’t in a rush to be good, and they need to fill cap space to meet the league’s mandated minimum salary floor without binoculars."

 

[UConnSean]

Could have signed Patty Mills for less

 

[dsturdy5]

Could have signed Patty Mills for less

And we know Patty Mills would have gone there?

 

[7774]

Could have signed Patty Mills for less

They could have? Maybe if the Magic held his family at gunpoint in order to force him to sign the contract.