What's with Ben Gordon?
Isn't it time for Gordon to just accept the qualifying offer and play out his year in Chicago? Not only is it probably the best move for Ben, but it would also save other NBA GM's from making a bonehead move. Ben Gordon is a great scorer but he seems to me like a poor man's Gil Arenas, a gifted player whose team fares just as well without him.
The latest rumor makes no sense to me at all. Gordon, Joakim Noah, and Larry Hughes for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks? For starters, I don't really get the Gordon/Wade backcourt. Gordon is better with the ball in his hands and when you have Wade and Michael Beasley, you don't need that. Personally, I think the Heat have their point guard in Mario Chalmers, a good spot-up shooter who can defend. Ideally they'd get someone bigger who can defend the tougher guard spot (and give Wade the easier assignment) but Gordon doesn't make much sense to me. Also, why give up Marion's expiring deal in order to have Ben Gordon on a long term deal as well as Larry Hughes? It would be nice to dump that extra year of Marcus Banks's contract but is that really worth it?
I don't know where Ben Gordon should end up but knowing most GM's in the NBA, it will be somewhere where he probably doesn't fit.
