Comments on: Report: Stern clears way for Hornets to offer Eric Gordon four-year deal

By: bozosforall

bozosforall — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:21:42 +0000

I hope this entire mess blows up in little fat boy David Stern’s face. He should have let the original Chris Paul to the Lakers deal stand.

By: glink123

glink123 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:37 +0000

Good article. I agree with all of it. Time for Stern to put-up or shut-up. All of his rhetoric about voiding the Paul-to-Lakers trade so he could extract good, young talent will be very hollow if he loses said good young talent due to being cheap.

By: manwithpizza

manwithpizza — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:54:15 +0000

No reason to rush into offering a contract. He is a restricted free agent. Let him play out the season and decide if you want to match his best offer later. If the alternative is giving a max deal now, there’s really no downside to waiting.

By: shaner329

shaner329 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:12:55 +0000

He definitely doesn’t deserve the max contract, but there’s no denying how talented he is as a shooting gaurd.

I think the major issue with determining his value is his health issues. He hasn’t played enough games this season to see how well he does fit with the team. Which may also benefit the Hornets as fewer teams will try to acquire a player who was sidelined most of a season.

It’s hard to justify giving an extension to a player who has only played 2 games, and is expected to be out another 3 weeks. I would test his value on the market before offering him an outrageous extension.