I'm shocked by the comparison some posters on here make of Gordon to Scottie Pippen. He will never be anything close to Scottie Pippen. Pippen was a great offensive player with pure instincts.
Let me guess, you watched the draftexpress video and Gordon didn't pass the "eye" test.
One thing about those draftexpress videos you might want to consider. The format of the videos is 50% good + 50% bad. That means every player is going to look average in those videos. They don't finish off the videos with an "Overall" section where they tell you the good greatly outweighs the bad, or vice versa.
Gordon can be a Pippen for the modern age. In Pippen's day, 6'7 was the ideal height to be a versatile lock down defender of the league's biggest wing stars.
In the modern age, many of the biggest wing stars are 6'7-6'10, and strong. Gordon has a much better body than Pippen for guarding Lebron, Melo, George, Durant, Jabari, Deng, and even Blake and Kevin Love and Aldridge.
Many of today's biggest stars are simply closer to Gordon's size and expected future strength than they are to Scottie Pippen, while many of the biggest stars in Pippen's day were shooting guards and smaller SFs. Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Clyde Drexler, etc.
Sure, Pippen could defend pgs better than Gordon, but Gordon can defend oversized SFs and PFs better than Pippen, especially when he fills out to 235ish.
Pippen didn't make the Hall of Fame because of his stats. He only shot 32% from 3 for his career, and wasn't the scorer that most HOF players are. He got to the Hall of Fame because of his versatility, defensive dominance, team-first attitude, and being such a winner. Without the rings he wouldn't have made the HoF.
Gordon possesses those same traits, and he also possesses the same basic ball handling and passing ability/potential at 18 years old.
Pippen played 4 years of second rate college ball. Nobody was comparing him to anybody special after his freshman year, or even junior year.
If you've convinced yourself that Gordon won't develop past what you saw with your youtube eye test, I'll never convince you that Gordon can be a great one.
If Joakim Noah wins a couple championships with DRose, he might make the Hall of Fame as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfVitXBMWY0