Eric Gordon receives max offer from Phoenix

[hpantazo]

Looks like the hornets are going to match the offer. Too bad, I would have liked to see him go to the Suns.

[byennie]

Eric Gordon gets a max contract...

Meet Joe Johnson 2.0 folks

Saved by the CBA. 4 years $58 million is way saner than what Johnson got (6 yr / $119M).

[Smutzy#9]

Im still laughing at the Nets organisation for taking on that cancer of a contract

[indeedproceed]

How would the honrnets not match?

[Who]

Good news for Phoenix that NO plan to match the offer sheet. Would've been a bad signing.

Eric Gordon is a third best player on a top quality team. A finishing piece. Not the initial piece, a franchise player, someone that you build your team around.

The Suns need to get the rest of their team in order before they start giving max contracts to players like Eric Gordon.

[RebusRankin]

There was no question NO would match but does that mean they have an unhappy player?

[KCattheStripe]

Good news for Phoenix that NO plan to match the offer sheet. Would've been a bad signing.

Eric Gordon is a third best player on a top quality team. A finishing piece. Not the initial piece, a franchise player, someone that you build your team around.

The Suns need to get the rest of their team in order before they start giving max contracts to players like Eric Gordon.

Also, he needs to play in 70 games.

[BballTim]

Im still laughing at the Nets organisation for taking on that cancer of a contract

  I'm pretty sure that he's not on the same contract, he got another insane contract when the first one ran out.

[Jon]

Phoenix's stupidity shouldn't surprise anyone.  This is the team that couldn't find a place for the defensive and team-minded Mikael Pietrus.  This is also the team that has believed for the past decade that it could run and gun its way to a title without playing any defense. 

But it looks like the Hornets are going to bail them out of this one. 

It's these types of contracts that cripple franchises and get them perpetually stuck in mediocrity (see Joe Johnson and the Hawks). 

[the_Bird]

Eric Gordon gets a max contract...

Meet Joe Johnson 2.0 folks

To be fair, though, Joe Johnson signed for six years, $119M.  Gordon's "max" contract today is four years, $58M.  Still a lot, still probably too much, but it's half the dollars and a third fewer years. 

[theswitch]

Eric Gordon gets a max contract...

Meet Joe Johnson 2.0 folks

To be fair, though, Joe Johnson signed for six years, $119M.  Gordon's "max" contract today is four years, $58M.  Still a lot, still probably too much, but it's half the dollars and a third fewer years. 

I think the whole "max contract" thing is getting overblown here because of that word. Gordon is probably worth something like ~$12.5 million per year, and here he got two million more. Is he slightly overpayed? Yeah, probably. Is that two million going to kill a franchise? Probably not. This isn't Joe Johnson making $20 million a year, and probably $7-8 million more than he is worth.

A true franchise crippling contract is what Jrue Holiday wants. He wants a max deal from his own team, which would truly hurt the Sixers. This is an overpay, but not by much.

[the_Bird]

Im still laughing at the Nets organisation for taking on that cancer of a contract

It's not as insane for Brooklyn to be paying Joe Johnson all that money as it was for Atlanta.  They're in a new market, trying to establish themselves against the Knicks in the minds of New Yorkers...  they need to be relevant.  Last year's New Jersey squad was the basketball equivalent of the '62 Mets; they couldn't put up that kind of team again.  Johnson is a very good player - he's a legit All Star - he's just overpaid.  

They'll be a much better team with him out there - and if they can somehow pull off a Dwight Howard deal, they'll be a contender.  I mean, that's the perfect model, right?  Top-5 point guard, top-1 center, and all-star wing?

So, I *get* why Brooklyn made the deal.  They had the cap space to acquire high-end talent for essentially nothing.  What else would they do with the cap space - the only other guy worth pursuing for a max deal was the guy they were able to re-sign!

[Surferdad]

Im still laughing at the Nets organisation for taking on that cancer of a contract

It's not as insane for Brooklyn to be paying Joe Johnson all that money as it was for Atlanta.  They're in a new market, trying to establish themselves against the Knicks in the minds of New Yorkers...  they need to be relevant.  Last year's New Jersey squad was the basketball equivalent of the '62 Mets; they couldn't put up that kind of team again.  Johnson is a very good player - he's a legit All Star - he's just overpaid.  

They'll be a much better team with him out there - and if they can somehow pull off a Dwight Howard deal, they'll be a contender.  I mean, that's the perfect model, right?  Top-5 point guard, top-1 center, and all-star wing?

So, I *get* why Brooklyn made the deal.  They had the cap space to acquire high-end talent for essentially nothing.  What else would they do with the cap space - the only other guy worth pursuing for a max deal was the guy they were able to re-sign!

Indeed.  I don't care what the Nets do with their Russian empire money.  If they get DH they will be a contender but will have not much around their 3 stars. Don't see them going past the 2nd round in the playoffs.

[the_Bird]

I forgot about Gerald Wallace; that's not a bad fourth wheel.  They'll have to give up Brooks and Lopez in any Dwight Howard deal, but if you've got your core as D-Will, Dwight, Joe Johnson, and Gerald Wallace, you can flesh out the rest of your roster with veteran-minimum guys and still be pretty good.  Give them a year or two of spending the MLE wisely, and that's a pretty compelling squad.    It's not quite up to Miami's "big 3," but they started with almost nobody else of note on the squad and have been able to acquire some pretty good role players.  

[slamtheking]

bad contract for a player with health issues regardless of whether it's PHX or NO paying the tab