Given the ridiculous contracts given the last few days, the contract itself isn't terrible for a guy like him. If he can play 50+ games for us a year, he will be a HUGE boost to a team who has struggled mightily with so many poor offensive players on the roster. This seems like the "new" medium risk, high reward move. When he was with the Clippers there were nights where I thought he might one day be the best SG in the league. Obviously, his ceiling is much lower than that now, but he's still a legit offensive option when he plays and still relatively young too. His game was never predicated on athleticism anyway so I think his skill set translated well to many more years of production out of him assuming he can keep the injuries away. ..overall, I like it.
Some background injury history for those wanting to dig into his time with the Pelicans.. http://www.thebirdwrites.com/2016/4/27/11496876/2015-16-player-reviews-eric-gordon-new-orleans-pelicans
C.Lee isn't injured all the time and can play defence. Would much prefer signing Lee at 4/50 than giving Gordon more millions than the games he played last season.
Yesss, that is a good deal!! Thanks Codman for breaking this. Wish this thread was stickied, I didn't think there was any news.
That's honestly a great price for someone with his talent. But we all know the guys gonna be in and out of the lineup the entire season
Good and bad deals on Day 2 - 2016 NBA free agency by Kevin Pelton on (original: http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/16705479/good-bad-deals-day-2-2016-nba-free-agency) Note: This story will update throughout the day. More NBA free agents found new teams on Saturday -- or decided to stay home for big dollars. To look back at Friday's best, worst and craziest deals, click here. Team-by-team analysis of the major and minor deals: Atlanta Hawks 1. Agreed to sign center Dwight Howard to a reported three-year, $70.5 million deal (Friday) 2. Agreed to sign forward Kent Bazemore to a reported four-year, $70 million deal (Friday) I wrote about Dwight Howard's fit in Atlanta and whether or not he would be an upgrade over Al Horford here. Hours after agreeing to terms with Howard, the Hawks brought back Bazemore, one of their two starters still on the market. The combination leaves them out of cap space to re-sign Al Horford, the other -- and far better -- of those two players. Yet Atlanta still isn't out of the running for Horford. The Hawks only have to shed enough salary to fit his relatively small hold ($18 million, far less than the $26 million-plus he can and surely will make next season on a max contract) under the cap. Trading Paul Millsap for a player making $5 million or less would get them there. So would trading Tiago Splitter and Thabo Sefolosha and waiving Mike Scott. Still, it seems unlikely Atlanta made these moves under the assumption Horford would come back. If he leaves, the Hawks have taken a step back this offseason while also reducing their flexibility. Millsap can opt out next summer, and his large cap hold will swallow up much of Atlanta's potential cap space. If Horford is gone, the Hawks will probably regret not blowing things up at the trade deadline and getting something in return for him. Los Angeles Lakers 1. Agreed to sign center Timofey Mozgov to a reported four-year, $64 million deal (Friday) 2. Agreed to re-sign guard Jordan Clarkson to a reported four-year, $50 million deal (Friday) 3. Agreed to sign Luol Deng to a reported four-year, $72 million deal (Saturday) I assessed the odds that the Mozgov deal works out for the Lakers here. Later Friday, I wrote about how the Clarkson contract isn't optimal for L.A. and its cap space in 2017. After the Lakers agreed to a deal with Deng on Saturday, I projected their 2016 playoff chances. New Orleans Pelicans 1. Agreed to sign forward Solomon Hill to a reported four-year, $48 million deal (Friday) 2. Agreed to sign guard E'Twaun Moore to a reported four-year, $34 million deal (Friday) I wrote about Hill's fit in New Orleans here. The Pelicans made their second big move later on Friday, signing Moore away from the Chicago Bulls. A combo guard, Moore emerged as a quality contributor for the first time in his career last season. Having never previously shot better than league average from 3-point range, Moore shot 45.2 percent on 104 attempts, which earned him a starting spot. Moore is unlikely -- naturally -- to keep up that kind of shooting, and even with all the 3s his true shooting was only league average. So despite his value as a secondary ballhandler (and emergency backup option at point guard) and defender, I suspect this will probably be a small overpay. Still, both Hill and Moore improve the Pelicans defensively, and if they shoot as well as they have at times, they'll be two-way players on a team badly in need of them. Depending on what happens with the contracts of Luke Babbitt (partially guaranteed) and Toney Douglas (non-guaranteed), New Orleans has a few million left under the cap, which might be earmarked for re-signing restricted free agents James Ennis and Tim Frazier. Phoenix Suns 1. Agreed to sign forward Jared Dudley to a reported three-year, $30 million deal (Friday) Dudley, who first found his footing in the NBA with the Suns, is headed back on one of the better values of this free-agent season. I'm not sure whether the market just wasn't there for Dudley, at least on a three-year deal, or he took less money to return to a desirable market. Either way, Dudley can provide veteran leadership while also contributing as a stretch 4. The development of lottery picks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss could push Dudley to a smaller role (or perhaps even lead to a trade) down the road, but for now his addition allows Phoenix to bring the rookies along slowly. Utah Jazz 1. Agreed to sign forward Joe Johnson to a reported two-year, $22 million deal Scraped at insider2text.xyz, brought to you by HeheStreams — No Bull**** After looking at Dudley, Deng and Hill and seeing each go off the market, the Jazz moved quickly to reach agreement with Johnson. My read is that the third year was a big negative for Utah, which sees a world where Derrick Favors, Rudy Gobert and Gordon Hayward will all be making max money in 2018-19, when Dante Exum would also be starting a possible extension. Johnson is an interesting fit with the Jazz. Given that Utah was looking primarily at combo forwards, I wonder if they see Johnson filling that role, which is probably better for him than playing exclusively on the wing at this stage of his career. Johnson is strong enough to defend bigger opponents and the decline in his quickness isn't a concern against them while his shooting is also more of a plus. Between Johnson and George Hill, the Jazz have added a lot more shooting this offseason to go around a young roster while maintaining flexibility for when their young stars start making more money. Utah still has almost $14 million in possible cap space but the roster is close to full, other than maybe another big man to compete with Trey Lyles and Jeff Withey for bench minutes. The Jazz could use the remaining space to renegotiate and extend the contracts of Favors and/or Hill.
If he can somehow stay healthy he could be huge for this team. I thought Steph Curry was too injury prone to ever be a reliable star, but he's proven me wrong in a big way, hopefully Gordon will do the same. Also looks like Morey has decided "screw defense, let's just score 200".
Also he's a really good fit next to Harden if Harden is going to be running the offense. Can play point guard but really function more as a shooting guard.
