The Bulls have insisted they would match any Omer Asik offer, but I'm not so sure this is worth it. 3 points, 5 rebounds for a guy who is offensively challenged? It's not my money.

Let me start off by saying that I don't think the Bulls should match this contract under ANY circumstances.

But, can people please stop referring to Omer's stat line of 3 Points, 5 Rebounds when saying why the Bulls shouldn't match this offer? He brings much more to the floor than what is recorded in the stat sheet. Is he worth $8 million per year? Absolutely not. But he does have value and brings alot of intangibles. Lay off my guy, SHARK.

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If it can't be measured, then it is worth nothing. LOL, j/k of course.

You've been bitten by the SHARK.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

DOUCHEBAG GOT BITE

Did I do that right?

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Asik already signed Houston's offer sheet. That means he is no longer allowed to receive other offers. He will be a Rocket or a Bull next season. Hopefully a Rocket.

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Yep Eric Gordon is a fucking moron. Says he will demand a trade if the Hornet match.

Eric Gordon wants to go to Suns

By Ric Bucher

Eric Gordon is in Las Vegas vying for one of the final spots on the U.S. national team that will play in this summer's Olympics. He wants to go to London. But he doesn't want to come back to New Orleans.

Gordon, a restricted free agent who has a four-year, $58 million offer sheet from the Phoenix Suns, believes they are more committed to his future than the New Orleans Hornets. The Hornets acquired Gordon from the Los Angeles Clippers last season in the deal that sent point guard Chris Paul to the Clippers.

Paul didn't want to be in New Orleans any longer, either, and Gordon suggested if the Hornets match the Suns' offer and retain him, they'd be looking at a similar situation. The four-year offer from the Suns, a source said, includes a player option on the fourth year.

"Phoenix just showed a lot more interest, overall, and definitely in how they negotiated," Gordon said. "I don't know what New Orleans' plans are for me. There are no negotiations right now."

GM Dell Demps declined to comment on Gordon's remarks, but a league source said the Hornets are fully committed to matching the Suns' offer sheet. The Hornets identified Gordon as their most talented player even after they drafted Kentucky power forward Anthony Davis with the No. 1 pick and plan to retain him as, if nothing else, an asset.

That the Hornets drafted Duke guard Austin Rivers with the 10th pick also makes Gordon question exactly what their plans are for him.

"They drafted another shooting guard, a combo guard like me, which tells me they have another plan," Gordon said.

The Suns' recent committments -- point guard Goran Dragic and small forward Michael Beasley -- are a better fit, Gordon suggested.

"Phoenix signed two other young guys that are very talented," he said. "They're already established and they're already going to get better."

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This guy is such a fucktard. He also complained about how little NO negotiated with him on a new contract. Probably because they didn't have to. Why would they pay more than the going rate?

Partially right. I think that's a bargain if he can ever consistently keep his head out of his ass. He shows flashes of greatness and then you wonder how he's in the NBA the next game. Thought he would have been a great addition to the Lakers.

Eric Gordon is only trying to force the Hornets hand. It's not personal. It's all business. If they match it he'll change his mind within a month. Smarten up people.

Smart move. The Mavs aren't going anywhere and Melo and Amare would buy what he's selling over Lin.

Maybe. Or he could be as smart as Dwight Howard. Will know in a few months.

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We'll see. He did make himself look like a straight dumbass with those comments. It doesn't help the stereotype that NBA players are terrible decision makers.

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Fare you well, fare you well
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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This is the way it should always be. Unfortunately many teams have already overpaid for marginal players this off season.

I think I know what he's trying to say, but he doesn't clarify it very well. Is Eric Gordon a name guy? I guess Jason Terry and Jamal Crawford arent name guys, but Omer Asik is?

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I love you more than words can tell
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And the teams are trying to use the excuse of the 90% cap floor the new CBA established. Nothing in there says the contracts all need to be four years. There should be about 10x more 1/2 year deals in the NBA every year than there is. But people who run NBA teams are NBA-stupid. They can't save themselves from themselves.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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What a Big Three in New York!

Had to answer the Big Three in Brooklyn, and the Bigger Four in LA!

Knicks on their way to maybe having home court in the first round of the playoffs!

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What will the winning bid be for his services?

Reports: 76ers to amnesty Elton Brand

Kurt Helin

Elton Brand has had a couple of solid seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, but that wasn’t enough for them to keep him around at one of the highest salaries in the league.

The 76ers are going to use their amnesty clause to wipe Elton Brand — and the final year and $18 million — off their books, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo (and since confirmed by multiple sources). Brand still gets paid his money but it disappears from the official team salary books.

The 76ers need to do this to bring back Spencer Hawes and sign Nick Young to a new contract.

Brand averaged 11 points and 7.6 rebounds for the Sixers last season and was fairly efficient (he had a PER of 18 this season, 18.5 last season), but he didn’t really grab a lot of boards and his defense was suspect.

The reality is Brand is still a serviceable NBA big man, just wildly overpaid at $18 million.

Under NBA amnesty rules, the teams under the salary cap can bid on Brand’s services and pick up a portion of his contract. That means the Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Suns, Hornets, Cavaliers, Rockets and other teams could bid on his services. The team with the highest bid would get his services. (To explain, if a team bids $3 million for Brand and that is the highest bid, he plays for that team and they pay him $3 million and the other $15 million he is owed comes from the $76ers. Only the salary bid counts against the new team’s salary cap.)

This is the 76ers one amnesty.

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He could probably get a bid of about 3-5 million for the 1 year remaining on his deal.

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Bulls really are taking it easy this off-season.

Let us say they get Kirk and Lee and even throw in Asik....what does the 2013 free ajent period hold for them? Anyone of note up for grabs? Or will they be finally getting that star player that will put them over the top a la Rip Hamilton?

The Bulls would be idiots to match Houston's offer for Asik. Money could be spent elsewhere on a better player.

And I do mean John Salmons.

So the big 3 of Noah, Salmons and Rose.

You make a t-shirt with an old man on an ark holding a fish and a flower, I'll make you a millionaire.

Do you all think the Bulls are tanking it (a la Spurs from 97-98) for a chance at a lottery pick next year?

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I doubt it. The talk now is that Deng might not even have the surgery after the olympics. Someone needs to Nancy Kerrigan his ass quickly.

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What choice do they have? Too much bad money rolled up into contracts and GarPax doesn't want to pay any luxury taxes. Unless they are flying under the radar and bringing in a big name while unloading Deng and Noah (or something similar), 2013 is gonna be rough.