Ben Gordon (Bobcats, G, 30): We have some reported movement on this front via Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, and it’s a divorce that’s been long in the making. Gordon really hasn’t been more than a blip on the Bobcats’ season; he’s logged just 259 minutes to date, never as a regular member of Steve Clifford’s rotation. Were his $13.2 million salary less egregious, he might well have been dealt. Trust that Charlotte tried.
Instead the Bobcats will at least pursue the possibility of working out some kind of discounted buyout, which would allow Gordon to chase opportunity elsewhere while removing the shadow created by that dark cloud of a contract. Gordon can still play a bit when he cares to, a distinction the Bobcats know all too well. If given incentive to focus and put in effort, he’s a useful volume scorer who needn’t hijack the offense to be effective. When he can’t be troubled to commit, though, Gordon looks to get his offensively while unplugging completely on defense. Most of the teams who will consider Gordon on the rebound should be competitive enough to hold his attention, but who’s to say when we haven’t seen him play competent basketball in more than two years?
