BRHornet45
07-06-2012, 10:08 PM
ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!!!
Speaking with reporters for the first time since issuing a statement through his agent that his "heart" was in Phoenix.
"If (the Hornets) were interested, there wouldn't have been no tour, there wouldn't have been nothing," Gordon said. "There's been no negotiations. I was right there in Indiana. I haven't received no calls, to me personally, they've contacted my agent.
"As for now, I don't know what's going on. (If the Hornets match) as of right now, I'd be disappointed."
Is there anything the Hornets could do to change his mind?
"I don't think there is," Gordon said.
In a nearly 15-minute conversation with a handful of reporters after the first practice of the USA Basketball team, as it prepares to whittle its roster for the London Olympic Games, Gordon repeatedly said he felt the Hornets should have made a better offer than the reported four-year, $50 million contract the club wanted to give him in late January, while he was out with a right knee injury that two weeks later necessitated arthroscopic surgery. (LOL at his ego)
"If you feel that I'm that caliber player," Gordon said, asked if he felt disrespected. "You don't think I knew I was going to be an unrestricted free agent this summer? I knew that. I took it into account. I'm taking accountability for how I play. What do they mean as an organization? What do I mean to them?
Gordon said he was surprised the Hornets drafted shooting guard Austin Rivers with the 10th overall selection, citing gaps throughout the Hornets roster, especially in the post.
"My thing is, if you're trying to be a good team, and you've got a young team, you've got to fill in spaces. I am the shooting guard. We've got plenty of point guards on our team right now." (Yea well that is because you have missed 103 games over the last 3 seasons due to numerous injuries dumbass)
"At the end of the day," Gordon said Friday, "I'm a basketball player. The Suns people have beliefs in what type of caliber player I am. When you see me take an offer, you know, it's just an offer."
Gordon said he didn't feel as though the Hornets contract offer in January, when the team was still in NBA receivership, sufficiently represented his ability. (again he was hurt, had only played in 2 games, and the contract was only $2M less per year than the current max offer from PHX)
"No; I didn't accept it because I didn't think that was the type of caliber player I was," Gordon said. "We''ve just got to wait until July 11, because I don't know what they're going to do. I'm just focused on USA Basketball right now and looking ahead to July 11 because anybody can say anything right now."
Throughout the conversation, Gordon kept referring to the CBA, and his restricted free agent status, which, he said, put him in a difficult position.
"Being restricted, you're just being taken advantage of," Gordon said.
"It's all about what type of caliber player I am," Gordon said. "It's all about interest. What kind of caliber player I am. That's what it's all about.
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Speaking with reporters for the first time since issuing a statement through his agent that his "heart" was in Phoenix.
"If (the Hornets) were interested, there wouldn't have been no tour, there wouldn't have been nothing," Gordon said. "There's been no negotiations. I was right there in Indiana. I haven't received no calls, to me personally, they've contacted my agent.
"As for now, I don't know what's going on. (If the Hornets match) as of right now, I'd be disappointed."
Is there anything the Hornets could do to change his mind?
"I don't think there is," Gordon said.
In a nearly 15-minute conversation with a handful of reporters after the first practice of the USA Basketball team, as it prepares to whittle its roster for the London Olympic Games, Gordon repeatedly said he felt the Hornets should have made a better offer than the reported four-year, $50 million contract the club wanted to give him in late January, while he was out with a right knee injury that two weeks later necessitated arthroscopic surgery. (LOL at his ego)
"If you feel that I'm that caliber player," Gordon said, asked if he felt disrespected. "You don't think I knew I was going to be an unrestricted free agent this summer? I knew that. I took it into account. I'm taking accountability for how I play. What do they mean as an organization? What do I mean to them?
Gordon said he was surprised the Hornets drafted shooting guard Austin Rivers with the 10th overall selection, citing gaps throughout the Hornets roster, especially in the post.
"My thing is, if you're trying to be a good team, and you've got a young team, you've got to fill in spaces. I am the shooting guard. We've got plenty of point guards on our team right now." (Yea well that is because you have missed 103 games over the last 3 seasons due to numerous injuries dumbass)
"At the end of the day," Gordon said Friday, "I'm a basketball player. The Suns people have beliefs in what type of caliber player I am. When you see me take an offer, you know, it's just an offer."
Gordon said he didn't feel as though the Hornets contract offer in January, when the team was still in NBA receivership, sufficiently represented his ability. (again he was hurt, had only played in 2 games, and the contract was only $2M less per year than the current max offer from PHX)
"No; I didn't accept it because I didn't think that was the type of caliber player I was," Gordon said. "We''ve just got to wait until July 11, because I don't know what they're going to do. I'm just focused on USA Basketball right now and looking ahead to July 11 because anybody can say anything right now."
Throughout the conversation, Gordon kept referring to the CBA, and his restricted free agent status, which, he said, put him in a difficult position.
"Being restricted, you're just being taken advantage of," Gordon said.
"It's all about what type of caliber player I am," Gordon said. "It's all about interest. What kind of caliber player I am. That's what it's all about.
http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ssf/2012/07/new_orleans_hornets_guard_eric_21.html?utm_source= dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter