Ben Gordon to sign qualifying offer
The Chicago Bulls are set to open up training camp tomorrow, and guard Ben Gordon has yet to sign an extension. It is reported that he will sign a one year qualifying offer keeping him with the Bulls for at least one more season.
He must sign the one year, $6.4 million dollar contract by Wednesday to become an unrestricted free agent. This will be the second straight offseason Gordon and the bulls have been unable to come to contract terms. Last year Gordon turned down a 5 year deal worth around $50 million.
This leaves some interesting questions to what Ben Gordon’s role will be with Chicago this season. The Bulls have a young bunch of players who need a lot of playing time in order to continue to develop individually and as a team. As been Gordon will most likely only be with the team one more year, it will be interesting to see how rookie head coach Vinny del Negro will work him into the lineup.
The Bulls were unable to come to a sign and deal trade with Gordon and other teams this off season, but perhaps his name will come up in trade talks again around the trade deadline if it becomes apparent he will not return next off season.
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This is getting ridiculous, but I’ve gotta say they need him this year. I hate taking away playing time from guys like Thabo, but we need scoring desperately. People can say what they want about Ben, but there’s no question he’s the best scorer on a team that needs it. I wish Luol would take that next step and get up to 20 or so ppg, but who knows.
They should let him sign the QOF and then trade him and Gooden to Utah for Kirilenko and Koufos.