Eric Gordon Out Indefinetly; Injury Update

[Reggie]

I can't see why he wouldn't want to play in NO unless his knee his worse than most realize. With a franchise big man and the license to shoot you would think he would clamor at the chance to be the man on that team. But it's going on two years since EG has really made some noise, its put up or shut up time for him now.

 

[jwinfield]

It's been fukk EG since he fukked over U of I.

After making an early verbal commitment in late 2005, Gordon's recruitment was frequently discussed in the summer of 2006, as his contact with Indiana University led to frequent rumors that he intended to renege on his original commitment to the University of Illinois. Gordon's recruitment was particularly high-profile because of his high level of play in summer tournaments and the high ranking given to him by major recruiting services.

On November 30, 2005, during his junior year of high school, Gordon made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Bruce Weber at the University of Illinois, selecting the Illini over overtures from Duke and Notre Dame. Gordon and his family cited their comfort with Bruce Weber, the location of Illinois' campus, and the success of former Illini guards Deron Williams and Luther Head in the NBA as reasons for their decision.

On February 15, 2006, Sports Illustrated reported that Mike Davis, then the head coach at Indiana University, intended to resign after the 2005–06 season, due in part to a lack of support after the team failed to make the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and 2005. Indiana subsequently hired Kelvin Sampson as the new men's basketball coach in March 2006. Some reporters speculated that Gordon was uninterested in playing at Indiana under Mike Davis because of Davis' lack of success. Shortly after Sampson was named head coach at Indiana, he hired Jeff Meyer, Eric Gordon Sr.'s college basketball coach and a longtime family friend, as an assistant.

During the subsequent offseason, Gordon was recruited by Sampson's staff after Gordon told Sampson he was still interested in Indiana. It was rumored in July 2006 that Gordon had decided to vacate his verbal commitment because of concerns about the strength of Illinois' incoming class, but Gordon stated that although he was a childhood fan of the Hoosiers and was considering Indiana, he was still committed to Illinois. That month, Gordon played with Derrick Rose, another top-5 recruit, in an attempt to convince Rose to join him at Illinois.

Rumors of an impending decommitment continued into the start of the 2006–07 academic year, fueled in part by Gordon's rise to the top of some services' rankings of high school basketball players. On September 2, 2006, Gordon and Rose made an unofficial visit to Indiana to scrimmage with current Hoosier players, fueling further speculation that Gordon would switch his commitment. Six weeks later, on October 13, 2006, Eric Sr. announced that his son had officially decided to change his commitment.[20] Gordon signed a National Letter of Intent with Indiana on November 8, 2006.

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

its great, for y'all another high pick i dont know why you complaining

That's true but I hate how handled this situation. Dwight remix.

 

[Plexxx]

fukk this fakkit

 

[NatiboyB]

just trade him to the suns for k marshall and whatever it was supposed to be and call it a day.

 

[Plexxx]

just trade him to the suns for k marshall and whatever it was supposed to be and call it a day.

i would rather let him rot on the bench for being a bytch

 

[NatiboyB]

i would rather let him rot on the bench for being a bytch

that looks like whats going to happen eventually ya'll will have to move him to get some sembalance of value you are better off with him then without him. i never got the sense he wanted to be there then drafting austin rivers didnt make matters better.

 

[GoldenGlove]

i would rather let him rot on the bench for being a bytch

You would rather do that because you're not paying him millions per year

 

[Plexxx]

You would rather do that because you're not paying him millions per year

make that nikka wear a suit for the rest of his contract.

 

[NatiboyB]

make that nikka wear a suit for the rest of his contract.

instead of getting a rookie pg and some other young talent to mesh with your new star player

 

[Plexxx]

instead of getting a rookie pg and some other young talent to mesh with your new star player

i would take great pleasure in knowing we ruined his prime after he acted like a fakkit

 

[dem bath salts]

Dude always been overrated to me. NO has Davis and that's going to be a building block for years. The hell was they doing with Rivers at 10 tho. Rivers gon set them back.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

just trade him to the suns for k marshall and whatever it was supposed to be and call it a day.

I don't think they can trade him to the Suns until next year.

If you're a RFA and a team offers you a contract that gets matched, you can't be traded to that team for a whole year.



I think NO will tough it out this year and send him to the Bucks or some shyt in the off season

 

[daboywonder2002]

remember 2009 when team doctors was wrong. everybody thought deng was faking an injury. turned out it was a stress fracture in his leg.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Endorsing giving a player who accomplished nothing and is incredibly injury prone a max deal?

You are pathetic.

Then again, when you hack someone's computer during a draft to make sure u get all the Timberwolves, that was already official.

You're accusing me of hacking your computer?

Grow up and get over it.