Bulls Hire New Staff and Resign Gordon 1 More Year
After a summer of drought in Bulls’ headlines (post Derrick Rose’s arrival), the Bulls have done something small worth mentioning and brought in some new blood to their operations staff. Although it is not the most exciting news, it is change. And change is just what this team might need to redeem themselves after an ‘07 - ‘08 33-49. On September 22, 2008 the Bulls hired 4 new staff including Dave Severns as Assistant Coach for Player Development, Jeff Tanaka as Assistant Athletic Trainer, Justin Zormelo as Assistant Video Coordinator and Joshua Bonhotal as Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach (www.bulls.com).
He may be anti-clutch when it comes to buzzer beaters but at least his defense is sub-par. And even though he may be vertically challenged he makes up for it with unreliable ball handling skills and multiple turnovers. Okay, okay… but he did lead the Bulls in scoring last year with an astonishing 18.8 ppg.
Thank you Bulls for not signing him to a big money multiple year contract because maybe, just maybe he will have a high scoring year thanks to Derrick Rose. And if he does have high scoring year, Gordon’s trade value will increase and of course Paxton will probably want to keep him instead of trading him and that would be a mistake. Gordon belongs to a veteran championship caliber team who needs a high scoring sixth or seventh man. He would flourish on a team like that but not in Chicago. Ben Gordon is a crutch for the Bulls and feeds into their inconsistency in scoring and defense. If you take ball out of Gordon’s hands it will force players like Deng, Sefolosha, Thomas, and Rose to step up in scoring and minutes.
Keep the crutch of anti-clutch one more season and hope he plays well enough to trade him for something worth while.
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