Ben Gordon, The Cap and Europe

Bulls restricted free agent Ben Gordon has found himself between a rock and a hard place.  Partially due to the NBA’s salary cap system and his own inflated sense of self-worth, Gordon is running out of options as far as where he will be playing next season.  Gordon is reportedly valuing his services at $80 million, but has the received a final offer from the Bulls worth $60 million.  The free agent market has pretty much dried up and no team aside from the Memphis Grizzlies has the cap space to sign a player like Gordon.  Memphis appears content with their current roster and cap situation.

Gordon can accept a one-year qualifying offer from the Bulls worth a little more than $6 million.  But with guys like Ronny Turiaf making more than $4 million per season, that just doesn’t seem right.  Is the NBA’s cap to blame and could the state of NBA salaries within cap limits become a bigger problem?  Josh Childress already left for Greece because he could get more money overseas, who’s to say that Gordon doesn’t follow suit?  Gordon would be the best player to leave for Europe should he decide to make that move.  If it’s mostly about the money for him, this could be a viable option.  But if he wants to play in the NBA, he should accept the offer he’s received from Chicago.  This blogger thinks that the Bulls offered him a fair deal.

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