BG

I have to say, I kind of like having BG on the team, or at least I appreciate his unique abilities to score in stretches. But its the sort of thing that I appreciate as a kind of aesthetic good, especially this past year where he has lost a little of the hitch in his movement and probably just as a result of increased fitness he has been able to mix in a little more of the Ray Allen/Rip Hamilton style which complements his ball skills well and highlights his ability, like the aforementioned All-Stars, to take and make awkward half-open shots through a combination of ridiculous body control, core strength, and some innate predisposition to remain unaffected by not really looking at the basket. So I think Gordon is an overall good for the NBA and its fans, especially since he boosts each individual game's chance of becoming compelling through a scoring spree or making seemingly impossible shots. I just think that given the obvious decision to make Rose the franchise centerpiece, it is not in the financial or managerial interests of the organization to re-sign him.
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BG will be overpaid because NBA GM's are stupid and he did well in the high profile playoff series.
-The Bulls are already seriously financially committed to an assortment of overpaid players (Jerome James has a 6.6 million player option for next year, and we owe Tim Thomas 6.45 to do less than nothing, Brad Miller gets 12 million and Luol gets almost twice as much as Salmons to play terrible defense and be a marginally better scorer who shows little interest or ability to improve beyond a solid role playing career.
-Defense wins championships and a Gordon-Rose backcourt is significantly limited in defensive capabilities (bigger guards and really any dynamic 2 paired with a serviceable 3 makes BG defensively a huge liability) Gordon really seems content to simply outscore his counterpart which really brings into question his commitment to team defense which has proven to be the most effective and truly determinative quality for team success in playoff competition.
-The last one is really the kicker, I just don't believe that without a drastic remake of the current Bulls lineup (ie a big name defensive minded coach like Adelman or Popovich, a defensive superstar like KG, Duncan, etc.) BG fits into any conceivable team structure that can defensively hang with the top teams in the league. One of these days a team will win the championship without a strong defense, the Suns came pretty close, but I don't think its the direction the team should be headed. Plus we need the cap space to sign D Wade next year. I think that about covers it. Oh and also his total and unrepentant gunning at the end of some of those Celtics games shows a lack of respect for Rose, which is understandable given that he's a rookie and choked a bit under pressure, but refusing to pass the ball and disrupting the offense only makes your teammates mad and sacrifices the long-term viability of what you are trying to accomplish as a unit. Basketball is still very much a team game at the NBA level and if you are convinced that your teammates suck enough to not pass it back then the team goes nowhere.