Early Wednesday morning Yahoo! Sports Mark J. Miller reported that NBA commissioner, and current owner of the New Orleans Hornets until the NBA can find a suitable buyer, David Stern had given Hornets GM Dell Demps permission to offer a four-year extension to Eric Gordon. The Hornets then chose to play hardball with Gordon’s agent and both sides were unable to reach an agreement by the 9 p.m. Wednesday deadline. As the deadline for members of the 2008 draft class to reach an extension, Gordon and his agent chose not to accept the deal the Hornets were offering as they felt that it was not they deal they were looking for.
As I stated earlier the Hornets were allowed earlier in the day to offer Gordon a four-year extension but it was not the sort of deal that Gordon was looking for. Gordon had hoped to get a deal exactly like what Russell Westrbook got in Oklahoma City, five-years $80 million. Apparently the Hornets, as well as Stern, did not feel that it would be in the best in...
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