There was an interesting piece of information in Mike McGraw’s latest column, and that was that the Bulls were looking to lock Ben Gordon up for $6-7 million.
Chances are, the Bulls would have tried to lock up Gordon for $6 million-$7 million per season, then made other moves to get below the luxury tax.
This would [...]
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