re: NBA.com article on Mickey Loomis and the Hornets

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I would offer up for consideration that the Gordon match / lack of S&T was a brass decision rather than a management decision.

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I would agree that Loomis/Lauscha/Benson signed off and maybe even demanded keeping Gordon. I'm not sure how good the source is but in one of the recent podcasts I think Michael said he heard Demps didn't even return calls to Phoenix and Houston about trading Gordon and the plan all along was to match.

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Did it seem like a good idea with just a little data or a good idea given the body of work?

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The team doctors have said there is no structural damage. If Demps wanted to unload Gordon for expirings I'm pretty sure someone would take a chance on Gordon's potential until he gets diagnosed with something career threatening. Right now Demps is playing the odds, and the odds are better that Gordon becomes a star for the Hornets than Jared Dudley and 2012 Cap Space become a star for the Hornets.