re: Eric Gordon has been playing with a pretty bad ankle.

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What is Gordon's trade value right now?

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I think he's only dumpable right now. IMO he has to prove he can play back to backs before a team will trade any assets for him so I don't think he goes anywhere this summer. One possible exception being a team like Chicago. I was the one who put forth the aforementioned speculation and I base it on 3 things. 1) There is an alleged rift between the Bulls and Rose right now and his brother made public comments about not being happy that the Bulls didn't make any trades. 2) Deng seems to be the name that gets brought up when it comes to doing a dump to avoid taxes. Swapping Deng for Gordon wouldn't avoid taxes but Deng being on the Dump block says he's expendable. 3) Gordon and Rose were AAU backcourt mates and a poster on HR that supposedly is on familiar terms with Gordon's family says his dream team is not the Pacers but the Bulls and reuniting with Rose. Presumably Rose would have similar feelings in this BFF era of the NBA.

I think a straight up swap of Deng for Gordon is a lot more likely than getting a 1st too, and I can also see a scenario where the deal involves a swap of Jason Smith for Taj Gibson because Deng for Gordon gives no cap relief and Smith is $5 million per year cheaper than Gibson once his new deal kicks in next season.