gomretat
Well-Known Member
Posted this on reddit as well, but this part:
"Here in Utah, we've seen it too many times. Draft the good player, watch him become a great player, and then watch him leave in free agency."
Isn't true. Unless you count Malone in the final year of his career, or Millsap who we willingly let walk, we've never lost a great player to FA.
Yup. If Gordon walks he will be the first big time free agent that we have lost that we really wanted to keep. Others we wanted to keep that walked we wanted them if they stayed at a discount. Wes may be the exception but what his contract did at the time was put us over the luxury cap and meant we were paying him Kobe type money. Portland hosed us good on that one.