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Bulls guard and former UConn star Ben Gordon talks to campers at = Virginia=92s=20 Elite Camp.
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By Whitey =
Reid
Published:=20
June 17, 2008
The NBA Draft is only 10 days away and nobody has any clue what the =
Chicago=20
Bulls plan on doing with the No. 1 overall selection.
Will the Bulls =
take=20
Memphis=92 Derrick Rose, the best guard on the board, or will they take =
Kansas=20
State=92s Michael Beasley, the best big guy?
You can bet current =
Chicago guard=20
Ben Gordon will be tuning into the June 26 proceedings to find out. =
Which player=20
the Bulls select could dictate Gordon=92s future with the franchise. =
Gordon,=20
who was in Charlottesville on Monday afternoon to speak at Virginia=92s =
annual=20
Elite Camp, doesn=92t have a feel for who Bulls general manager John =
Paxson plans=20
to select.
=93It=92s a tough one,=94 Gordon said, =93If we get Rose, =
we=92ll have to=20
[trade] one of the guards on our team. Rose is going to be really good. =
He can=20
really get to the basket.
=93Beasley is just a beast. He=92s =
something we need=20
in a low-post presence. I think either player can come in and help =
us.=94
If=20
the Bulls select Rose, a Chicago native, they will most likely attempt =
to trade=20
point guard Kirk Hinrich since there wouldn=92t be enough minutes =97 or =
money =97 for=20
all three guards.
=93If you ask me or anybody else, that=92s too =
many guards,=94=20
Gordon said, =93because players need room to get into a rhythm and need =
to=20
develop.=94
Gordon said he hadn=92t spoken with Hinrich, the =
team=92s captain,=20
with whom he has played with for three years. =93He just signed a =
long-term deal,=20
so I=92m assuming he would want to stay,=94 Gordon said, =93but we=92ll =
see what=20
happens.=94
Gordon is aware that the Bulls could also look to trade =
him. If=20
they do, he said he wouldn=92t mind the chance to play for his hometown =
Knicks,=20
despite the downtrodden state of the franchise.
=93Honestly, in the =
NBA, all=20
things are a possibility,=94 Gordon said. =93Would playing for New York =
be something=20
interesting? I think if you ask any kid if [they want to play in their=20
hometown], anybody would like that. It=92s your hometown.
=93But =
right now I=92m a=20
Chicago Bull. I love playing for the Bulls, but I don=92t know what=92s =
going to=20
happen around draft time. Crazy stuff can happen.=94
Gordon grew up =
in Mount=20
Vernon, N.Y., before starring at Connecticut. Virginia coach Dave Leitao =
was an=20
assistant coach under Jim Calhoun back then.
Although Gordon is a =
New Yorker=20
(he lived until he was two in London), he was a Bulls fan as a kid =
because of=20
Michael Jordan.
However, he still keeps tabs on his hometown team. =
His=20
fondest NBA memory is hitting a shot to beat the Knicks at Madison =
Square Garden=20
during his rookie season.
The Knicks, who finally put the kibosh on =
the=20
Isiah Thomas era and now feature new leadership in team president Donnie =
Walsh=20
and head coach Mike D=92Antoni, have the No. 6 pick in this year=92s =
draft.
=93I=20
don=92t know what Mr. Walsh=92s thinking is,=94 Gordon said, =93but if =
they draft a=20
guard, they=92re probably going to have to move some other guards. I =
think there=92s=20
a lot of other things that will go into the decision.=94
Gordon =
believes=20
D=92Antoni can get the job done in New York.
=93I think people =
automatically=20
take what D=92Antoni did in Phoenix and assume he can=92t coach any =
other way,=94 said=20
Gordon, alluding to D=92Antoni=92s run-and-gun system. =93I think =
somebody who was=20
Coach of the Year =97 I=92d like to give him more credit than that and =
think that he=20
can adapt to different situations. I don=92t think it=92s fair to say he =
can only=20
coach that Phoenix way.=94
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