It's looking more and more likely that Eric Gordon has just signed an offer sheet from the Phoenix Suns. The deal looks to be $58 million over four years. The Hornets have to be reeling right now. Even with Anthony Davis, Gordon was the major part of the trade for Chris Paul. Unlike in the NFL, teams get nothing when they lose one of there players in Restricted Free Agency.
For the Suns this deal makes a whole lot of sense. They have a scorer who can fill the gap that looks to be left by the likely departure of Steve Nash. Suns still don't really have much to work with and look like they'll spend at least another year out of the playoffs. Unless both Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers come through right away, there is no way the Hornets are going to make the playoffs this coming season. As long as Rashard Lewis' $21 million plus salary remains on the Hornets books, they'll struggle to come close to making the playoffs. If they can't resign Chris Kaman (rumoured to be getting interest from the Pacers) or another decent centre there is no chance they'll be close to competitive this season.
It's going to be a very interesting free agency period...
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