Chad Ford: Thunder, Pistons Interested in Gordon

June 2nd, 2009 by Andrew Wamboldt

Chad Ford, in his most recent ESPN chat, said that both the Thunder and Pistons are said to be interested in Ben Gordon.

Mitchell (Chicago): Please tell me Ben Gordon is staying in Chicago.

SportsNation Chad Ford: If he can find a team willing to give him the money he wants … he ’s gone. I’ve heard OKC has interest. And the Pistons do too if they can find a way to pay him and a big man like Boozer.

This is bad news. If the Thunder are interested in Gordon, I think he is probably gone. Oklahoma City has the perfect groundwork to build a championship team.

If the Thunder sign Gordon, they will have plenty of offense between Gordon and Durant. With that in place, in the draft, they could go for UConn’s defensive center, Hasheem Thabeet.

The Thunder seem like the ideal fit for Gordon. The Thunder’s situation is somewhat similar to the Bulls in 2006. In 2006, the Bulls were pretty much set at every position except power forward and center. They had capspace and the second overall pick in the draft. So they drafted a power forward, Tyrus Thomas, to fill the power forward void, and signed center, Ben Wallace, to fill the center void. The Thunder could do the same with Ben Gordon and Hasheem Thabeet.