'STILL NO TIMETABLE' PER GORDON
Gordon Says He’s Progressing: New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon met with his team for the first time in weeks as they came to Los Angeles, where Gordon has been rehabbing his troublesome right knee. Gordon sought several medical opinions on what was going on with his knee and was told that rehab and treatment was the right course, and he says the knee is getting better.
“It’s getting better; progress is getting better, but there’s no straight-up timetable,” Gordon said to Jimmy Smith of The Times-Picayune. “The main thing is things have been getting better. They’ve got a plan for me and the main thing is the pain level is going down. Just trying to get back to 100 percent before I get back out there playing.”
Gordon was asked how the doctors describe what’s going on with his knee, and he compared it to the issues Philadelphia 76ers big man Andrew Bynum and Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger are dealing with.
“It’s almost like a disorder,” Gordon said. “There was a little bit of a bone bruise, and, you know, kind of like some of these other guys like (Andrew) Bynum and (Danny) Granger. Luckily my process will be shorter than that.”
Bynum and Granger have a long history of knee and knee related problems, which does not bode well for Gordon, who just signed a four-year, $58 million contract.
Gordon says he’s been working with very little pain or swelling.
“That was the main thing,” he said. “I’m just fine. Everything has been better. The main thing is to get better before I get back playing.”
Gordon met with Hornets’ coach Monty Williams and both parties agreed to revisit the situation a little further down the road and neither side would put a timeline on Gordon’s return.
There has been a lot of speculation that Gordon does not want to be in New Orleans, and he becomes eligible to be traded with his consent on December 15th. Because the Hornets matched a contract offer sheet originally issued by the Phoenix Suns, Gordon has the right of refusal for the first year of the deal.
Gordon and the Hornets engaged in a PR blitz to downplay any perceived rift between Gordon and the franchise.
Gordon has never played a complete season in his five-year NBA career; the closest he came was his rookie year when he logged 78 games. Over the last five seasons, Gordon has logged minutes in 205 of a possible 325 games.
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