Ben Gordon was the Bobcats’ most expensive player and not a member of the Bobcats’ rotation. So Yahoo Sports’ report that the team is progressing toward a buyout with the 30-year-old should not be a surprise.
Gordon, in the final season of a five-year, $55 million deal, is making $13 million this season. He has seen action in only two games in the new year, and he’s now being seen as expendable with the acquisitions of Gary Neal and Luke Ridnour from the Bucks.
The Bobcats, just two seasons removed from winning seven games in a strike-shortened season, are currently the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference standings with defensive-minded coach Steve Clifford at the helm.