Eric Ambrose Gordon Jr. (born December 25, 1988) is a professional American basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named "Mr. Basketball" from Indiana during his senior year while playing in North Central High School. He is known, in part, as the subject of a recruitment competition between the University of Illinois and Indiana University in the spring and summer of 2006; because of Gordon's talent and high-level games that year, his recruitment became the subject of media coverage.
Gordon played a college basketball season in Indiana and was considered one of the best college players in the country that year. He finished his first season leading the Big Ten in scoring and tied for 19 in the country at 21.5 points per game. Gordon entered the 2008 NBA draft and was voted seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Gordon was born in Indianapolis. At the age of four, he started playing sports at the Jewish Community Center across the street from his home, starting with football and then quickly moving to basketball. At the age of seven, he started playing competitive basketball at Municipal Gardens. It was at JCC that Gordon announced his departure from college to put his name into the NBA Draft.
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Gordon attended Fox Hill Elementary School, down the street from his childhood home. He then studied at Northview Middle School and North Central High School, where he played university basketball for four years. The 2007 North Central game against Loyola Academy of Wilmette, Illinois, attended by Michael Jordan, aired on ESPN. He scored a record high with 43 points that night. He then went on to score 50 points twice during the season. He led North Central to his senior year's Indiana 4A title game. They fall into E'Twaun Moore, Angel Garcia and East Chicago Central. Gordon averaged 29 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists when shooting 57.0% of the field, 77.9% of the free throw line, and 46.2% from three points apart. He was named Indiana's "Mr. Basketball" for 2007 and also as McDonald's All-American. Gordon is a teammate of Greg Oden in Indiana AAU ball. Rivals.com placed him in the top 2 of high school in 2007, behind Michael Beasley.
During the summer, Gordon attended many AAU tournaments, Adidas Superstar camp, and Big Time in Las Vegas. He plays in teams that include future NBA players Mike Conley, Jr., Josh McRoberts, Daequan Cook, Derrick Rose, Oden, and Chicago State Head Coach Mark Titus.
Recruitment
In 2005 as a junior high school student, Gordon made an initial unofficial verbal commitment to Bruce Weber, who recently replaced Bill Self as head coach of the University of Illinois when Self Left to accept the position of head coach in Kansas.
On November 30, 2005, Gordon made a verbal commitment to play basketball for Weber in Illinois, despite offers from Duke and Notre Dame. Gordon and his family mentioned their comfort with Weber, the relative distance to the Illinois campus from their home in Indianapolis, and the success of former Illini guard Deron Williams and Luther Head in the NBA as an excuse for their decision.
On February 15, 2006, Sports Illustrated reports that Mike Davis, then head coach at Indiana University, intends to resign after the 2005-06 season, in part due to lack of support after the team failed. to make the NCAA Tournament in 2004 and 2005. Indiana then hired Kelvin Sampson as a new male basketball coach in March 2006. Some journalists speculated that Gordon was not interested in playing in Indiana under Mike Davis due to Davis's lack of success. Shortly after Sampson was appointed head coach, he hired Jeff Meyer, college basketball coach Eric Gordon Sr. and an old family friend, as an assistant.
During the next offseason, Gordon was recruited by Sampson's staff after Gordon told Sampson that he was once again interested in Indiana. It was reported in July 2006 that Gordon was considering to opt out of an unofficial oral commitment to Illinois because of concerns about the quality of Weber's recruitment class in Illinois, but Gordon said that although he is a childhood fan of Hoosiers and is considering Indiana, he is still committed to Illinois. During the same month, Gordon played with fellow top-5 recruiting Derrick Rose in an attempt to convince Rose to join him in Illinois, but Rose refused the offer.
Rumors of IU's upcoming commitment continued into the start of the 2006-07 academic year, in part driven by Gordon's rise to the top of several high school basketball player ratings and the reappearing Indiana Hoosier basketball program. On September 2, 2006, Gordon and Rose made an unofficial visit to Indiana to compete with Hoosier players, sparking further speculation that Gordon will divert his commitments. Six weeks later, on October 13, 2006, Eric Sr. announced that his son had officially decided to do so. Gordon signed the National Letter of Intent with Indiana on November 8, 2006.
Aftermath
Gordon's announcement gave Indiana a very strong recruitment class in 2007, ranked by some analysts as the country's third best entry class. Sampson and Weber both received criticism from coaches for failing to communicate with each other about Gordon's recruitment. Although the NCAA does not regulate the verbal commitment or recruitment of committed players orally, some observers claim that Sampson acted unethically in recruiting committed players without first contacting Weber.
The turn of the time was devastating to Illinois, who had planned Gordon to be part of his class, and left without guards firing at a time when other guards had made verbal commitments. Illini received a letter of intent from 100 shootings of Quinton Watkins from Compton, California, in December, but, due to the NCAA Academic Clearinghouse problem, he did not play for Illini, eventually deciding to enroll in San Diego State.
Gordon was warmly welcomed by the Indiana fans, but received sharp criticism from Illinois fans who threw the battery at him when the Indiana game was played in Illinois. Eric Sr. declared in October 2006 that his son had received death threats as a result of his decision, but his son later stated that Illinois fans simply said they did not want younger Gordon to succeed. On February 7, 2008, when Gordon and Indiana played in Illinois in Champaign, he and his family were subjected to ridicule and ridicule throughout the game, and several witnesses reported that his parents were hit by ice and orange and blue grains near the game. end. Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther apologized for the incident, calling fans' behavior "disappointing and unbearable." Illinois fans are reported to be very angry that Gordon's family, and his entourage, wear "Got Gordon?" T-shirts.
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College career
Gordon attended Indiana University Bloomington (IU). There he played shooting guards with Hoosiers for a year and plans to study sports management. During the year at IU, Gordon achieved many awards. He was the Big Ten Best Student of the Year and became the third All-American team. He is a leading new student scorer of all time IU. He made a record at IU and in the Big Ten with 669 points. He is a nominee for the Naismith Wood Award and Award, and was named the second All-American team for CBSSports.com. He wears the number 23, as he did in high school.
Gordon finished his first season averaging 20.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game, making 33.7% three-point shots and leading the Big Ten in scoring. He was very effective for Indiana in the first 18 games as Hoosiers started the season with 17 wins and only one defeat, but entered a real slump by the end of the year, making only 18.6% of his field goal three goals (13 out of 70) after the Indiana 7 February against Illinois and shot just 3 of 15 from the field and 0 of 6 of the three-point line in the team's defeat to Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament 2008. Gordon played the second half of the season with an injured wrist.
On March 10, 2008, Gordon was named Ten Ten Freshman of the Year and for the First Team of the Big Ten Conference by trainers and the media, along with teammate D. J. White. He's also the All-American third team.
College statistics
Professional career
Los Angeles Clippers (2008-2011)
season 2008-09
Gordon announced on 4 April 2008 at 4:00 pm at the Jewish Community Center that he would enter the 2008 NBA draft. ESPN Chad Ford analyst put Gordon as one of the top ten players in this draft class. He was recruited with the seventh pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Gordon scored 23 points in his first NBA Summer League match in Las Vegas's summer league on the UNLV campus. Gordon played in two summer league games where he scored 19 points on average and 6.5 rebounds. Gordon injured a July 12 hamstring against the Charlotte Bobcats. It was confirmed on July 13, 2008 by Clippers that Gordon will miss the rest of the summer league due to a tense left hamstring.
However, at the start of the 2008 NBA pre-season, Gordon made an offensive prowess known only in his second exhibition game, scoring 33 points in 31 minutes to help the Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 116-112. On January 23, he set a Clippers franchise record for most points scored by the rookie with 41 points (a record since being broken by Blake Griffin). With Gordon's extraordinary performances, he was named the Rookie Conference of the NBA Western Conference for January. He averaged 16.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.0 steals in 34.3 minutes per game and was the third highest scorer among all rookies. For his efforts, he was unanimously elected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team and finished fifth in the Rookie of the Year race.
season 2009-10
Gordon participated in the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend. During the NBA All-Star Weekend 2010, Gordon and DeMar DeRozan became head-to-head in the inaugural Sprite All-Star Slam Dunk-In, which took place at part time Rookie Challenge. The fans proceeded to select DeRozan as their vote to advance to the main event, the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. Gordon was also selected for the sophomore team for the T-Mobile NBA Rookie Challenge 2010 and the Youth Jam event.
Gordon finished second on his team with 16.9 points, averaging 2.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists in a team-high 36.0 minutes. He appeared in 62 matches, and started in 60 matches. He led his team scoring 16 times, stealing 17 times and 16 minutes. Gordon scored 30 points once and had 20 points 19 times. He is one of 27 players named for the 2010-12 National Team Program of USA Men.
season 2010-11
After winning the gold medal at the FIBA ​​World Championship 2010, Gordon is directed towards a breakout season. Gordon was in tears scoring early in the season but slowed down in his game against the Golden State Warriors, with a violent foul committed by Andris Biedri, who forced Gordon (who averaged 24.1 points per game before injury) was ruled out for 18 competition. It was later revealed that Gordon had a dislocated ankle with a bone chip fracture. Coming back from a 18-game absence, Gordon had a solid performance with a win against the Houston Rockets with 24 points. Gordon again aggravated his wrist dislocated his second game back against the Denver Nuggets, this time a violent foul committed by Timofey Mozgov, who gave Gordon a six-game absence. Gordon's holiday season is hampered by injury and he has to wear a bracelet for the rest of the season.
Gordon finished the season as the Clippers' second goalscorer, with 22.3 points per game. He also averaged 2.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. Gordon scored 30 points 8 times and had 20 points or more for 12 games in a row.
New Orleans Hornets (2011-2016)
2011-12 season
On December 14, 2011, the Clippers traded Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu, and the first-round pick of 2012 (previously obtained from Minnesota Timberwolves) to the New Orleans Hornets in return for his future teammate Chris Paul and two potential players second in the future. pick-around. In his first game as Hornet, playing against the Phoenix Suns, Gordon recorded 20 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. He also hit a victory shot with 4.2 seconds remaining time, and New Orleans beat the Suns in the 85-84 season opener. It was revealed that Gordon had an existing knee injury worsened during the opening game of the season against the Phoenix Suns after crashing his knee with Grant Hill. Initially Gordon was diagnosed with bone bruising, but after further examination by the doctor, it was known that Gordon had cartilage damage in his right knee. On February 14, 2012, Gordon underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his knee and did not take action for 6 weeks. Gordon returned on April 4, 2012 to face the Denver Nuggets and scored 15 points giving the New Orleans Hornets a 94-92 victory.
Gordon finished the season with 9 games played, averaging 20.6 points per game, 2.8 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists per game. He entered the summer of 2012 as a limited free agent.
On July 11, 2012, Gordon signed a bid sheet with Phoenix Suns reportedly worth $ 58 million over 4 years. On July 14, 2012, Hornets matched the 4-year offer sheet.
season 2012-13
During the offseason, Gordon admitted that he faced a lingering problem with his knee. Microficure surgery was reportedly proposed as a solution, but in early November, Gordon received a second opinion from a doctor in Chicago, who prescribed follow-up rehabilitation for his knee and predicted Gordon would be sidelined for 4-6 weeks. On November 7, 2012, Gordon was sent to Los Angeles to get a more personalized rehabilitation job to assist in his knee recovery and to strengthen his quad muscles.
On December 29, 2012, Gordon made his highly anticipated debut season against the Charlotte Bobcats. Gordon, who came off the bench, scored 24 points, 7 assists and 2 steals in less than 25 minutes, giving the New Orleans Hornets a 98-95 win over the Bobcats. The team doctor put Gordon on tight restrictions from playing in the second game back-to-back set and from playing over 30 minutes to avoid overworking his right knee. On January 5, 2013, Gordon returned to the starting lineup. Gordon hit the winner of the game from the top of the circle with 4.7 seconds left after a foul on Mavericks guard Darren Collison, who bite a fake Gordon pump as the New Orleans Hornets beat the 99-96 Dallas Mavericks in extra time. On April 10, 2013, Gordon played his first back-to-back set of the season against the Sacramento Kings after he was released by a team doctor because his restrictions had to be lifted.
Gordon finished the season as the Hornets' top scorer, with 17.0 points per game, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in 42 games played. In April 2013, the Hornets were given the new name New Orleans Pelicans.
season 2013-14
On 29 November 2013, Gordon recorded 26 points and 7 assists in a 121-105 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. On January 15, 2014, Gordon recorded 35 points, on 11-for-17 shots from the field, and 6 assists, in a 100-103 loss to the Houston Rockets. On March 4, 2014, Gordon scored 28 points and 9-for-13 from the field, including 4-for-5 on three, and made each of his six attempts from the free-throw line. His crime attacked Pelikan until the 132-125 road triumph and ended the defeat of eight games.
On March 21, 2014, Gordon left the game in the first quarter against the Hawks. He then decided that he was suffering from knee tendinitis. On April 10, 2014, it was ordered that Gordon would perform an arthroscopic operation on his left knee, which brought the season to an end.
Gordon completed the 2013-14 season with an average of 15.4 points per game, 2.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in 64 games.
season 2014-15
After averaging 9.5 points per game during the first 12 games of the season, Gordon was ruled out indefinitely with a left shoulder injury on November 24, 2014. An MRI revealed Gordon suffered a torn labor as a result of a sublingged left shoulder injury that he happened against Utah Jazz on November 22nd. He then missed 21 games with an injury before returning to court on January 5, 2015 against the Washington Wizards. In just under 33 minutes, he recorded 6 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 assists in a loss of 85-92. Two days later, he recorded three three-pointers against the Charlotte Hornets, who made at least a three-point shot in 36 consecutive games, a streak that eventually ended on March 25 when he went 0-for-3 from outside the bow against Houston Rockets..
Gordon finished the 2014-15 season with an average of 13.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 61 games. Despite missing 21 games this season as he manages to rehabilitate a torn left labrador injury rather than choosing a season-ending operation, Gordon has the best long-distance shoot of his career. He was 141-of-315, 44.8 percent, from outside the three-point line, besting his career-high with over five percentage points, finishing second in the league behind Kyle Korver. Gordon helped Pelikan qualify for the playoffs. In his playoff debut, Gordon recorded 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 4-of-7 from the three-point line, ending with a 106-99 loss for the Golden State Warriors. In Game 4, Gordon recorded 29 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, but his performance was not enough because Pelicans was swept by the Warriors in the first half.
On June 18, 2015, Gordon runs his player options for the 2015-16 season.
season 2015-16
Gordon appeared in all 41 matches for Pelikan to start the 2015-16 season, starting at 40 of them and logging at least 15 minutes in every game. On January 19, 2016, he suffered a hand injury in the mid-third quarter of a New Orleans 114-99 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. After the game, the cracked bone on the ring finger of his shooting hand was found. The next day, he underwent a successful surgery to repair his cracked right finger and then ruled out for four to six weeks. He returned to action on 27 February against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing 16 games. In 34 minutes of action, he scored a game-high 31 points in a 112-110 defeat over the Timberwolves. After injuring his right ring finger on March 5, he underwent another operation, which kept him out for the rest of the season.
Houston Rockets (2016-present)
season 2016-17
On July 9, 2016, Gordon signed a contract with the Houston Rockets. He made his debut for the Rockets in their season opener on October 26, scoring 19 points in a 120-114 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. On November 27, he scored 26 points and scored six three-point shots in a 130-114 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. On December 7, he made eight three-pointers and scored 26 points off the bench in a 134-95 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. On December 16, he had 29 points in a 122-100 victory over New Orleans Pelicans. The Rockets made a 24-point NBA record in three games, led by a 7-for-12 effort by Gordon. On January 2, 2017, he scored a season-high 31 points in a 101-91 win over the Washington Wizards. On February 18, 2017, he defeated Kyrie Irving to win the Three Points Contest during the NBA All-Star Weekend. On March 4, 2017, he scored 18 points and made six of Houston three points three in a 123-108 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Gordon finished the game with 180 three-pointers; 180 shots three points in 49 games from the bench in 2016-17 set the NBA record - the previous record was 179 set by Mirza Teletovi? in 78 games as reserves in 2015-16. Gordon finished the 2016-17 season averaging 16.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 75 games (60 games as their main reserve). He was later named the recipient of the Sixth Man of the Year NBA Awards, becoming the first player in franchise history to receive the award.
season 2017-18
On October 25, 2017, Gordon scored a season-high 29 points ago and beat a belon that beat a 3-pointer winner of the match to lift the Rockets to a 105-104 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. On December 18, 2017, he scored a season-high 17 points 33 points in the fourth quarter of the Lakers 120-99 win over the Utah Jazz. He finished with a seven-point high of seven seasons. On March 27, 2018, he scored 31 points and tied a career high with eight 3-pointers in a 118-86 win over the Chicago Bulls. In Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, Gordon came off the bench to score 24 points and stole his last Golden State win to a 98-94 win which gave the Rockets a 3-2 lead.
NBA career statistics
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Playoffs
Careers of national team
In nine games played for the USA Team at the FIBA ​​World Championships 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, Gordon averaged 8.6 points while the team finished second on three points (19) and second in the team with a three-point percentage (.452, 19-42 3FG), helped the United States complete a perfect record (9-0) on the way to winning a gold medal.
Personal life
Gordon is the son of Eric and Denise Gordon, and has two brothers, Evan and Eron. The first played his senior season at college for Hoosiers Indiana. His mother is from the Bahamas.
Achievements and awards
NBA
- The Sixth NBA Man of the Year (2017)
- The NBA Three Point Contest Winner (2017)
- Second Team NBA All-Rookie (2009)
- West Nook Regional Rookie of the Month (January 2009)
Overall achievement
- LA Sports Award for 2010 Greatest Moments
- Gold Medal Winner of 2010 FIBA ​​World Championship â € <â € <
- 2008 Ten Great New Years
- 2008 First Team All-Big Ten
- The Third Team 2008 All-American
- Gatorade of the National Men's Athlete of the Year (2007)
- McDonald All-American (2007)
- First-team Parade All-American (2007)
- Jordan Brand All-American (2007)
- Indiana Mr. Basketball (2007)
- The Fourth Team Parade All-American (2006)
See also
- 2006 All-American high school basketball boy
References
External links
- Career and player information from NBA.com, or Basketball-Reference.com
- Indiana biodata
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