{"id":25431,"date":"2025-06-29T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25431\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T21:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T21:11:08","slug":"sources-76ers-eric-gordon-opts-out-to-explore-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25431\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: 76ers&#8217; Eric Gordon opts out to explore free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-76ers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> guard <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3431\/eric-gordon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Gordon<\/a> is declining his $3.4 million player option to explore free agency, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Shams Charania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A return to the 76ers is still possible, sources said. Because Gordon signed a two-year deal at the veteran minimum last summer, the Sixers would have incurred a $3.4 million cap hit if he opted in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">By opting out and possibly re-signing on a one-year deal, the cap hit falls to $2.3 million, according to ESPN&#8217;s Bobby Marks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Gordon, 36, finished his 17th season in the NBA playing 19.7 minutes and averaging 6.8 points for the Sixers, the lowest total of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Brought in over the summer as a depth piece for an aspiring title contender, injuries derailed the 76ers&#8217; season early on and thrust Gordon into a larger role as he started 13 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Gordon remains a prolific jump shooter; he cashed in on 40.9% of his 3s last season.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers guard Eric Gordon is declining his $3.4 million player option to explore free agency, sources told&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[22648,5229,5723,22647,1260,20198,50,1448,2830,1311,3123,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-25431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-22648","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-gordon-eric","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-free-agency","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-pa","16":"tag-pennsylvania","17":"tag-philadelphia","18":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114768713222752500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}