Eric Gordon's NBA career hasn't gone exactly as anybody had planned.
After being taken seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2008 NBA Draft, Gordon returned a pretty solid rookie campaign, one that saw him earn Rookie of the Month honors in January and a Second Team All-Rookie nod.
Gordon posted 16.8 points per 36 minutes as well as 2.9 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.5 blocks. In terms of overall efficiency as measured by our nERD metric, which indicates how many wins above or below .500 a player would make an average team over a full season, Gordon was pretty solid for a rookie.