height_ft nationality width birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number image college name caption high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team position draft_round league height_in article_title
6 american 260 25 december 1988 2008 2008 start -- 2010 end 2011 start -- present 2008 new / pelicans orleans pelicans los angeles clippers new orleans hornets 7 10 eric gordon hornets.jpg indiana -lrb- 2007 -- 2008 -rrb- eric gordon gordon with the hornets north central -lrb- indianapolis , indiana -rrb- 215 indianapolis , indiana los angeles clippers shooting guard 1 nba 4 eric gordon

eric gordon

eric ambrose gordon , jr. -lrb- born december 25 , 1988 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player who currently plays for the new orleans pelicans of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .
in high school , he was named `` mr. basketball '' of indiana during his senior year while playing at north central high school .
he is known , in part , as the subject of a major recruiting battle between the university of illinois and indiana university in the spring and summer of 2006 ; because of gordon 's talent and high level of play that year , his recruitment was the subject of a great deal of media coverage .
gordon played one season of college basketball at indiana and was considered one of the top collegiate players in the nation that year .
he finished his freshman season leading the big ten in scoring and tied for 19th in the nation at 21.5 points per game .
gordon entered the 2008 nba draft and was selected seventh overall by the los angeles clippers .
gordon is represented by agent rob pelinka .
