Eric Gordon continues to be aggressive in his desires to play on a team other than the New Orleans Hornets (Photo: Parker Waters).

Just in case it was not clear what Eric Gordon thinks about playing for the New Orleans Hornets, the free agent guard said Thursday that he feels more wanted elsewhere.

"Phoenix just showed a lot more interest, overall, and definitely in how they negotiated," Gordon told ESPN's Ric Bucher. "I don't know what New Orleans' plans are for me. There are no negotiations right now."

Gordon is now in Las Vegas where the free agent guard is vying for a spot on the U.S. Olympic basketball team. He just finished with a round of free agency visits this week ending when Phoenix apparently wowed him. The Indiana native and the Suns agreed Tuesday on a 4-year, $58 million offer sheet which cannot be signed until July 11 due to NBA rules. Once Gordon inks the deal, the Hornets would have three days to match or decline the offer.

While the Hornets continue to stand silent after previous public claims that they will match any offer for Gordon, the key player acquired by New Orleans from the L.A. Clippers in last December's blockbuster Chris Paul trade does not see the team's actions as proof he is wanted as the new face of the franchise.

"They drafted another shooting guard, a combo guard like me, which tells me they have another plan," Gordon said regarding the Hornets' move to select Duke guard Austin Rivers with their second first rounder, the 10th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

UPDATE 7/6: Those comments were made Thursday. On Friday, it was more of the same from Gordon when speaking to reporters following another Team USA workout.

"If (the Hornets) were interested, there wouldn't have been no tour, there wouldn't have been nothing," Gordon said. "There's been no negotiations. I was right there in Indiana. I haven't received no calls, to me personally, they've contacted my agent ... As for now, I don't know what's going on. As of right now, I'd be disappointed (if the Hornets match the offer sheet)."

Gordon says Hornets GM Dell Demps and head coach Monty Willams have talked to him since the start of the month, but there have been conversations between New Orleans and Gordon's agent, Rob Pelinka. It is clear that Gordon feels slighted by the Hornets' decision to allow other teams to set his value.

A franchise guy should receive the biggest possible deal "if you feel that I'm that caliber player," Gordon explained regarding the move by the Hornets to offer less him than the maximum contract extension back in January. "You don't think I knew I was going to be an unrestricted free agent this summer? I knew that. I took it into account. I'm taking accountability for how I play. What do they mean as an organization? What do I mean to them?"

Meanwhile, the drafting of Rivers continues to bother Gordon, who canot understand why the Hornets, short of big men who can play center, drafted another guard in the lottery. ""I was a little surprised; we have no center and no bigs," Gorson lamented while talking about the presence of Jason Smith and top overall pick Anthony Davis as the only "bigs" on the roster. "I am the shooting guard. We've got plenty of point guards on our team right now."

It remains to be seen whether the stance to keep Gordon will hold firm or waver for Demps and the new management team in charge since the purchase of the team by Saints owner Tom Benson. Gordon has made it clear that he feels the time has passed to change his mind but will play in New Orleans if he has no other choice.

"If they match, I have to play basketball," Gordon said.

Whether it is a perceived lack of love, wavering belief in the team's plans to build around him or family ties out west, it is obvious Gordon has his "heart" and mind set on playing somewhere other than the Big Easy. Stay tuned.