Bill Simmons: Dragic and Bledsoe "don't look happy"

hakeemthagreat · Nov 12, 2014

That Suns team reminds me ALOT of us before we got Harden. 3 scoring points guards with undersized PF's, gritty, but not quite enough talent to be a top 8 team.

GanjaRocket · Nov 12, 2014

bledsoe needs his own squad.. goran and thomas can coexist but bledsoe is too temperamental and talented to be running with these guys simultaneously

DreaMac · Nov 12, 2014

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Isaiah Thomas and other sixth men told <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_amick">@sam_amick</a> how they really feel about bench life: <a href="http://t.co/6SYIkzD9FR">http://t.co/6SYIkzD9FR</a> <a href="http://t.co/XUV4nn6Xcy">pic.twitter.com/XUV4nn6Xcy</a></p>— USA TODAY Sports NBA (@usatodaynba) <a href="https://twitter.com/usatodaynba/status/532570079817236480">November 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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DreaMac · Nov 12, 2014

From that article...

Thomas, for one, would be fine if Suns coach Jeff Hornacek swapped him and starting point guard Eric Bledsoe.

When he signed his four-year, $28 million deal during the summer, Bledsoe's restricted free agency future was still uncertain and the slight chance remained that Thomas could wind up in a starting role. But Bledsoe landed the kind of monstrous extension he was pushing for (five years, $70 million) and Thomas — who averaged 20.3 points and 6.3 assists last season for the Sacramento Kings and started in 54 of 72 games — found himself back in a reserve role.

"We had meetings (recently) with the coaches and the general manager, and they even said, 'On 29 other teams, you'd probably be starting, and it takes a lot to put your pride aside and do what's best for the team," Thomas told USA TODAY Sports earlier this season. "I just know everything is subject to change. I mean, it's a long season. There are highs and lows."

So, Thomas was asked, does that mean starting remains a goal?

"That's my plan," said Thomas, whose current production (16.9 points, 4.4 assists, two rebounds and 24.4 minutes per game) is outpacing Bledsoe's (14.1 points, 5.1 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 31.0 minutes per game). "Every day that I come in, that's what I want to do. That's been my mindset from Day One, since I was a little boy. I mean, everybody wants to be a starter. I'd be lying to you if I said it doesn't bother me that I don't start, but I'm going to do what's best for this team and continue to work, continue to be me, and hopefully one of these days my name is called and I'll be a starter and that's that. I can only do what I can control, and that's being me and giving it my all and the coach has got to do the rest."
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