Broussard: Suns & Bledsoe $32M apart in negotiatons

Having a pg like bledsoe would make it easier for harden and howard. He can quickly and easily get the ball to howard and he would limit hardens need to create so much of the teams offense. Bledsoe can create for himself with that quick first step on the drive. Hardens turnovers would go down and he would have more energy for defense. Being the primary ball handler wears you out and i believe it is part of the reason why nash sucks on defense and keeps paul from being a monster on defense.

I think this teams biggest need is a pg then a pf who can play defense, rebound and maybe stretch the floor up to 20 feet. I dont like having bigs at the three point line. You want them closer to the basket for easy lay ups, drives, and ppthe occasional offensive rebound.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Suns' Bledsoe remains final RFA on market. Agent has held firm on max contract or no deal. He couldn't get Bledsoe an offer sheet elsewhere.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/508027194816593920">September 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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He has to understand with his injury history a 4-5 year max is not happening. He is coming off a season where he only played 43 games and in 4 years he has had 2 seasons where he has missed half of the games 2 of them being in the last 3 years.

Morey's offer (if true) of the max for 2 seasons is generous if you ask me. Sure the suns would want to match that deal, but i think they do a sign and trade if he truly wants out.

I really want this. He is worth it if healthy. I think it is worth losing the ability to sign a max player next off-season because it makes us contenders right away.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Suns made 4-year, $48M offer -- comparable to Ty Lawson and Kyle Lowry -- but Bledsoe camp has been unwilling to negotiate off that number.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/508029598794522624">September 5, 2014</a></blockquote>
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This whole "Bledsoe's getting closer to taking the QO" is just an illusion created by the media and in fans' minds simply because time is moving. When in reality, there's no difference between things now and one month earlier. The teams that want to spend money have already spent it. The teams that inquired about Bledsoe have inquired. There's nothing else to this if Bledsoe isn't willing to negotiate off of Phoenix's number. Today, tomorrow, next week, every day until it's almost October, time doesn't matter.

Bledsoe's either bluffing, in which case he will relent near the deadline. Or he's serious, in which case it would've been a position he has held for a while now. There's no way Bledsoe's more likely to take the QO today than a week ago. He's either willing to do it, or this is all a sham.

 

no

He doesn't make us contenders.

 

Bledsoe is a great fit next to Harden.
1) playmaker but can play off ball
2) one man fast break
3) elite defensively
4) athleticism nice contrast to Harden's old man game

We would have arguably the best backcourt in the league.

 

Chandler Parsons: overrated, not worth max
Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragic, Ricky Rubio, Kenny Faried: Trade for them! Third missing piece!

LOL :grin:

 

anybody confirm this?

Bledsoe was in Miami and on a Miami sports radio talk show. Any real news there? Didn't see it mentioned around here.

 

If a team with an all star pg and probably the best 2 way pg in the league after chris paul, the best sg, best center, and another good two way player in ariza is not a contender then you're definition of contender must be wrong.

 

I would say bledsoe is the third best 2 way pg in the league when healthy after chris paul and russell.

 

Fixed

 

Kyrie for Bledsoe? Can Bron Bron make it happen?

 

lol

Back court would be strong but we will lose again with TJ as our PF. We had a real good back court last year and what did that do us? With Bledsoe we may get out of 1st round...maybe but definitely we won't get deeper unless we get Howard help. And to get Bledsoe we are locked in at cap room with no way to get a PF.

 

I apologize for all the posts.

I think there would only be two teams that we would have to worry about in the league (maybe 3 if lebron and love mesh well together right away, but i have my doubts) the clippers and the spurs. The spurs will be one year older and they seem to never have an answer for the harden, dwight, and the rockets youth.

You heard it hear first, the rockets will be much better against the thunder this season with ariza guarding durant. A player like bledsoe would make tony parker too tired to run the spurs offense, and he would help a lot against the likes of lillard, paul, and westbrook.

He is seriously underrated. I prefer him and his defense to dragic. You need lockdown defenders next to harden and with the addition of bledsoe you have 4/5 positions covered and he wont need to handle the ball so much which should improve his defense.

 

Did roe4christ tell you that?

 

Lin and beverley are not the answer. Both players have too many holes in their game and your pg cant have too many holes in his game or your team will struggle guaranteed. Tj is expendable considering we still have dmo along with other power forwards.

Eric bledsoe would bring us 1 player closer to solidifying our starting 5. Give me a pf who can at least do 2 of these cut well, play defense, rebound, or stretch the floor up to 20 feet and we will be fine until we find the answer.

 

Bledsoe and Goran Dragic are worth that money Parsons is getting more than he is. Parsons is a wing who doesn't play d and can't create his own shot. While he is a great glue guy/third option he isn't a max player. We can take harden out and the offense will run fine with bledsoe/dragic in. How did the offense run with parsons when Harden was out?

 

Excellent post.

 

Lol

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