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Topic: Bledsoe rejects 4 year 48 million contract
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catmandoo
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posted 07-18-2014 01:04 PM
He is awfully good but think I'd be happy with what they are offering. That said it can't hurt to see what he is worth. A p/g at 17.7 pt's per game, 4.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and a 47.7 shooting percentage has some pretty good credentials.
The Suns brought Bledsoe aboard last offseason and subsequently shocked the NBA by winning 48 games, narrowly missing the playoffs after most prognosticators pegged them as the worst team in the Western Conference.
They succeeded largely by running a pass-happy, furiously-paced offense, powered by the twin-point guard battery of Bledsoe and Goran Dragic. The Suns undoubtedly would like to have the 24-year-old Bledsoe - who averaged career highs in points (17.7), rebounds (4.7), assists (5.5), steals (1.6), true shooting percentage (57.8) and PER (19.6) last year - back in the fold.
But the two sides don't seem to agree on Bledsoe's worth. The Suns have reportedly been rebuffed after offering him a 4-year, $48 million contract, which is the same deal Kyle Lowry signed to stay with the Toronto Raptors earlier this month. Bledsoe, instead, is asking for a max contract, one that would pay him some $80 million over five years.
With most of the starry free-agent names already off the board, Bledsoe does have some leverage here, and he appears to be banking on a desperate team, possibly one that's whiffed in free agency thus far (think Houston), swooping in with a monster offer. That scenario isn't at all implausible; earlier this month the Milwaukee Bucks were said to be pitching Bledsoe on a max contract.
Suns GM Ryan McDonough has said publicly that he will match any offer for Bledsoe, but after taking pains to beef up the point guard position this offseason, it's unclear how seriously that declaration should be taken.
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rlt4uk
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posted 07-26-2014 07:23 PM
he's crazy, except the contract, play your tail off the next 4 years, then go for the bigger money, he's still young and haven't even reached his prime yet.
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catmandoo
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posted 07-27-2014 02:25 PM
RLT, your right his time will come and he isn't there yet.
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catmandoo
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posted 07-28-2014 08:27 AM
It isn't turning out real well for Bledsoe and he isn't getting the money he expected he would.
Eric Bledsoe: While restricted free agency meant big paydays for players like Chandler Parsons and Gordon Hayward, it has meant the exact opposite for Suns guard Eric Bledsoe. Phoenix has seemingly scared off any real market there was for the guard by claiming they would match any offer sheet he signed with another team. Whether that is truly the case or not, they do have a gluttony of guards on that roster now having signed Isaiah Thomas and drafted Tyler Ennis, the claim has done enough to keep any real suitors from coming after Bledsoe. Currently, Phoenix has a four-year offer on the table to the guard but sides are far apart as the money being offered is significantly lower than the max deal Bledsoe was looking for.
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