I Dont wanna be here
— Eric Bledsoe (@EBled2) October 22, 2017
Fire up the trade machine!
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I Dont wanna be here
— Eric Bledsoe (@EBled2) October 22, 2017
Fire up the trade machine!
Really careless of him to be tweeting that in my opinion. Take it up with the front office and don't become a distraction.
He might just be at Applebee's.
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Isn’t Bledsoe one of Boogie’s good friends? Someone make this happen.
We don’t need anymore of DC recommendations on players to sign.
We are dealing with a 125 million dollar bust now he said sign.
Lets trade Moore, Hill and out first for him
Of course he wants out. The suns are trying to tank so they don’t want to play him starter minutes Incase he lucks them into a couple wins.
He probably told management to trade him during the off-season (everyone knew this was coming with the team tanking) and they asked too much for him.
Phoenix coach Earl Watson has been fired, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 22, 2017
I thought the best thing about the NBA had already happened over the summer. This takes the cake. Hired a coach, fired him 3 games into the season.
I wonder what this means for a Bledsoe trade. I assume they still want to tank this year. Clearly something must have happened today and that’s the reason Bledsoe made this public.
As has been canvassed many times the grand total of valuable pieces to a rebuilding team that the Pels have are Diallo and the 1st, which figures to be middling. And while the Suns have the cap room to take on salary, they have absolutely no reason to do so for such a little return. Best deal the pels could offer:
Moore $8.5mil (3yrs)
Ajinca $5.2mil (2yrs)
Diallo $1.3mil
1st rounder
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$15.0mil
for
Bledsoe $14.5mil (2 yrs)
And that still leaves the Suns with the unwanted Moore contract for an extra year after they would have cleared Bledsoe. And it leaves the Pels either needing Asik to become an actual real live basketball player again, or signing an unemployed big man off the street because they'd be fresh out of reserves. And it probably makes a big money guard, Jrue or Bledsoe, the 6th man.
And maybe Dell can sell another bad team on a bargain basement deal, but it seems likely that somebody else could beat that, or at least not leave the Suns holding longterm money.
I'm saying that you both 1) do not get humor by Boogie and Scott, and 2) do not understand that Dell etc did not change their mind because of Cousins.
So don't even try to dance with me with your troll game. You have lost before you enter the first character.
Move along.
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No, he's saying that the Pels made it absolutely 100% clear from well back in the season that their #1 priority was re-signing Jrue Holiday. That was Demps and Gentry.
Cousins only got involved to try to put the squeeze on Jrue to hod the team together and get him to take the deal.
Now Cousins WAS involved in recruiting and likely the decision making in bringing in Rondo and possibly Clark. I suspect he was also talking to guys like Collison and Lawson as well. But Jrue is a Pelicans organization guy. Boogie didn't walk in and say hey, you should sign this Jrue Holiday guy and have everybody on the Pels go "who"?
42 I have not lost anything on basic facts.
This franchise was trying to keep it in one piece to appease a Player aka DC.
That is why Loser Alvin Gentry was not fired at seasons end.
They also wanted to show DC player stability within the organization by signing Jrue Holiday.
I did make a mistake sorry, I misquote I said it was 125 million it’s 126 million dollar mistake.
Erman I think we need to stand down on adding any more players to this roster.
The more Dell Demps sells the future the worst its going to be for the new Head Coach and GM.
We are in knee deep with bad contracts on bad non productive players already on this roster.
Lets see what Alvin Gentry does with this roster. Its his players his program. He is driving this train for 2 years now going into season 3.
Any trade the Pels make needs to include one of Holiday, Asik, or Ajinca
Gonna need a lot of LSD to trick the Suns into trading for Jrue.
A lot of LSD, three bags of Funjuns, Evil Dead 2, and Madvillainy on CD.
Holiday for Bledsoe straight up works after January 15th.
Even better...Holiday/Asik for Bledsoe/Chandler works too
Our trade offer right now would likely be something along the lines of Ajinca, Moore, and a 1st round pick. Maybe Diallo too.
I really missed 42.
I'm more interested in Tyson Chandler. We need a third big more than another guard.
[QUOTE=Buckwheat;1433556]Erman I think we need to stand down on adding any more players to this roster.
The more Dell Demps sells the future the worst its going to be for the new Head Coach and GM. We are in knee deep with bad contracts on bad non productive players already on this roster./QUOTE]
First off Bledsoe is a really good player on a great contract. He has 2 years left on a deal where he's making less than $15 mil a year. If things go south and Boogie bails, we would still have a fairly talented team in Bledsoe, Jrue, and AD that we could build around. If we don't think Bledsoe would want to return after his contract, or if we dont think he's worth the money, he'd hardly be a difficult player to move.
Not to mention if we send our next first rounder (one 1) to Phoenix along with other stuff for Bledsoe, I would highly doubt that pick ever reaches 20 or below
Yea if Bledsoe was an SF wing with his talent, it would be a definite sure thing. But with Rondo and Nelson signed for significant roles, I don't see the spot for him. And yea, if we could convince them Holiday is a great fit next to Booker... yea not happening for a lot of reasons. We can save that pick to trade for a wing or back-up big and salary dump.
If you have a chance at getting Bledsoe without giving up the farm for him the last thing you do is worry about what Nelson or Rondo’s role is going to be after the trade.
I guess you could be right, but seems like it could hurt some player and agent relationships when those two vets signed near minimum deals here to play significant roles. Also, with the way Moore played tonight, makes me think twice about including him as a throw-in player.
Moore + Asik + 2 1sts for Bledsoe and a second. See if you can pry another second also
Get to work Dell!
Moore + Ajinca + 2nd for Tyson Chandler. Sign Green.
Right now, AD or Cousins has to be on the court at all time. We need a legit 3rd big that can give them a rest. And help us keep our advantage on rebounds and interior defense.
Rondo/Nelson and Jrue/Clark +Allen/Green is sufficient at Guard. Cunningham/Miller/Green is decent on the wings until we get Solo back. Bledsoe would be a luxury at this point when we have a need for another big.
I would like Bledsoe.... But we really need to keep our picks and somehow get rookie stars on this team for cap relief. Bledsoe on a one year left on his deal after this year and looking to get paid 100+ million. We about Max Boggie... So, it's not like we can do much other than doing a one year rental. Pick is more valuable...
The team isn't generating enough profit to validate going any further into the luxury tax hole than it already is... So, I'm on the fence.