The Suns and Eric Bledsoe have agreed to a 5-year, $70 million deal

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09-24-2014, 04:57 PM
504ByrdGang

The Suns and Eric Bledsoe have agreed to a 5-year, $70 million deal

Phx must really like injury prone guys from LA and giving them crazy money.

the writings on the wall

Congrats @EBled2
— Eric Gordon (@TheofficialEG10) September 24, 2014
09-24-2014, 05:02 PM
Eman5805

We dodged that bullet.
09-24-2014, 05:03 PM
PelsFan2313

I guess his heart was in Phoenix after all.
09-24-2014, 05:21 PM
PELICANSFAN

Wow!
09-24-2014, 05:21 PM
Pelicans_fan_504

Hopefully they will get some of the pain they put on us over the last 2 years.
09-24-2014, 05:25 PM
DroopyDawg

14 mill/yr huh? Wow.
09-24-2014, 05:30 PM
504ByrdGang

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Originally Posted by Pelicans_fan_504

Hopefully they will get some of the pain they put on us over the last 2 years.

I think the will he's had 2 MCL surgeries and removed it. All this in a short career of playing back up minutes.
09-24-2014, 06:07 PM
kinglio21093

Christ almighty.
09-24-2014, 06:53 PM
j_bones

Nice to hear they have their 6th point guard locked in. lol.
09-25-2014, 05:19 AM
CarnbY

The Jrue and Tyreke contracts just keep looking better and better.
09-25-2014, 06:45 AM
MMEmbreno

Oh lord do they have a nice crop of point guards, hands down the best group of point guards on any team in this league. I also expect Alex Len to have a big/better year along with okafor coming back who didn't play at all last year. Who thinks our record will be better than theirs? Last season roster-wise they were an under 25 win team but they sure did put it together. Add Bledsoe who was hurt, Isaiah Thomas from the kings, okafor, Tyler Ennis, and more chemistry this upcoming season, it would take a lot for this team to not make the playoffs. So if this team can do it can we? I think we have more overall talent but they are better coached and play better team defense together.
09-25-2014, 08:35 AM
AUSSIE_PELICAN

Okafor is a FA. He isn't on the Suns roster.
09-25-2014, 09:23 AM
Silverfoxx

Welp, there goes our playoffs.............
09-25-2014, 09:49 AM
504ByrdGang

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

Welp, there goes our playoffs.............

They will miss Frye SPACING and out back court can be just as good not to mention our front court is 20× better.
09-25-2014, 10:02 AM
RaisingTheBar

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxx

Welp, there goes our playoffs.............

Can't tell if serious......
09-25-2014, 12:08 PM
1ShotSniper

It will be interesting to see the contract details. Might not be as horrible as some think. What if it was something like:

Year 1: $10 mil
Year 2: $12.5 mil
Year 3: $14 mil
Year 4: $16.5 mil (team option)
Year 5: $17 mil (team option)

Again Year 1-3 price on bad legs is pretty bad but if it's slanted to the end and has team options for those years might not be super super horrible. Year 3 he will be a perfect guy to trade. So you will basically pay him $9 mil then $12.5 mil then trade him year 3 if he doesn't pan out to a team looking to dump salary for the upcoming free agency of year 4.
09-25-2014, 02:22 PM
RaisingTheBar

It's not that often you see a contract that big with team options on the back end. If anything it will probably be player options.
09-25-2014, 03:07 PM
1ShotSniper

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Originally Posted by RaisingTheBar

It's not that often you see a contract that big with team options on the back end. If anything it will probably be player options.

If it's player options they are dumb. Wait....we did that too with EG lol. I'm not an EG basher but I would not do that for EB. Player options would kill that team down the road with that contract. But maybe they are considering the new TV deals and the raised cap in the near future. Still would be sweet if it was a Team option last 2 years. I guess more criticism can be made when we see the contract details.
09-25-2014, 03:15 PM
UptownFuz504

This contract is straight 5yrs. No outs
09-25-2014, 03:17 PM
1ShotSniper

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Originally Posted by UptownFuz504

This contract is straight 5yrs. No outs

Link or post Details?
09-25-2014, 04:04 PM
RaisingTheBar

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Originally Posted by 1ShotSniper

If it's player options they are dumb. Wait....we did that too with EG lol. I'm not an EG basher but I would not do that for EB. Player options would kill that team down the road with that contract. But maybe they are considering the new TV deals and the raised cap in the near future. Still would be sweet if it was a Team option last 2 years. I guess more criticism can be made when we see the contract details.

Like I said, contracts of that size almost never have team options like on the back end. It's usually no options or a player option. Otherwise marque players wouldn't sign those deals.
09-25-2014, 04:04 PM
RaisingTheBar

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Originally Posted by 1ShotSniper

If it's player options they are dumb. Wait....we did that too with EG lol. I'm not an EG basher but I would not do that for EB. Player options would kill that team down the road with that contract. But maybe they are considering the new TV deals and the raised cap in the near future. Still would be sweet if it was a Team option last 2 years. I guess more criticism can be made when we see the contract details.

Like I said, contracts of that size almost never have team options like on the back end. It's usually no options or a player option. Otherwise marque players wouldn't sign those deals.
09-25-2014, 04:40 PM
AUSSIE_PELICAN

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Originally Posted by 1ShotSniper

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http://en.hispanosnba.com/salaries/teams/phoenix-suns
09-25-2014, 04:56 PM
UptownFuz504

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Originally Posted by AUSSIE_PELICAN

http://en.hispanosnba.com/salaries/teams/phoenix-suns

Thanks Aussie

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Originally Posted by 1ShotSniper

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See above