Bledsoe and Suns reach 5 year, $70 million deal

Greatness · Post #1 » by **Greatness** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:46 pm

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Doddage · Post #2 » by **Doddage** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:49 pm

Yikes.

Illmatic12 · Post #3 » by **Illmatic12** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:49 pm

Boo.. come on Phoenix, have some balls

Destructor · Post #4 » by **Destructor** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:50 pm

Wow Phoenix buckled.

Guy986 · Post #5 » by **Guy986** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:51 pm

All i can say is Bledsoe's got a better agent than Monroe.

Poor poor Greg Monroe. The biggest loser of this NBA offseason.

Blame Rasho · Post #6 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:52 pm

The stupid contracts never end

2Chainz · Post #7 » by **2Chainz** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:52 pm

All those little guards

Boarder Patrol · Post #8 » by **Boarder Patrol** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:53 pm

They have all the leverage and still buckle and give a bad contract?

SmoothKobra · Post #9 » by **SmoothKobra** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:53 pm

Great signing.

Scalabrine · Post #10 » by **Scalabrine** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:53 pm

Man Bledsoe was good in the 40 games he played but damn. That could be the crippler for the Suns. Reminds of the Eric Gordon deal (who the Suns also gave out but N.O. matched...stupidly.)!

marcush · Post #11 » by **marcush** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:56 pm

Well played Rich Paul.

tmorgan · Post #12 » by **tmorgan** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:56 pm

Bledsoe is a very good player, but that's a ton of cash for a guy that is extremely unlikely to have healthy knees in a couple years.

Monroe, who the Pistons stonewalled, is a good player (not as good as Bledsoe), but he's never had a significant injury and plays in a way that's much less likely to lead to problems.

Interesting choices by both franchises.

red32 · Post #13 » by **red32** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:56 pm

9th seed here we stay...

Illmatic12 · Post #14 » by **Illmatic12** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:57 pm

Not that Bledsoe is a bad player, but I can't think of a worse player currently on a 5yr ~max deal

mademan · Post #15 » by **mademan** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:57 pm

Rich Paul strikes again. Tristan Thompson is gonna get a max contract

Guy986 · Post #16 » by **Guy986** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:57 pm

Boarder Patrol wrote:They have all the leverage and still buckle and give a bad contract?

Not only that but they have 4 PGs on the roster, 3 of whom would get big minutes on just about any team in the NBA.

Dragic
Bledsoe
Isiah Thomas
Tyler Ennis

They didn't NEED to give Bledsoe a 70 million contract. Especially after all this posturing and negativity and PR war. Who is running the Suns? David Kahn's ghost?

dorkestra · Post #17 » by **dorkestra** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:58 pm

This was Phoenix realizing other teams might value Bledsoe this highly (at least Minny). Saw what happened with Monroe. Didn't want to lose him for nothing. If the cap goes up as planned, this isn't so bad. At the very least this is a tradable contract in their minds. I could see him gone within the year. Unless he gets injured .

Kabookalu · Post #18 » by **Kabookalu** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:58 pm

Klay Thompson's max contract doesn't look as bad anymore. Not that it's good, but not as bad.

RSCD3_ · Post #19 » by **RSCD3_** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:01 pm

marcush wrote:Well played Rich Paul.

They all called him a fool but he got a better deal, maybe the guy has one ounce of talent after all

Still made by LeBron but I doubt LBJ was at the negotiating table

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mademan · Post #20 » by **mademan** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:01 pm

I wonder if the GM's are (Please Use More Appropriate Word) (probably) or if they know something about the cap jump that we don't know. There's been a lot of overpayments this summer.