Bledsoe

[Nyce_1]

Hey guys,

Just curious to know how much value you put on Bledsoe and what you think your FO would seek in a trade for him.

Thanks.

[LOJ]

He's not going anywhere. Bledsoe is highly valued by the Clippers.

[scoobs07]

He is highly valued by the Clippers, but I wouldn't say he's not going any where. The Clippers are fortunate to have some other guards (Billups/Crawford) that are capable of handling the back up PG duties. If the right deal came along, Bledsoe could be part of the package. The kid is 21 years old, has a freakish wingspan and a good defender, crazy athletic, could be the fastest player in the league. He came through bif time in the playoffs, made a lot of shots. Honestly, I think he could end up being a Russell Westbrook type player. I could see him averaging 18ppg,8apg,5rpg and 2.5spg. He's a potential first team all NBA defender, he gets a lot of steals and shuts down opposing guards. Due to his athleticism and wingspan, he could guard twos and even threes. Sky's the limit for this kid.

[SacSanity]

I'm unsure why Clippers fans hold Bledsoe to such a high standard. IMO very overrated. If you can package him for an improvement why not do it.

[og15]

When you have high paid players, all the good cheap players you have are valuable because not everyone wants to pay luxury tax.

[mkwest]

I'm unsure why Clippers fans hold Bledsoe to such a high standard. IMO very overrated. If you can package him for an improvement why not do it.

You may not be a fan of him and his game, which is fine. We recognize the holes and shortcomings in his game. He has to show if he'll ever become starter worthy or if he is just a quality player to provide a spark off of the bench.

The fact of the matter is that he is the only young and cheap prospect of value that we have remaining. We're not going to just toss him into a deal for marginal improvement. We have 2 more seasons out of him on an inexpensive contract and to be mentored by the likes of Paul and Billups. He's already shown himself to be our best perimeter defender and has improved as a passer. If he can learn anything from either of those 2 pg's, then his value increases even higher to both the team and on the market.

There has to be something that simply blows the FO away to make a deal at the present time, anything else would be foolish.

[mj_shoefanatic]

Bledsoe is far from untouchable but with the departure of Mo and possibly Foye I find it hard to think he can be considered expendable. There is a reason why he wasn't included in the CP3/New Orleans player swap. I'm sure glad he's on our team that's for sure.

[Method28]

Imo Bledsoe could be just as good as Rondo. Rondo has the ups in his passing ability and vision, but Bledsoe has the ups on D (which is saying a lot.) Bledsoe has the ability to block shots and is a great help defender.

I wouldn't move Bledsoe if i'm the Clips unless it's for a HUGE improvement at the Center or SF positions.

http://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/204440789688926208

Marc Stein: AND Clips pumped up Eric Bledsoe's trade value even higher than it was. "Everybody wants an athletic PG like that," said one admiring GM

[azncorruptedo17]

i can see bledsoe have a boost in mins, especially end game since crawford doesn't play a lick of defense. lol

cp3/bledsoe defensive combo is better than most backcourts can handle, and if eb improves his spot up shooting [remember he shot 60% in college on catch and shoot situations from the 3] then it won't be an issue at all. he's just short, but makes up with his quickness and strength i think.

[RiversideClips]

What arethe Clippers doing w/ Bledsoe & Travis Leslie? We don't need any more Guards, we need BIGS!
Leslie, after Summer ball should be running the show in BField along w/ Trey and the be evaluated (value) at the All Star Break. Bledsoe needs to play to improve, he was great the last 1/3 of the season in the 2nd half.
Why do we want or need the cat fromthe Nets, if we have Crawford? We need Bigs!!

[og15]

Still need a backup SF, Caron is not the SF of the future, and Billups might only have one year left on him. In a years time, Brooks can fill in as a backup SG and SF who is on a rookie contract. In two years time, he could be a cheap starter at SF. One can't just think short term, have to look big picture.

Also, he is an asset that can be used to get a big in the future. Let's say Odom doesn't work out. Next off-season, one can look to package Brooks for a guy like Channing Frye (not a real scenario, just saying). There's never anything wrong with having fairly young assets.

Trading for Brooks isn't counter-productive to getting a big man. I hope the Clippers are looking well at Mahinmi as his talents seem to fit well with the players in the team. The BAE should be used on him,mans one can call it an off-season.

[LOJ]

Thing is, Brooks isn't a SF, guy is wayyyyyyyy too skinny

[og15]

He can at least be a backup SF though, I mean as of now, if not Odom, what's the plan, play Crawford as backup SF, or give Gomes minutes? Is he significantly skinnier than Young (of course he's shorter and doesn't have as much length)?

It depends on the interest in him arounnd the league, but I see him as a guy in can possibly use to move a player that doesn't work out. For example let's say Caron Butler still plays poorly this season, sending a team Brooks to take on Butler's last year could work for them.

Butler's last season production wouldn't be hard to replace considering that Matt Barnes produced better than him and made $6 million less. So in a scenario like that, he's pretty good to have.

He makes $1.2M, that is less than the vet minimum for guys that have been around for a while, which is about $1.3M. He has team options for the next two seasons after this, maxing out at $2.3M. Send a top 20 protected pick, since he was the 25th pick, and that seems reasonable.

[mj_shoefanatic]

Thing is, Brooks isn't a SF, guy is wayyyyyyyy too skinny

Ronnie Brewer isn't skinny. I sure wish we could add Brooks, Brewer and (Nazr)Mohammed to replace Young, Foye and Martin's minutes.

[awaywehappened]

Brooks is actually longer than Swaggy but he just doesn't try on defense.
Could actually be a beast if he just had the effort :/

[og15]

Thing is, Brooks isn't a SF, guy is wayyyyyyyy too skinny

Ronnie Brewer isn't skinny. I sure wish we could add Brooks, Brewer and (Nazr)Mohammed to replace Young, Foye and Martin's minutes.

Well can't add all three, there are barely enough minutes for another wing player on this team.

Currently when everyone is healthy, between PG/SG/SF, there are 144 minutes and Paul, Billups, Crawford, Bledsoe, Caron, 5 players at the positions.

Paul (35) / Bledsoe (13)
Billups (26) / Crawford (22)
Butler (27) / Other wing (17) / Crawford (4)

Total:
Paul (35)
Butler (27)
Billups (26)
Crawford (26)
Other Wing (17)
Bledsoe (13)

That's about the best case scenario one can figure out to make everyone happy, and Bledsoe probably isn't playing enough in that situation, but there are only so many minutes available. The team can't add two wings and no big, just can't add two wings in general.

If no other wing is added, then there are 17 minutes to go around which will mean Odom playing some 3, Crawford playing some more 3 in a 3 guard lineup, and less minutes at the 2, and Bledsoe getting some more minutes at the 2.