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The cult of Eric Bledsoe 

Post#1 » by mkwest » Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:04 am

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The full effect of Bledsoe can be experienced only when the clock’s running, because Bledsoe is fueled by live basketball -- the super-animated stuff we see in the NBA. Most players expend energy when they’re asked to chase people around and sprint the floor and collide with enormous bodies and leap every five seconds for one reason or another and occasionally land awkwardly on thick wood or men holding large cameras, but not Bledsoe. He actually gets stronger, faster and more lethal as he chews up the floor at warp speed.

As a result of this peculiar immunity, Bledsoe has become the NBA’s newest cult hero, the kind of player who causes viewers to talk at their LCDs and to insist that non-fans in the house come into the room to witness this pure testimony to basketball.


There are few better ways to obtain cult status than to be denied rightful playing time. The #Free hashtag begins to surface before a player’s name, as it did in that series for Bledsoe, who played seven and six minutes respectively in the Clippers’ Game 2 and Game 5 losses. With Randy Foye struggling on both ends and Bledsoe’s influence obvious, what started out as a clarion call became a full-fledged campaign for Bledsoe among fans as well as management, which fed the coaching staff the numbers.

Seven months later, Bledsoe has a devoted, even fanatical following. He’s the rare NBA player who is a darling to both statheads who value data and basketball mystics who live for the improbable. The overlap between “daredevilish” and “efficient” in the NBA Venn Diagram is a small space, but Bledsoe resides there -- and his niche appeal is becoming something much larger.


Maybe one day, an uncertain situation will call for an unknown quantity. In the meantime, Bledsoe presides as the NBA’s most exciting novelty act. The scarcity of his court time lends even more appeal to his pursuit of thievery, mid-air suspension, driving jams and the general chaos that invariably triggers those outbursts of spontaneity -- moments more conducive to risk than control.


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Post#2 » by mike3 » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:46 pm

Love Bledsoe. Worried a lot that he's gonna leave us for a starting role though.
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Post#3 » by mj_shoefanatic » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:07 pm

He'd be good trade bait if we plan on getting younger at the 2 or 3 spot later on down the line.

Would hate to see him go out like that tho.
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Post#4 » by thanumba2clippersfan » Sat Dec 15, 2012 5:01 pm

Bledsoe has become on of my favorite Clippers. When this happens the player usually leaves the team. I hope we can find a way to keep him.
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Post#5 » by TheNewEra » Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:03 pm

try amd keep him long term maybe start at the 2 and then send Butler to the bench when Hill retires and get a 3 that can shoot the ball very well line up next years unit

Paul/Draft PG
Bledsoe/Crawford
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Griffin/Barnes(resign)/Thompkins
Jordan/Vet min/Vet min
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Post#6 » by Angel strike1 » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:34 am

one of my favs.

was saying we should bench cp3 and start him vs the spurs in the playoffs :)
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Post#7 » by Quake Griffin » Sun Dec 16, 2012 5:17 pm

if we sign Chris to a 5/108 contract.

OJ Mayo can opt out next year and I think he will
Monta Ellis can opt out but I doubt he will.
Thabo is an FA in 2014

Players I want but can't have...but id still try to make a deal for:
Iman Shumpert
Kawhi Leonard
Aaron Afflalo


any of these options more appealing than extending bledsoe and putting him at the 2 to you guys?
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Post#8 » by Angel strike1 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:18 am

Quake Griffin wrote:if we sign Chris to a 5/108 contract.

OJ Mayo can opt out next year and I think he will
Monta Ellis can opt out but I doubt he will.
Thabo is an FA in 2014

Players I want but can't have...but id still try to make a deal for:
Iman Shumpert
Kawhi Leonard
Aaron Afflalo


any of these options more appealing than extending bledsoe and putting him at the 2 to you guys?




no thanks on the black hole known as ellis :lol:
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Post#9 » by azncorruptedo17 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:47 am

what kind of offer sheets do you guys think eb12 would get? i'm thinking 4yr/40some-mill like dj... i wonder how much we can afford, maybe we can convince him sign an offersheet we can match :P then tell him he's gonna get a max contract once cp3 is old xD
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Re: The cult of Eric Bledsoe 

Post#10 » by RB11 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:57 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:if we sign Chris to a 5/108 contract.

OJ Mayo can opt out next year and I think he will
Monta Ellis can opt out but I doubt he will.
Thabo is an FA in 2014

Players I want but can't have...but id still try to make a deal for:
Iman Shumpert
Kawhi Leonard
Aaron Afflalo


any of these options more appealing than extending bledsoe and putting him at the 2 to you guys?


I think the Magic would entertain the possibility of Bledsoe for Affalo. May have to throw in another player to make the numbers work, like Crawford, but I believe the magic would really think about doing it.
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Post#11 » by Quake Griffin » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:42 pm

RB11 wrote:
Quake Griffin wrote:if we sign Chris to a 5/108 contract.

OJ Mayo can opt out next year and I think he will
Monta Ellis can opt out but I doubt he will.
Thabo is an FA in 2014

Players I want but can't have...but id still try to make a deal for:
Iman Shumpert
Kawhi Leonard
Aaron Afflalo


any of these options more appealing than extending bledsoe and putting him at the 2 to you guys?


I think the Magic would entertain the possibility of Bledsoe for Affalo. May have to throw in another player to make the numbers work, like Crawford, but I believe the magic would really think about doing it.

makes a lot of sense.
gives us a decent sized 2, good defender, can shoot.
the magic get their PG of the future and trade jammer to back up on some contender.

bledsoe can't hurt us...he can get a max deal.

clips fill in the back up PG role with a capable player....jarrett jack?


would be the toughest decision I'd ever have to make.
but whew that deal would intrigue me a whole lot
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Post#12 » by jdm_dc_fan » Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:02 am

Eric Bledsoe/Matt Barnes for Jeff Green/CLee. Do it
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Post#13 » by mkwest » Tue Dec 18, 2012 4:25 am

jdm_dc_fan wrote:Eric Bledsoe/Matt Barnes for Jeff Green/CLee. Do it


Heeeeeell nah :lol:
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Post#14 » by Angel strike1 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:11 am

RB11 wrote:
Quake Griffin wrote:if we sign Chris to a 5/108 contract.

OJ Mayo can opt out next year and I think he will
Monta Ellis can opt out but I doubt he will.
Thabo is an FA in 2014

Players I want but can't have...but id still try to make a deal for:
Iman Shumpert
Kawhi Leonard
Aaron Afflalo


any of these options more appealing than extending bledsoe and putting him at the 2 to you guys?


I think the Magic would entertain the possibility of Bledsoe for Affalo. May have to throw in another player to make the numbers work, like Crawford, but I believe the magic would really think about doing it.




crawford as a throw in. lol
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Re: The cult of Eric Bledsoe 

Post#15 » by og15 » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:12 am

jdm_dc_fan wrote:Eric Bledsoe/Matt Barnes for Jeff Green/CLee. Do it

Someone in the Clippers front office would have to really like Boston for this to happen
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Post#16 » by mj_shoefanatic » Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:44 am

Any trade scenario involving Aaron Afflalo or Kawhi Leonard should be looked by our FO.

Again would hate to see #MiniLebron go but for either of those two guys I wouldn't complain.
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Post#17 » by Hawaii » Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:06 am

That would suck if y'all lost Bledsoe, he's a special player for the Clips.
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Re: The cult of Eric Bledsoe 

Post#18 » by madmaxmedia » Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:44 pm

I think time is on our side right now. Every year that passes I think his trade value goes up.

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