Eric Bledsoe Poll

[Neon Black]

I would rather have Bledsoe as our starting PG than Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley, and Earl Watson. I would rather trade a guy who's gone anyway for someone with the upside of Bledsoe than relying on the crapshoot that is the draft.

You realize there's a good chance we won't have a high enough pick to get Smart, Carter-Williams and possibly even Burke (who would be a #25 pick in a solid draft anyway). And even if we do get one of those guys, they're not going to be starting for 2-3 years.

Would I rather have Bledsoe than Chris Paul, Russel Westbrook or Kyrie Irving? No. But they're sure as hell not coming here anyway. I see little risk or downside bringing Bledsoe in for Millsap.

You can ask a question in the context of a complete magical vacuum if you want, but the fact is that there are many, many factors to consider and the answer to this question is completely contingent upon those factors. If you asked this on the Cavaliers forum they'd obviously say no.

[Inigo Montoya]

It's the wrong question to ask, because you don't get to drive a BMW for nothing.......

not really, because we aren't getting bledsoe for nothing, i think we can all agree on that.

No one really knows how Bledsoe would do as a full time starter......

no, but we did see what he did this year when he got the chance and the results were less than stellar. his team lost a bunch. the results weren't great when he started in previous years as well.

And it certainly depends on what kind of pieces he has around him.....

the jazz can't have a more talented and deeper team than the one he had this year anytime soon. and they lost. quite a bit.

If we have to gut our team to get him, that's one thing, if all we're giving up is someone who has no future here anyway, that's a completely different situation...... Things don't exist in a vacuum...

nobody is talking about gutting the team. but to get him just because we are afraid we'll get nothing out of millsap... well, bledsoe's value is considered to be quite high. if all it takes for us to get him is millsap and some fillers, then we can probably get a good return on millsap from other teams as well. the only way i'd be ok with a bledsoe deal is if we get an asset for millsap to flip later on.

[Inigo Montoya]

I would rather have Bledsoe as our starting PG than Mo Williams, Jamaal Tinsley, and Earl Watson. I would rather trade a guy who's gone anyway for someone with the upside of Bledsoe than relying on the crapshoot that is the draft.

You realize there's a good chance we won't have a high enough pick to get Smart, Carter-Williams and possibly even Burke (who would be a #25 pick in a solid draft anyway). And even if we do get one of those guys, they're not going to be starting for 2-3 years.

Would I rather have Bledsoe than Chris Paul, Russel Westbrook or Kyrie Irving? No. But they're sure as hell not coming here anyway. I see little risk or downside bringing Bledsoe in for Millsap.

You can ask a question in the context of a complete magical vacuum if you want, but the fact is that there are many, many factors to consider and the answer to this question is completely contingent upon those factors. If you asked this on the Cavaliers forum they'd obviously say no.

i'm not entirely sure that the PG we'll draft (if that happens) won't be a starter. mo, tinsley and watson are likely gone at the end of the year. and given how the clippers performed under bledsoe as a starter, him running the jazz long term is more scary to me than taking a chance on the draft. letting him be a starter long term is a crapshoot as well.

i don't think this question is asked in a vacuum. there are other PGs out there who i think are obtainable and will do a better job of running this team than bledsoe, even if we don't factor in the draft.

getting him for millsap is good value overall because he is a good player, but i don't think he'll run this team better than mo or tinsley even though he has more physical tools and more talent. so would i mind if we got him instead of a player who is likely gone at the end of the year? no, as long as we flip him later.

[blackham9258]

If it is just Millsap I do it. I actually think just Millsap is fair for the Clippers as well. Everyone knows that Bledsoe won't be resigning with the Clippers and going for a championship is huge for Chris Paul resigning and Millsap both prevents San Antonio from getting Millsap/Jefferson and helps them against the top competitors in the west.

I am actually surprised that OKC hasn't tried to get in on Millsap... it would be trickier with the size of their contracts that would be thrown in but it would work with OKC too and we would likely get multiple firsts.

After doing this deal I would also search for a place for Jefferson. I would like to see if NOLA would give up Anderson for Jefferson.

The thing I like most about this deal is that it gives us huge tradeable assets for the future out of an expiring deal.

[RyanStorm]

Bledsoe is a good player, but I am not 100% sure whether he is our future guy. He is probably the best PG that we could get at this point. For his actual yearly price, its a bargain compared to Mo and his 9 million.

I don't care how many great PG's there are, half of them are un-reachable, and the other half are gonna cost a lot.

Bledsoe costs less than Watson, but were going to give up Millsap, and were unlikely to get anything else in the deal, and more likely to give up something like a draft pick.

[RyanStorm]

Honestly I would do it, if Millsap for sure won't return...cause if he is gonna leave anyway and leave us 8 million in FA space, might as well give him up for 2 million worth of Bledsoe, who is probably the best PG we can get.

If it were me, I would give away Watson and Millsap to LAC. If Bledsoe and Burks work out, we can use Millsaps space and Mo's space next year for any FA we want.