What to do with Bledsoe and Knight?

[bwgood77]

If not Bledsoe or Knight, who else would you guys have as our starting PG?

Nobody has realistic solutions. They just like to point out problems or dream for unrealistic solutions. Kris Dunn? I think Bledsoe will be a fine starting PG if he can stay healthy. I need to see more of Knight but he seems better as 2 guard (of course Booker is even better but at least we only have to pay Knight $56 million more after this year).

[GMATCallahan]

If we somehow land the #1 pick and get Ben Simmons I say we trade Bledsoe to build around Simmons. Having Knight and Booker to space the floor would be huge since Simmons can't shoot himself anyway. Basically have Simmons be the Point Forward and run the half court offense through him whether he is taking the bigs off the dribble to drive and kick or posting up the smaller defender. Add in a stretch 4, Tele, would like an upgrade though and that's a pretty solid start. Bring warren off the bench as the 6th man and see how that works. Bledsoe just wouldn't fit with Simmons at all. But if we don't land Simmons knight is the player to trade

Bledsoe is as good a shooter as Knight and brings a lot more intagnibles such as defense.
Bledsoe would be relieved to not carry the offense 100% of the time. Our record with Bledsoe and without him is night and day.

... well ... more like night and evening ...

[GMATCallahan]

And it's not like New Orleans couldn't use an upgrade in their playmaking... Jrue, Norris Cole and Ish?
I would trade Knight for their pick and something, depending on who is available at 5-6-7 where they'll pick. Although their playmaking wouldn't get better with another combo guard, and I don"t see anyone on their roster who would be worth for us to give up Bled.

Ish Smith has actually been with Philadelphia for the past several weeks.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/sixers/Pelicans-miss-playing-with-Ish.html

And Smith is a better playmaker than Bledsoe, anyway.

Personally, I do not see Minnesota, New Orleans, or the Lakers possessing much interest in Bledsoe. He is a far better scorer than Rubio, but Rubio's superior passing would seem to fit better on a club looking to develop Wiggins and Towns as scorers. Bledsoe is not a better playmaker than the Pelicans' Holiday, who can also score, and D'Angelo Russell's game reminds me of a young Sam Cassell. (Of course, Cassell played four years of college as opposed to one and turned twenty-four during his first month of regular season NBA games, indicating how much more 'development' needs to take place at the NBA level nowadays.) Milwaukee is still searching at point guard, but Bledsoe would not seem to be Jason Kidd's kind of floor leader, either.

Remember, too, that Bledsoe will have just three years remaining on his contract before reaching unrestricted free agency, will be coming off his third knee surgery with the possibility of a fourth before too long, and will turn twenty-seven early next season. Thus his attractiveness may be greater for a club looking to win right away rather than a rebuilding franchise aiming for the long-term future.