Ok, just got done listening to Gambo (Link in the spoiler).
I hate to say, i have to agree with him. A few things i took away from the show:
Love how he called Shultz out on his BS. Him and his dad are in good with Watson, and thats where he was getting his limited info from. Watsons out, and so Shultz is now just throwing **** to the wall and hoping something sticks.
Despite what Shultz said, we are still talking to the Bucks.
Now, the Brandon Knight thing. I wish the "Search User Posts" function was working here on RealGM, because i brought up Knight the day Bledsoe tweeted. Look, he played great in Milwaukee. We trade for him and he was just ho-hum for the rest of that season. Thats to be expected, going to a new team with a new system that you're expected to run (Specially out of position). 1st full season with us and he did great! Bledsoe was out for the year, so Knight was able to actually finally play PG, and put up like 20/5/4/1. Sure his percentages could be better, but still pretty good for his 4th season playing. I mean, let us also not forget, Knight was a celebrated Kentucky player!
SEC All-Freshman Team, First Team All-SEC; SEC Freshman of the Year, First-Team All-SEC, SEC All-Freshman Team.
Along with his HS credentials:
McDonald's All-American (2010)
Gatorade Athlete of the Year (2009)
2× Gatorade National Player of the Year (2009, 2010)
So he has the track record that shows he can be a great player. So why then has he been considered a failure here in Phoenix? Simple, HE IS NOT A SG! Sure, he is considered a shoot first PG, but thats a lot different than a SG. With the ball in his hands he can create more and get himself better shots (Hitting a higher FG% than being stationary in Watsons offense). His 1 season as our PG, he did pretty damn good. His season and a half as our SG, numbers down across the board with his %'s taking a major hit.
Look, he is 25, still under contract, and has negative trade value around the league, so we are pretty much stuck with him. If we can turn him into a usable PG than that $13M a season becomes a steal. He has pretty much been **** on since he's been here, but has also taken everything in stride, and just soldiered on. If anyone follows him on twitter or instagram, you saw how hard he was working on his game during the entire offseason. I say next season we might as well give him a chance and throw him the keys.
Let James/Ulis/Booker finish out the season. We dont really NEED a PG in return for Bledsoe. Get the best package available regardless of position.
I think I saw him as an extra in the old 90's Jordan commercials " who is Johnny Kilroy" 