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Amazing he gets a max offer from a team with Rubio currently on the roster.

Oh.. and that they offered max.
 
I like the offer for Bledsoe.

**** Rubio and just go for the ultra athletic lineup with Wiggins/Lavine/Bledsoe
 
Cy said:
I like the offer for Bledsoe.

**** Rubio and just go for the ultra athletic lineup with Wiggins/Lavine/Bledsoe
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That it is. Insanely athletic.. wow.

Can't shoot? Fine, they clog the middle and we just jump over they asses.
 
Rubio hasn't been the same since the ACL injury....


But I would be worried about giving Max to Bledsoe who's had a history of injury as well though... tough call.
 
PKM said:
That it is. Insanely athletic.. wow.

Can't shoot? Fine, they clog the middle and we just jump over they asses.
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He can shoot way better than Rubio.

It's not like Lavine or Wiggins are terrible 3pt shooters either. They won't have much midrange game at all though.
 
Cy said:
He can shoot way better than Rubio.

It's not like Lavine or Wiggins are terrible 3pt shooters either. They won't have much midrange game at all though.
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Yeah.. sorry, I'm a sloppy seconds poster.
 
Eric Gordon Eric Gordon Eric Gordon. That's the thought growing through every GMs mind this summer.

I would have rather sniped EB and that underpaid ex-Pacer thug than paying up on Hayward.

This franchise has zero patience. They need to hire a mining exec like Ira Rennert to teach the basics. **** copying the Spurs "model". Let's get some real suits in the Radiation Building.
 
^Greg, since you're reading here now, hire me as GM so I can teach your dumb *** about hunting value. You can keep DL on as the face of the franchise, that's fine... I'll be the background guy showing you how to build a nasty squad chuck full of perennial underdog contenders that will fill the stadium and sell t's. Do you realize how much value you've thrown up on the last two seasons?
 
franklin said:
^Greg, since you're reading here now, hire me as GM so I can teach your dumb *** about hunting value. You can keep DL on as the face of the franchise, that's fine... I'll be the background guy showing you how to build a nasty squad chuck full of perennial underdog contenders that will fill the stadium and sell t's. Do you realize how much value you've thrown up on the last two seasons?
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I like this version of you better than the toe-the-company-line franklin.
 
franklin said:
Eric Gordon Eric Gordon Eric Gordon. That's the thought growing through every GMs mind this summer.

I would have rather sniped EB and that underpaid ex-Pacer thug than paying up on Hayward.

This franchise has zero patience. They need to hire a mining exec like Ira Rennert to teach the basics. **** copying the Spurs "model". Let's get some real suits in the Radiation Building.
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Add Gilbert Arenas and Amare Stoudamire to the list.
 
Kind of mad Bledsoe didn't go to the Wolves. I think that would have been a fun team. Not a fan of the Dragic/Bledsoe pairing at all for the long-term for the Suns. Way too much money to tie up in an undersized back-court.
 
I'd be interested how much Bledsoe would have received on the open market next year, assuming the new cap is $67M, he getts a 4 year max with 4.5% raises compared to his 5 year $70M.
 
BTP said:
I'd be interested how much Bledsoe would have received on the open market next year, assuming the new cap is $67M, he getts a 4 year max with 4.5% raises compared to his 5 year $70M.
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Less money because the market will be more saturated and he will probably get injured again.
 
Cy said:
Less money because the market will be more saturated and he will probably get injured again.
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I don't know. If you think Rose, he'll be injured again. If you think Wade, he'll exceed his value and you let him drop once he hits 30 because his knee will be done by then.

If I use Hayward's base year salary that represents the max if I'm not mistaken, Bledsoe would get a $70M max contract for four years provided the salary cap surges up to $70M next summer.

So basically he forfeited on his QO of $3.7M for job security in this summer and not having to find a max contract suitor next summer.

A $70M cap although requires the league to already include portions of the new TV contract into the 15/16 salary cap. If it stayed at the prognosticated $66.5M Bledsoe would be getting $66.5M over four years at 4.5% raises which conincidentally is the same amount as the cap represents again ;)

So basically he's giving up potential 0-3.5M Dollars provided there's someone willing to pay him the max. Tough negotiation result for Phoenix, who didn't manage to convince Bledsoe to take a paycut for early job security.

I personally don't think that result will be horrible for the Suns if Bledsoe can stay healthy over the majority of his contract. Given how Phoenix operated once Nash got old and developed an chronic injury and how on point they had been with the rapid decline of Stoudemire, I think their medical staff prolly knows that he's going to be okay unless some unrelated freak injury occurs.
But they'll be quick to trade him towards the end of his contract to avoid paying some bad knee jerk into his 30s ;)
 
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