SUNS 2014: Free Agency

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Sunsfan4life wrote:Wouldn't be surprised if we were talking to Philly about Thaddus Young. He would make sense here and Philadelphia is in tank mode again.
Young for the Morrii was discussed during the season. I was never in love with the idea but now it could be a nice option. With Frye gone there is room for one PF and we have a number of redundant/expendable pieces. I'd like a consolidation kind of move.

TJ's minutes would suffer, though.

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INFORMER wrote:S&T Bledsoe to Miami for Norris Cole and the draft rights to James Ennis, then move Cole to Houston for Motiejunas and a 2nd rounder.
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They could do a lot worse than pay Bledsoe to put next to Wade
Awesome injury potential there.
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INFORMER wrote:S&T Bledsoe to Miami for Norris Cole and the draft rights to James Ennis, then move Cole to Houston for Motiejunas and a 2nd rounder.
I know Ennis was your guy, but I think that is terrible value for Bledsoe.

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I really just look at it as getting something useful for a player I would rather let walk for free than pay a big salary.
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I think that is more hoping youre getting something useful for Bledsoe. I dont want to max the kid either, but if the s&t market is dry. I think I 'd rather pay him for 4 years and hope he evolves into a max player. Health permitting, I dont think he's far off tbh.

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I'm still pretty shocked Bledsoe hasn't been linked to anyone else yet. It would seem like a good omen for us re-signing him for less or it could mean other teams have asked and they have been told he is getting the max from us and is just waiting to sign it until we are done looking at trades.
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What would you guys think of trading for Ilyasova if all else fails? i wouldn't give up any assets for him. just trade him into our space.

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I was thinking about that today. It's nearing the time where we should be hearing *something* about Bledsoe other than "we intend to re-sign him."

I believe the Lakers & maybe Milwaukee are the only teams that could offer him the max now that Miami signed Deng.
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carey wrote:I was thinking about that today. It's nearing the time where we should be hearing *something* about Bledsoe other than "we intend to re-sign him."
It's funny, I was coming on here to post almost exactly that. I'm starting to get genuinely intrigued by what's going on with Bledsoe. Either we've got something in the works trade-wise, or we're playing a game of chicken of sorts, waiting for him to get an offer and hoping it's low enought that we're comfortable to pay it. With all the guards on our roster, it could go either way.

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my hunch is that mcdo wants bledsoe to take a max offer from any team. my other hunch is that bledsoe would rather take a max offer from a team like atlanta.
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Speak of the Devil:

https://twitter.com/NBATALK2435/status/488879191425683458


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wonder how much money he will get from the heat?

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The Heat don't have any money to spend. With Wade's cap hold, Bosh getting 20M, Deng getting 10M and the McBob and Granger contracts they can't even give him 12M per let alone a max contract for 5th year player.
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sign and trade w/ Miami for Michael Beasley :twisted:

Bledsoe in Miami makes no sense, but honestly I am really suprised that he has not gotten an offersheet... Gordon Hayward got a huge offer, and Bledsoe hasnt.. makes me think teams are not that on him... makes sense he only has had 1/2 of a good season under his belt thus far, Lowry is more proven and didnt get a max deal.
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Bledsoe will be a member of the Miami Heat next season.
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Bledsoe in Miami makes a LOT of sense. I thought I heard they re-signed Chalmers tho and with Cole & Napier the PG spot would be a bit crowded. He's much better than all those guys combined tho.
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carey wrote:The Heat don't have any money to spend. With Wade's cap hold, Bosh getting 20M, Deng getting 10M and the McBob and Granger contracts they can't even give him 12M per let alone a max contract for 5th year player.
he'll take less money to sign with the heat this year. how much money can the heat give bledsoe?

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SDC wrote:
carey wrote:The Heat don't have any money to spend. With Wade's cap hold, Bosh getting 20M, Deng getting 10M and the McBob and Granger contracts they can't even give him 12M per let alone a max contract for 5th year player.
he'll take less money to sign with the heat this year. how much money can the heat give bledsoe?
It doesn't matter. He's restricted. If he agrees to a lower offer with the Heat, we'll just match it.

I honestly think the FO did an effective job of scaring other teams away from making offers. They've played the process pretty perfectly. Now Bledsoe has no leverage.

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Its not Bledsoe, its Deng. The guy who originally tweeted the picture corrected himself.

https://twitter.com/rhertan/status/488875643619139584


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