If Bledsoe is willing to go to small markets, I think there are some good options.Mori Chu wrote:What about a Bledsoe trade to Boston for Rondo? Or what other moves would be potentially intriguing?
Atlanta: Payne would be a terrific fit as stretch forward with 3pt range and defense, and was given heavy consideration by the FO at #14. This would be an ideal candidate for a three way trade since they are under the cap and also have Teague. Too bad Millsap is an expiring, but if they were into making a move for Bledsoe I guess they'd be envisioning a core of Bledsoe-Horford-Millsap.
Maybe Sacramento, with the Cousins connection, but I want nothing from them but Stauskas and picks. Fillers like Terry-Williams-Thompson-Landry(god forbid) would be needed. Only the first two are expiring.
Milwaukee: already been discussed. They have Knight, Henson and other pieces/filler like Zaza-Ilyasova-Mayo-Delfino. Zaza is still a decent backup C, and Delfino is expiring. The other two were awful last season and you would have to bribe me with multiple picks to even consider them.
Indiana makes sense if they'd be willing to pay Bledsoe to start a new project in the wake of PG's injury. A deal centered around David West could be a solution for both franchises, as well as the players. The problem is that Indiana's guys are quite expensive. 2/24PO for West, 8M per for George (let alone Hibbert at the max, but supposedly the Suns don't want him). If it wasn't for his salary, George could complement well Dragic and IT3, and West of course fills a need. Ennis would have minutes available there, if they were willing to give up a lotto protected 1stR.
Houston is said to have real interest, but the most they can offer is TJones/Motiejunas, a pick or two and fillers. They also have Nick Johnson. I'd be worried about sending quality to a western conference team that already has Harden and Howard, injury concerns aside. In this case a third team would have to provide something that elevates the Suns win-now chances, otherwise I wouldn't deal with the Rockets.
Boston-LAL if they were ready to give up Smart/Randle, but I doubt it, and in the Lakers case we could be hurting the 2015 pick.
NY could make a play but that would mean giving up their 2015 cap space, and would have to be a really complex scenario since they'd need to end up under the apron (~81M). Besides, their only real assets are future picks.
Too bad the Magic addressed their PG need via draft. I'd absolutely love Tobias Harris.
