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    Suns, Eric Bledsoe Far Apart In Talks

    Yeah, I am also surprised a little bit why people are getting upset over this situation. It is summer. It doesn't really matter, as far as the team is concerned, whether he signs now or later. He is not skipping out on practices, because there aren't any yet. He is not preventing the Suns...
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    NBA Considering Draft Wheel System To Eliminate Lottery

    Here's how I see it. Does a team who is genuinely bad need a very high draft pick in order to get to a level where it can compete for a playoff spot? This level of improvement can be easily accomplished with lower picks, smart free agent pickups, trades, coaching, and team effort alone. You...
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    Suns, Eric Bledsoe Far Apart In Talks

    He may very well try, but it would be foolish for the Suns to offer such a deal. If you are going to lose him after one year without compensation, might as well force him to take the qualifying offer.
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    Suns, Eric Bledsoe Far Apart In Talks

    That's just speculation on his part, but obviously it's a possible scenario. I do wonder if the Suns have a contingency plan in place should that happen, because that will leave them significantly below minimum salary requirement with 14 players already under guaranteed contracts.
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    Suns, Eric Bledsoe Far Apart In Talks

    The money his agent is looking for is just ridiculous for a player who is half a season removed from being a backup point guard, and who, in that half a season, hasn't really improved to a level that would indicate he is on the cusp of becoming a perennial all-star (like, say, Harden was in his...
  6. Griffin

    Present depth chart

    Actually it is 13 now. Rule changed 2 years ago.
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    2014 Suns Free Agency

    Which makes you wonder why they would be pursuing him at all, unless the rumors were false. Of course, as we have witnessed, having depth at a certain position does not appear to discourage Suns from purusing other players at the same position should an opportunity arise. Yes, a big should be...
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    2014 Suns Free Agency

    As has been reported, the Suns are/were making an attempt to sign Luol Deng, although reportedly Miami is now favorite to land him. So it appears the Suns top free agent targets, after James, were Thomas and Deng. Or perhaps something has changed in the Suns' summer plans, Suns the news of the...
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    Isaiah Thomas To Suns

    Right, but I can't imagine there would be no other teams willing to offer him a starting spot at that kind of money, given that he has been starting, and producing, for the past two seasons.
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    Isaiah Thomas To Suns

    Definitely good value. Had a very good PER last year. But, I do have to wonder why he would want to move back to a bench role when he was a starter last year, playing 35 minutes a game. Seems like a step back, career wise. Unless, of course, he has good reason to believe he will start soon...
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    Lebron Opts Out/Becomes Free Agent

    So Cleveland has now, what, 4 former first overall picks on their roster? How horrible and lucky does a franchise have to be to collect four of those in 12 years.
  12. Griffin

    Suns to sign PJ Tucker

    But verbal agreements count against the cap just as if he already signed.
  13. Griffin

    What happens to Wade?

    Well, there is a bit of a difference in that he has been in Miami much longer, spent his whole career there in fact, was largely responsible for bringing James and Bosh to town, and probably feels some level of loyalty to the team. For Wade to leave, I think it would (or at least should) be a...
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    Report: Suns Eliminated From LeBron Sweepstakes

    Honestly, I think it's mostly Suns fans, local media, and a whole lot of wishful thinking that has "kept" us in the race. I would not be surprised if the idea of playing in Phoenix didn't even cross his mind.
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    James in Phoenix?

    Ideally that's how it would work, yes. But then there was that little incident with McDyess...
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    James in Phoenix?

    If James' agent is really pushing for him to return to Cleveland, then the Suns hopes of signing him, however feeble, pretty much flew out the window. I can imagine his agent portraying other viable options, such as Phoenix, in a negative light, in hopes that if he does choose to leave Miami...
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    Ok .... Here We Go ..... Bucks To Make An Offer To Eric Bledsoe

    Not necessarily. The earliest Bledsoe could sign an offer sheet with another team is July 10th, so the earliest the Suns would be forced to match is July 17th. By then we will likely already know where all the big name free agents will sign.
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    Ok .... Here We Go ..... Bucks To Make An Offer To Eric Bledsoe

    Making an offer is one thing, accepting it is another. I can't imagine any player willfully wanting to play for Kidd, or in Milwaukee.
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    James in Phoenix?

    From what I recall, they made him an offer on the first day. The plan was abandoned when the offer was rejected.
  20. Griffin

    James in Phoenix?

    Yeah, it's always good publicity too. In fact, had the Suns not been publicly "pursuing" James, having all this available cap space, they would be heavily criticized by media and fans alike.
  21. Griffin

    2014 Suns Free Agency

    I could be wrong, but I don't believe a team has to have the cap space in order to make a contract offer. The Suns wouldn't actually renounce anyone until said offer was accepted.
  22. Griffin

    James in Phoenix?

    When you think about it, James can play for whatever team he chooses. If he expressed interest in playing for a team without cap space, that team would find a way to create that cap space, whatever it took. So, in reality, for him to come here, he would have to choose to play for the Suns...
  23. Griffin

    Summer League 2014

    I think Plumlee willl almost certainly play in the summer league. He hardly played his rookie season and he wasn't on the Suns summer league roster last year.
  24. Griffin

    Thoughts on this draft...

    We've been hearing how great and deep this draft was going to be for a long time, so it is a bit disappointing that, when all is said and done, the Suns wind up with seemingly no impact players, no high-ceiling potential future perennial all-star. Part of it is obviously due to their success...
  25. Griffin

    What would you give for Kevin Love

    It just occurred to me that if Love leaves the T-Wolves this summer, the Suns may never see that first round pick owed to them. It is top-12 protected next two years before turning into a 2nd round pick. I don't see Minnesota outside of top 10 without Love. This year might have been the only...

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