SirStefan32
Krycek, Alex Krycek
I think one of the problems is that none of the guys we've had, except for Ennis, have been true PGs. Its like Jeff has forgotten one minor detail about his playing days with the Jazz - his running mate was one of the best pure PGs in the history of the league. And there was never any question that Stockton was the man in charge.
I wouldn't say its impossible to have two combo guards working together on a contending team but, IMO, Eric and Goran never came up to that level and it seemed to be a rather fragile pairing - well, I suppose there's some hindsight in saying that, in light of the denouement. But I was uneasy and I thought it was mistake to break the bank retaining Bled. (In order to justify paying them 28 million they'd have be a lot better together than they were last year, and that seemed improbable to me.)
I didn't foresee the problems that would ensue from adding IT, but I it did something worthwhile to my way of thinking - IMO, Goran would not last long enough to be of much use by the time the team could contend and given Sarver's feeling about him, he'd have paid him at least as much as Bledsoe and for as many years. Goran wanting to leave was the only way out.
Unfortunately we seem to have leapt from the frying pan into the fire in acquiring Brandon Knight - and losing Ennis in the deal. Without Ennis how is Jeff ever going to see that a real PG is what the team is lacking? He may not have seen it with him but, at least, it was possible. We have a couple of months to see whether Bledsoe/Knight can surpass Bledsoe/Dragic and also reach harmony but I think its highly improbable - they're both young guns who want to be 'the' man.
What I fear is that McD will pay Knight next summer in spite of the results of the pairing.
IMO, Ennis was the best player - for the Suns, at least - involved in that deal but thats another, sad story.
With the exception of the last sentence, I completely agree with your post (I think it was Dragic, but I do see your point.)
When the Suns acquired Bledsoe, two people here pointed out it would not work for the very reasons you listed, and while I understand the fans on this board not seeing what those folks saw, I cannot understand how McD and Hornacek didn't see it. How anybody cannot see the difference between Stockton/ Hornacek or Johnson/ Hornacek pairing on one hand and Bledsoe/ Dragic or Bledsoe/ Knight pairing on the other is beyond me.