RealGM claims Suns trying hard to move Bledsoe

[JCSunsfan]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/246394/Suns-Attempting-To-Trade-Away-Eric-Bledsoe

Does this mean they are interested in drafting Fox? I could see trying to add Fox and Butler. I sure hope we take Jackson if he is there.

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

As far as I can tell,this rumor is dubious at best.

I was on Twitter a lot yesterday watching for basketball rumors. The Chicago Tribune, listed as the source, had an article that essentially said (and I'm paraphrasing to the best of my ability) "The Suns are trying to unload Eric Bledsoe's unwieldy contract of 2 years, $29.5 million."

It stood out to me as a patently absurd statement.

Minutes later, articles like this Realgm came out.

Since then, the cited Tribune article says only the following, making me think they changed the original sentence once an editor with some sense got ahold of it:

"The Suns, who own the fourth pick, are trying to offload some unwieldy longterm, deals as part of any trade package, sources said."

(The comma usage is not my own!)

A lot of these rumors get started with a writer from a "credible source" saying something without credibility and then writers with no credibility at all writing sensationalized reports based solely off a sentence of rampant speculation.

Most of them are easy to discredit if you just go back and read the source article.

 

[Mainstreet]

I doubt if this rumor is true, but if the Suns were trying to create a market for Fox at #4, this might be the way to do it.

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

Yeah...I don't doubt we are open to trading Bledsoe. I just think the idea of him being viewed as a salary dump in a "report" is insincere and/or ignorant. His contract is a plus right now.

Of course, one of the main reasons I am open to trading him is that his next contract is not likely to be favorable. If I thought we could keep him here for a reasonable amount of money, then great. But that's not happening unless these next two years go very poorly for him...

My hope is that the Suns are contenders in three years and going forward. Hard to imagine that with Bledsoe as our highest paid player.

 

[Mainstreet]

Yeah...I don't doubt we are open to trading Bledsoe. I just think the idea of him being viewed as a salary dump in a "report" is insincere and/or ignorant. His contract is a plus right now.

Of course, one of the main reasons I am open to trading him is that his next contract is not likely to be favorable. If I thought we could keep him here for a reasonable amount of money, then great. But that's not happening unless these next two years go very poorly for him...

My hope is that the Suns are contenders in three years and going forward. Hard to imagine that with Bledsoe as our highest paid player.

I don't think the Suns trade Bledsoe unless he is a key piece in bringing a star to the Suns. Now if the Suns draft and keep a PG at #4, this may foretell another story.

Bledsoe is the opposite of a salary dump. He is playing his best basketball. I too do not see the Suns throwing huge dollars at him nor another team in two years. Maybe he might get paid well on a short term contract.

 

[Chaplin]

This "rumor" may be directed towards Sacramento. If they are indeed high on Fox - this essentially says we are going to take him at #4. Smokescreen.

 

[devilalum]

"The Suns are trying to unload Eric Bledsoe's unwieldy contract of 2 years, $29.5 million."

This sounds like somebody is mixing Bledsoe and Knight. Bled's contract seems like a bargain to me. Knight's contract is an Albatross.