Bledsoe and the Suns reach agreement on 5yr deal

[Jims_Doors]

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Fuck me, JD is reporting an actual news story.

Even if it is just a pic of a tweet.

 

[lakersrule]

Straight 5-year deal. No options is what I'm seeing. Not so dumb after all holding out.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Pretty much saying they value him more than Dragic??

 

[Jims_Doors]

Fuck me, JD is reporting an actual news story.

Even if it is just a pic of a tweet.

I've done so many times on this board and this site in general.

 

[lakersrule]

 

[lakersrule]

Pretty much saying they value him more than Dragic??

I don't think so. Dragic's big opportunity will come next summer. Then we'll see how much Phoenix values him.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

I've done so many times on this board and this site in general.

 

[Davis_Mike]

Straight 5-year deal. No options is what I'm seeing. Not so dumb after all holding out.

That's $10 mil short of what he was asking for. Both parties compromised. But $14 mil < $16 mil he was seeking. It is greater than the $12 mil the Suns originally offered.

And there is still plenty of money to extend Dragic.

 

[bksballer89]

Bledsoe clearly won this big time

 

[lakersrule]

That's $10 mil short of what he was asking for. Both parties compromised. But $14 mil < $16 mil he was seeking. It is greater than the $12 mil the Suns originally offered.

And there is still plenty of money to extend Dragic.

I thought their original offer was less than $12mil per?

 

[Davis_Mike]

I thought their original offer was less than $12mil per?

It was & the Suns compromised at $14 mil per.

Suns' offer: 4/$48
Bledsoe's: 5/$80

They met in the middle it seems at 5/$70

Edit: The issue all along was his shady agent who made big promises & couldn't deliver. It was his responsibility to get a max offer for his client since that was their demand. When the offers didn't come, he started complaining that the Suns where using the RFA tag against his client.

 

[lakersrule]

If Dragic does get a nice extension starting next season, the Suns will have around half their cap space committed to just 3 PGs.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Bledsoe clearly won this big time

What was Phoenix thinking?

 

[Jims_Doors]

That's $10 mil short of what he was asking for. Both parties compromised. But $14 mil < $16 mil he was seeking. It is greater than the $12 mil the Suns originally offered.

And there is still plenty of money to extend Dragic.

He's now (more than likely) going to demand a similar deal...... if not more.

 

[lakersrule]

It was & the Suns compromised at $14 mil per.

Suns' offer: 4/$48
Bledsoe's: 5/$80

They met in the middle it seems at 5/$70

Ah, that's where I was screwed up...the length of the original offer.

 

[bksballer89]

What was Phoenix thinking?

Who knows? I hope it works out for them though.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

I've done so many times on this board and this site in general.

No creativity at all, just self-promotional build up. And yes, in my book,

*plagiarism*

Where's Heatles at to babysit and shield his lover this time around?

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Who knows? I hope it works out for them though.

I don't. Dragic to Pacers next summer baby!

We'd gladly take Rondo too, though.

 

[Davis_Mike]

I think people are forgeting that with the new TV deal, the cap is likely to get bumped up by $10 mil in the next few seasons. The Suns had $20 mil in space before this deal.

Between that & the ability to go about $10 mil over the cap if needed to resign him, the Suns should have around $25 mil to spend next season before they go over the tax line.

Now it's time to work on the Morris x2 contract extensions & set the ground work for Dragics contract next summer.