Way to steal Michael Beasley’s thunder, Eric Bledsoe. After months of waiting and stalemating and—more disturbingly—no negotiations, Bledsoe finally reached an agreement with the Phoenix Suns that will pay him $70 million over the next five years, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski: Wait, there’s more: So much for the Suns standing firm at four [...]
September 24, 2014
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Two Dragons are better than one. The Phoenix Suns are one of the teams that have expressed interest in acquiring Goran Dragic’s brother, Zoran Dragic, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein. The team still doesn’t know on whether or not their guard Eric Bledsoe will remain with the team for next season, and if ever he [...]
September 10, 2014
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This Eric Bledsoe drama just won’t end. With the relationship between Mini LeBron and the Phoenix Suns having apparently soured, Bled’s restricted free agency has gone from formality to perplexing puzzle. Will he accept the Suns’ four-year, $48 million offer? Or will he take their $3.7 million qualifying offer, play through next season and become [...]
August 21, 2014
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Well this isn’t good. Eric Bledsoe and the Phoenix Suns’ dance around and toward each other continues. Or are they now dancing away from one another? Mini LeBron hasn’t spoken to the Suns for the last four months, according to owner Robert Sarver (via Paul Coro of The Arizona Republic): A Comcast SportsNet Northwest report [...]
August 14, 2014
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Eric Bledsoe may try to regain control of his own future. Hopefully it won’t wind up costing him lots of money. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, it appears that Bledsoe could accept the Phoenix Suns’ qualifying offer rather than sign the four-year, $48 million deal they reportedly have on the table: This is one of [...]
August 5, 2014
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Eric Bledsoe wants to get in-your-face, bathing-in-hundy-sticks, set-greenbacks-on-fire, look-mom-I’ve-made-it, just-like-James-Harden paid from the Phoenix Suns. But that’s not going to happen. Per ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard, Bledsoe, a restricted free agent, is seeking a five-year, $80 million contract from the Suns: The future of one of the most talented free agents left on the market remains [...]
July 18, 2014
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Relationships between NBA coaches and players will never be the same. Not in Phoenix at least. During an interview with kosarka.si—the english transcription of which comes courtesy of HoopsHype—Suns point guard Goran Dragic revealed that he has an unconventional relationship with head coach Jeff Hornacek: Goran Dragic: Very special relationship. We spend a lot of [...]
The NBA playoffs are almost here. Someone please explain that to most of the Eastern Conference teams please. Even those atop the standings are struggling, playing like this isn’t the most important time of the year. In the Western Conference, you have four elite teams duking it out for the final three postseason slots. Really, [...]
April 9, 2014
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This is kind of awesome. P.J. Tucker of the continuously surprising Phoenix Suns was fined $5,000 by the NBA for his second flopping offense, the league announced on Wednesday. Video of his flop can be seen below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNOwlxIi2kI Funny thing about Wednesday, though: It was also the day before the NBA’s Feb. 20 trade deadline, [...]
February 22, 2014
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As the All-Star weekend, and notably the annual dunk contest, nears everyone will once again start talking about wanting Lebron James to compete. The only problem is, he’s not interested. However some footage has recently surfaced of Lebron James holding a mini dunk contest routine for teammates after practice in Phoenix. The Heat are set [...]
February 10, 2014
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