Despite a rash of injuries and being without Kyrie Irving, Marcus Smart and Gordon Hayward (yes that still counts), the Boston Celtics are playing great basketball and hold a 2-0 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in their best of seven series. One of the reasons that the Celtics have gotten out to a 2-0 lead [...]
April 18, 2018
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
LeBron James is no doubt annoyed the Cleveland Cavaliers have the NBA’s second-worst defense. He’s definitely frustrated they’ve lost 10 of their past 12 games. He can’t feel good about how close they are to dropping out of third place in the Eastern Conference. But, more than he’s ticked off at any of the aforementioned [...]
January 25, 2018
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When the Phoenix Suns made Eric Bledsoe available—or when they were forced to make him available, whichever way you prefer to say it—two teams stood out as the best potential suitors: The Milwaukee Bucks, and the Denver Nuggets. One of these two, the Bucks, ended up snagging him for what still appears to be pennies [...]
November 17, 2017
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Malcolm Brogdon didn’t sound too excited at first when the Milwaukee Bucks traded for Eric Bledsoe. Sure, the reigning Rookie of the Year and the inbound floor general play the same position, so there was that to consider. But he was also close with Greg Monroe, who was flipped to the Phoenix Suns as part [...]
November 13, 2017
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Eric Bledsoe has only been a member of the Milwaukee Bucks for, like, a half-second, and he’s already underrated Giannis Antetokounmpo. Speaking with ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes after his trade from the Phoenix Suns, the point guard referred to Antetokounmpo as a top-10 player: “You’ve seen him,” Bledsoe said of Antetokounmpo. “I’ve watched him play like [...]
November 9, 2017
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Remember Eric Bledsoe’s very public proclamation on Twitter about wanting to leave the Phoenix Suns? The one that sent the NBA universe into a frenzy? The one that got him exiled from the Suns? The one that eventually got him traded to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday, as first reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe and [...]
November 8, 2017
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It appears the Eric Bledsoe saga in Phoenix has come to a merciful end. According to Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe of ESPN, the Suns have agreed to trade Bledsoe to the Milwaukee Bucks for Greg Monroe and the Bucks 2018 1st Round Pick. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/927920904037916672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This is an incredible deal for the Bucks as [...]
November 7, 2017
Anou Enright
Ryan Bawek
Eric Bledsoe trade watch is getting pretty boring. The Phoenix Suns have made it clear they have no plans to rush a trade, but most thought they still might hammer something out by now, if only to distance themselves from this public relations wart altogether. Bledsoe himself seems to have believed this would all be [...]
November 6, 2017
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Well, those Eric Bledsoe-for-Reggie Jackson rumors certainly didn’t last long. They started on Thursday afternoon, with The New York Times‘ Marc Stein noting the Detroit Pistons could have interest in striking a deal for Bledsoe: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/926121458438496256] [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/926122277179133952] Soon after that, Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto brought word that the Pistons had delivered an official offer [...]
November 3, 2017
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Things have gone south with the Phoenix Suns and Eric Bledsoe and appear to be irreconcilable at this point as Bledsoe hasn’t practiced or been with the team in over a week. While Suns General Manager Ryan McDonough says there is no rush to trade Bledsoe, the Suns would prefer to get a deal done [...]
November 1, 2017
Anou Enright
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