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Offer Bledsoe a huge deal on July 1st

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Hedda Gambler

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On July 1st, we should offer Eric Bledsoe a hefty frontloaded deal, with something like 14-12-10-10 for for years. This would pay him 11,5 per year for 4 years and is a ****load of money. It may be too much money for him, but this move accomplishes several things:

If he signs it and Phoenix don`t accept, we have a very good player on our hands. Our own cap room for the next couple of years will not be a problem as we most likely won`t be targeting big name free agents. If Phoenix match, they only have cap room to offer Hayward around 10 million.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
On July 1st, we should offer Eric Bledsoe a hefty frontloaded deal, with something like 14-12-10-10 for for years. This would pay him 11,5 per year for 4 years and is a ****load of money. It may be too much money for him, but this move accomplishes several things:

If he signs it and Phoenix don`t accept, we have a very good player on our hands. Our own cap room for the next couple of years will not be a problem as we most likely won`t be targeting big name free agents. If Phoenix match, they only have cap room to offer Hayward around 10 million.
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And Burke backs him up, I presume? Seems we'd be better served front-loading a different position.
 
Expect Bledsoe to be offered a 4 year max offer. His meniscus troubles will limit his earning possibilities for his next contract only. Maybe it's also 5 years as the Suns don't have any other rookie who looks like a possibility for the franchise player slot.
 
the Suns GM, Ryan McDonough has said multiple times they will match any offer. he thinks Dragic - Bledsoe is as good as any backcourt in the league
 
Phoenix offering Hayward an enormous contract would be far more disastrous to them than signing Bledsoe to that contract would be.
 
I see the angle you're trying to play with this, unfortunately that's not how most GMs work. Would be a sly move though to force the Suns hand to match just to tie up their cap space.
 
Someone else will offer bledsoe a big contract that pheonix will have to match anyways...... so no need for us to
 
fishonjazz said:
Someone else will offer bledsoe a big contract that pheonix will have to match anyways...... so no need for us to
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Lindsey can at least call his agent at 12:01 and tell him the Jazz would like to offer Bledsoe a MAX deal. Even if he doesn't sign an offer sheet, the agent calls Phoenix to tell them his client has a MAX offer on the table and it will take close to that for 5 years for Bledsoe to re-sign with Phoenix. Jazz have the financial freedom to bring in a MAX player, so we either get Phoenix to spend their cap space or get a helluva player we can still afford to have for 4 years.
 
Core4 said:
Lindsey can at least call his agent at 12:01 and tell him the Jazz would like to offer Bledsoe a MAX deal. Even if he doesn't sign an offer sheet, the agent calls Phoenix to tell them his client has a MAX offer on the table and it will take close to that for 5 years for Bledsoe to re-sign with Phoenix. Jazz have the financial freedom to bring in a MAX player, so we either get Phoenix to spend their cap space or get a helluva player we can still afford to have for 4 years.
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I think the max is too much for bledsoe (especially with trey and alec in the roster for much cheaper and a chance to draft smart or exum) and even though we have the money to spend, i still think we should be smart with it and only pay guys what they deserve
 
Hedda Gambler said:
On July 1st, we should offer Eric Bledsoe a hefty frontloaded deal, with something like 14-12-10-10 for for years. This would pay him 11,5 per year for 4 years and is a ****load of money. It may be too much money for him, but this move accomplishes several things:

If he signs it and Phoenix don`t accept, we have a very good player on our hands. Our own cap room for the next couple of years will not be a problem as we most likely won`t be targeting big name free agents. If Phoenix match, they only have cap room to offer Hayward around 10 million.
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I like the way you've applied game theory here.... need you on DL's staff
 
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