Eric Bledsoe Rocks

[slinslin]

may the haters shut up forever

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Bledsoe organized full team workouts including trainers in San Diego and apparently paid for the young guys.

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

That's great. I really like the positive environment being created these days. Watson has been key, but I noticed Bledsoe was ahead of the curve last offseason too. I think he's really grown as a leader.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Love it. I like seeing Bledsoe become the vet willing to lead the kids.

 

[overseascardfan]

may the haters shut up forever

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Bledsoe organized full team workouts including trainers in San Diego and apparently paid for the young guys.

What are you talking about when you say haters? People hate the fact that he can't stay healthy, no one hates his talent. It's nice that he's stepping up his leadership.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Bledsoe has always had his detractors. It doesn't mean that what they say isn't valid, which is why I don't like the term "hater".

He has been doing all the right things this off season. I am excited for him to be apart of our future.

 

[Mainstreet]

Bledsoe organized full team workouts including trainers in San Diego and apparently paid for the young guys.

I thought Tyson Chandler was doing this or something similar in California. Anyway, the more contributors the better.

A side note, I couldn't get the links to work.

 

[GatorAZ]

Nobody hates Bledsoe, they hate his knees.

 

[slinslin]

Nobody hates Bledsoe, they hate his knees.

Oh please there are a lot of irrational haters out there, particularly Dragic fanboys, who will jump on every little opening Bledsoe may give them.

Lets just think back to the contract talks and the poison spread about Bledsoe here eventhough Bledsoe never said anything bad or did anything bad.

 

[slinslin]

Looks like Len, Chandler, Tucker, Leuer, Teletovic, Jenkins and Tucker did not participate.

 

[Chaplin]

Looks like Len, Chandler, Tucker, Leuer, Teletovic, Jenkins and Tucker did not participate.

Not surprising about Leuer and Teletovic. I'm sure there agents told them it would be stupid to jeopardize their free agency like that. I'm not even sure if NBA rules allow it, if it was a team-sanctioned activity.

 

[devilalum]

Its all the young guys. The franchise future.

 

[Covert Rain]

Oh please there are a lot of irrational haters out there, particularly Dragic fanboys, who will jump on every little opening Bledsoe may give them.

Lets just think back to the contract talks and the poison spread about Bledsoe here eventhough Bledsoe never said anything bad or did anything bad.

The biggest complaint I see here is about his health. There have been other conversations about him being a legit franchise player etc. but by far the biggest complaint as been his durability. I don't consider that "hating".

 

[leclerc]

Looks like Len, Chandler, Tucker, Leuer, Teletovic, Jenkins and Tucker did not participate.

So Archie was there?

 

[Carolinacacti]

Kentucky reunion

 

[sunsfan88]

The biggest complaint I see here is about his health. There have been other conversations about him being a legit franchise player etc. but by far the biggest complaint as been his durability. I don't consider that "hating".

Yea if he was actually reliable to stay healthy and play, that'd be good. But nobody trusts him or his knees to actually do that, it's basically an imminent injury with him every season.

If he can stay healthy and play throughout the year, then yes this stuff will come in handy for team building. The NBA is a tough league and for the kids like Bender, Booker, Chriss and Ulis, they need that family bond to help them through tough times in the league.

 

[slinslin]

So Archie was there?

no from his Snapchat it looks like Archie is spending some time at his Moms home right now

 

[AzStevenCal]

I'm guilty of having over-rated Bledsoe, or at least, guilty of having overstated his potential but this forum had a lot of Bledsoe bashing that had nothing to do with his injury. How quickly people forget, I guess.

 

[leclerc]

Constant: high number of missed games, lacking effort on d

Improved: shooting, drive and dish, leadership

People who criticised him two years ago were right at the time. He has improved some parts of his game so he's getting less critique on those areas now. He's still injury prone and not the defensive stopper we thought he was when he came to Phoenix.

 

[Covert Rain]

I guess I just see a difference between criticizing a player and bashing him. We bashed Beasley. We bashed Lopez. We bashed Morris.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I guess I just see a difference between criticizing a player and bashing him. We bashed Beasley. We bashed Lopez. We bashed Morris.

And we bashed Bledsoe. Much more than Lopez, less than Beasley and much less than Morris but we definitely bashed him. Much of it had to do with him not being the board favorite, Goran Dragic.

If Bledsoe didn't smile, it meant he hated Phoenix. If he turned the ball over, that was why we lost. It didn't matter that he scored 28 points, had 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. That turnover was all that mattered (or, those 6 turnovers were all that mattered). But no one cared that Goran missed half his throws in the final two minutes.

I'm not saying that there wasn't cause for some bashing and I'm not saying every criticism was "bashing" but it's a rewrite of history to say that all we cared about was his injury. This board routinely excused Goran's shortcomings while magnifying Eric's flaws.

And yes, there's a huge difference between criticizing a player and bashing him. We bashed Bledsoe.

 

[Covert Rain]

And we bashed Bledsoe. Much more than Lopez, less than Beasley and much less than Morris but we definitely bashed him. Much of it had to do with him not being the board favorite, Goran Dragic.

If Bledsoe didn't smile, it meant he hated Phoenix. If he turned the ball over, that was why we lost. It didn't matter that he scored 28 points, had 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. That turnover was all that mattered (or, those 6 turnovers were all that mattered). But no one cared that Goran missed half his throws in the final two minutes.

I'm not saying that there wasn't cause for some bashing and I'm not saying every criticism was "bashing" but it's a rewrite of history to say that all we cared about was his injury. This board routinely excused Goran's shortcomings while magnifying Eric's flaws.

And yes, there's a huge difference between criticizing a player and bashing him. We bashed Bledsoe.

Much more than Lopez? Not a chance. Less than Morris? Don't buy that either. I know there were a couple people who were not huge fans of Bledsoe but that sounds like a massive exaggeration. I did take a small break from the Suns board so maybe I just missed it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

And we bashed Bledsoe. Much more than Lopez, less than Beasley and much less than Morris but we definitely bashed him. Much of it had to do with him not being the board favorite, Goran Dragic.

If Bledsoe didn't smile, it meant he hated Phoenix. If he turned the ball over, that was why we lost. It didn't matter that he scored 28 points, had 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. That turnover was all that mattered (or, those 6 turnovers were all that mattered). But no one cared that Goran missed half his throws in the final two minutes.

I'm not saying that there wasn't cause for some bashing and I'm not saying every criticism was "bashing" but it's a rewrite of history to say that all we cared about was his injury. This board routinely excused Goran's shortcomings while magnifying Eric's flaws.

And yes, there's a huge difference between criticizing a player and bashing him. We bashed Bledsoe.

That a gross exaggeration. I, for one, was in the opposite camp. Blamed all on dragic and a bigger fan of Bledsoe than was likely warranted. I never felt there was Bledsoe bashing as much as two camps.

 

[Mainstreet]

I think a lot of fans were tense until Bledsoe signed with the Suns as a RFA. All they had to read was tea leaves. There was nothing but silence coming from Bledsoe and his agent from the fans perspective. Also Minnesota was aggressive going after Bledsoe and seeking a sign and trade. Fans had a right to to worry until Bledsoe signed his contract with he Suns. It's natural to talk about it. However I think most fans embraced Bledsoe once he signed.

 

[Errntknght]

There was some bashing of Bled... I think it was Sir Stephan who invariably referred to him as 'an undersized SG who can't shoot.' He likely did it to counterbalance criticism of Goran and slin thinking Bled walked on water but dang it got old. Of course there were two camps... three camps, if you count the camp who did think of either of them was a good long term choice as PG.

 

[Covert Rain]

I think a lot of fans were tense until Bledsoe signed with the Suns as a RFA. All they had to read was tea leaves. There was nothing but silence coming from Bledsoe and his agent from the fans perspective. Also Minnesota was aggressive going after Bledsoe and seeking a sign and trade. Fans had a right to to worry until Bledsoe signed his contract with he Suns. It's natural to talk about it. However I think most fans embraced Bledsoe once he signed.

I think this is where most of the bashing came from that I recall. Once he signed though I agree, it seemed to die down.