Bledsoe Trade Rumors

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The Clippers, Blazers and Cavs have all expressed interest in Eric Bledsoe. DeAndre Jordan has shown particular interest in bringing Bledsoe back to LA, where he started his career. None of them seem to have much of a chance in getting him, though. According to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, the Cavs have offered Iman Shumpert and a future 1st-round pick for Bledsoe. The Suns are instead interested in the Brooklyn 2018 pick, which would be nice, but Cleveland doesn’t seem at all interested in that idea.

I haven’t found any reported offers, as of the writing of this article, from either the Clippers or the Blazers. It’s also hard to envision any packages either could come up with that could catch the Suns’ interest. Perhaps if the Blazers were willing to offer up a package including Zach Collins and 1st-round pick, then that would do it. Since they already have Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, though, I doubt they’d be willing to give up too much.

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The Clippers have even less leeway, as the Stepien Rule prohibits them from trading a 1st-round pick until 2021. They could offer a package involving Austin Rivers and some future picks, but I don’t see that bring the Suns to the table.