TWolves to offer Bledsoe max contract

[gpap]

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/9/19/6558321/eric-bledsoe-contract-max-timberwolves-suns-trade

[D.o.s.]

Good thing they didn't use it on Kevin Love. 

[Nerf DPOY]

Meanwhile, negotiations for a max contract for Ricky Rubio still continue between Rubio and his bathroom mirror.

[Sketch5]

I thought Rubio was their guy?

Are they shipping him out? What about Lavine?

Just looked and they have 8 guards. 4 PGs if you count Lavine like some do. That would make 9 with Bledsoe.

Maybe a sign and trade?

[JSD]

They are over the cap, so I don't see how they could offer that contract unless it's a sign and trade.

[JSD]

With just days before the start of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making a final push to acquire restricted free-agent guard Eric Bledsoe in a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN.com. ESPN.com

[Who]

Big upgrade on Kevin Martin.

G: Rubio
G: Bledsoe
F: Wiggins
F: Thad Young
C: Pekovic

That is a very exciting young team.

[Moranis]

With just days before the start of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making a final push to acquire restricted free-agent guard Eric Bledsoe in a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN.com. ESPN.com

depending on what they send out I like the move.

[rondohondo]

With just days before the start of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making a final push to acquire restricted free-agent guard Eric Bledsoe in a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN.com. ESPN.com

depending on what they send out I like the move.

how much cap space do they have, and how much salary would they have to send back to Phoenix to do a S+T?

[sahara]

I hope Love punishes them without any mercy.

[Eddie20]

Big upgrade on Kevin Martin.

G: Rubio
G: Bledsoe
F: Wiggins
F: Thad Young
C: Pekovic

That is a very exciting young team.

Perhaps Pekovic is the one to go in order to open up the starting C spot for Dieng. That'll be a young, athletic, and good defensive starting 5.

[Gainesville Celtic]

If it's a 4yr/$63M deal I believe his first year salary would be $14.15M and MIN would need to send out at least $11.3M in salaries.

Assuming they wouldn't trade Pekovic and PHO wouldn't want Martin, MIN would need to get to $11M thusly:

Barea = $4.5M, 1 yr
Turiaf = $1.5M, 1yr
C. Brewer or Budinger = $4.9 or $5M, 2yr

That gets MIN to right at $11M so they'd have to either (a) swap out Shabazz Muhammad  for Turiaf or (b) S&T Robbie Hummel at ~$1.1M and include a pick.

Not sure why PHO would do this unless MIN includes a #1 -- unless they want to have $15M in expiring contracts (Barea, Turiaf, Green, The Morris Twins, Shav Randolph) to use in getting a big time player in a trade.

[D.o.s.]

With just days before the start of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making a final push to acquire restricted free-agent guard Eric Bledsoe in a sign-and-trade with the Phoenix Suns, sources told ESPN.com. ESPN.com

depending on what they send out I like the move.

how much cap space do they have, and how much salary would they have to send back to Phoenix to do a S+T?

Quick math says they'd have to send out ~11 million.

edit: beaten to it. Phoenix does it because they're not giving Bledsoe the max and he won't sign anything else. They don't want him on the QO.

[Birdman]

Big upgrade on Kevin Martin.

G: Rubio
G: Bledsoe
F: Wiggins
F: Thad Young
C: Pekovic

That is a very exciting young team.

That is a very exciting team to watch..30 wins maybe...add couple more pieces to their bench and couple of years can be really good

[Rondo9]

Big upgrade on Kevin Martin.

G: Rubio
G: Bledsoe
F: Wiggins
F: Thad Young
C: Pekovic

That is a very exciting young team.

That is a very exciting team to watch..30 wins maybe...add couple more pieces to their bench and couple of years can be really good

Unlike the Celtics.