After being traded by the Pelicans to the Grizzlies, people are looking forward to the 31-year-old Bledsoe being able to show the role of a veteran in the Grizzlies, but for the Grizzlies, they have no intention of staying with Bledsoe. Since Bledsoe has two years left to pay a total of $37.51 million, the Grizzlies hope to cut Bledsoe, thereby further freeing up the team's salary space.
After being traded to the Pelicans last season, Bledsoe has obviously entered an important turning point in his career. Although the Pelicans are quite different from the strength of Bucks , Zion and Ingram are both players with high basketball talent. If Bledsoe can play like that in the Bucks, then the Pelicans have a great hope to become a new force in the league. However, in the game last season for the Pelicans, Bledsoe averaged only 12.2 points and 3.8 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 42.1%, setting a career low in nearly eight years.
In fact, for Bledsoe, his development has not been smooth in recent years. Although Suns were regarded as the leader of the team in , the Suns' goal of rebuilding was contrary to Bledsoe's goal of entering playoffs , and Bledsoe finally left the team angrily. After joining the Bucks, although Bledsoe was selected as the Bucks' best defensive team with his outstanding performance and was regarded as the Bucks' championship puzzle, over the past few years, Bledsoe has not really integrated into the Bucks' tactics. Seeing that he had just been traded to the Bucks and won the championship, Bledso naturally felt uncomfortable.
Since Bledsoe no longer has too high trading value, the Grizzlies are likely to buy out and lay off employees in the subsequent time. Once this happens, then for those teams that are determined to compete for the championship, Bledsoe is still a good choice for the team to sign up. Especially for a team like , Lakers, , which has little salary space but is in urgent need of fresh blood, it is a good opportunity to sign.
0 It is well known that the Lakers want to strengthen the back line this offseason, especially when Schroder asks for a high salary, and Caruso is likely to be snatched away by other teams, the Lakers' back line is almost in a vacuum state. If Bledsoe can be obtained, then the Lakers' back line will be greatly supplemented, and the Lakers have long been interested in Bledsoe, and now it is a good opportunity.
Although Bledsoe performed poorly last season, his breakthrough can create more open spaces for outside players, and Bledsoe's three-pointer can also become a stable scoring point for the outside. What is particularly important is that Bledsoe has excellent defensive ability, and the Lakers lack players in the backcourt who can score but also provide efficient defense. Bledsoe just meets the Lakers' needs today.
There is news about Bledsoe joining the Lakers in the past two seasons. After all, he is the same agent as James , and Bledsoe also wants to join the Lakers to taste the championship. If the Grizzlies can become beautiful and the Lakers successfully introduce Bledsoe, then they will be more confident that they will once again strive for the championship in the new season.
