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Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #60 on: December 22, 2014, 01:05:18 PM »

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Replace Thomas with Bledsoe and you have a deal

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #61 on: December 22, 2014, 01:19:04 PM »

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Replace Thomas with Bledsoe and you have a deal
That is highway robbery. Gotta pay more than that for Bledsoe.

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #62 on: December 22, 2014, 01:33:16 PM »

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Replace Thomas with Bledsoe and you have a deal
That is highway robbery. Gotta pay more than that for Bledsoe.
Bledsoe gets paid twice as much.  Thomas is lower-risk and pretty good value at $6.5M.

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #63 on: December 22, 2014, 02:18:32 PM »

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I'd gladly do it.  I think IT would be a good guard off the bench since both Bradley and Smart can guard 2s.

I thought that it had long been established that Bradley can't guard 2s because of his lack of height.  He's fine against Monta Ellis, size-wise, but not someone like Joe Johnson, Wade, Kobe, or even Jimmy Butler.  It's just too much of a mismatch.

Bradley can handle himself against big 2 guards well enough that I don't think it is that big of an issue.  In most cases his reach makes up for his lack of height.  Only stronger guards with good back to the basket games give him trouble, and the only ones that I can think of are Joe Johnson and Kobe. 

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #64 on: December 22, 2014, 02:50:43 PM »

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Without hesitation. The Suns wouldn't.

On the surface maybe, but I was checking their boards and they obviously like Wright over Plumlee, especially if Len isn't quite there yet. They also are starting to see the limitations of the 3 point guard plan as it puts Dragic out of position often and requiring bad defenders or smaller guards to cover the other teams perimeter guards.

I saw Thomas, Plumlee, and Tolliver for Bradley and Wright. About even and helps both teams.
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Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #65 on: December 22, 2014, 03:15:58 PM »

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The complaint now for Suns is that Dragic is relegated to sitting in the corner waiting for a kick-out 3 while Bledsoe and IT create in pick n roll so he is not being properly used.  Bradley would be a perfect fit for that role.  We could benefit from trading for any three of their guards since they can create off the dribble better than Bradley and fit Brad Stevens offense better.   

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #66 on: December 22, 2014, 04:46:45 PM »

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I'm not sure I'm really strong enough to flip Brandan Wright.
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Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #67 on: December 22, 2014, 07:22:13 PM »

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I'd throw in the Cleveland pick(with some kind of protection put on it) to get this deal done.

Re: Would you flip Brandan Wright for Isiah Thomas?
« Reply #68 on: December 22, 2014, 08:33:52 PM »

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The complaint now for Suns is that Dragic is relegated to sitting in the corner waiting for a kick-out 3 while Bledsoe and IT create in pick n roll so he is not being properly used.  Bradley would be a perfect fit for that role.  We could benefit from trading for any three of their guards since they can create off the dribble better than Bradley and fit Brad Stevens offense better.
If I were the Suns, I play Dragic as the primary playmaker, Bledsoe as the slashing/defensive 2, and IT as the spark plug 6th man.  I don't see how they subtract from one another.