Bledsoe, Suns reach agreement on five-year, $70 million deal | NBA.com
The Phoenix Suns and restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe ended their months-long dance around one another Wednesday by reaching agreement on a new five-year, $70 million deal that will give the Suns one of the best, if not the best, three-guard rotations in the NBA.
Bledsoe had rejected the club's four-year, $48 million offer it made earlier this summer, looking for a max deal. Phoenix rejected that notion out of hand, starting a staredown that lasted most of the summer and threatened to carry over into the start of training camp this weekend. But the club moved off its $12 million per year stance and now will pay Bledsoe $14 million annually through 2019, a higher per-year average than several of the league's top point guards have on their current deals, including Golden State's Stephen Curry, Denver's Ty Lawson and Toronto's Kyle Lowry, who signed a four-year, $48 million deal this summer.
There is no early termination clause in Bledsoe's deal, according to a source.
Congrats PHX!.. They're a team to watch again for the 2nd straight season!..
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