The Phoenix Suns have landed point guard Eric Bledsoe in a three-team trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
As Wojnarowski notes, sharpshooter J.J. Redick will be moving to Los Angeles to join forces with Chris Paul and Doc Rivers after signing a four-year, $27 million deal in a sign-and-trade:
One of the more interesting aspects of this trade is that it came together extremely quickly, according to Wojnarowski:
Redick averaged 14.1 points, 3.8 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game while shooting 36.6 percent from beyond the arc in the 2012-13 season, splitting time between the Orlando Magic and Milwaukee.
As for Bledsoe, he was originally in the conversation as part of the proposed mega-deal between the Clippers and Boston Celtics, according to Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com, but that trade never came to fruition.
Los Angeles was still able to acquire head coach Doc Rivers from Boston, per Sam Amick of USA Today, and only had to give up an unprotect ...
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Eric Bledsoe Dealt to Phoenix Suns In Reported 3-Team Deal With Milwaukee Bucks
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