The Phoenix Suns needed a star. Eric Bledsoe just needed an opportunity.
When the two sides came together this summer in a three-team, four-player trade, it seemed like a match made in heaven. Even if the on-court relationship looked years away from a meeting with basketball's pearly gates.
But the Suns didn't acquire Bledsoe for what he could bring to the court this season. Any thoughts of a hasty rebuild after the Steve Nash era were squashed during last season's 25-win campaign.
Bledsoe was brought in for what he could add to this franchise's future, which is still very much a mystery, but it looks brighter by the day.
Replacing a legend is an impossible task, and it's one even the biggest Bledsoe supporter wouldn't thrust upon him. But bringing star power to an organization that spent last season without it is a challenge the Kentucky product is more than ready to undertake. In fact, the process is already well underway.
Barren Desert
Before examining which items Bledsoe can cross off of Phoenix's checklist, we have to remember the situation that he jo ...
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Eric Bledsoe the Right Star to Usher in Phoenix Suns’ New Era
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