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Suns and Bledsoe relationship "irreparable"

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Would a sign-n-trade for Bledsoe be possible? I imagine Phoenix would receive some nice offers but I would trade Matthews, Wright, and Leonard (close to $13M) for Bledsoe if it's allowed. Bledsoe is the elite perimeter defender the Blazers need. He can guard the other teams best guard while Dame can switch 1-2 on offense. Bledsoe's not the shooter that Matthews is, but he's a much better defender, penetrator and finisher at the rim. We do sacrifice some shooting but Dame and Batum are plenty capable of picking up the slack, and I think it benefits us to get to the FT line more which Bledsoe attacking will achieve. Phoenix and Hornacek are said to value shooting, which they get in Matthews and Wright. The are also a little shy at the 2 and 3. Leonard could be sold as the Wario to Alex Len, insurance as Len continues to struggle with injuries. If Phoenix would agree, I would do this deal. The one caveat is Matthews being a fan favorite, not to mention LaMarcus Aldridge's best remaining friend and stalwart of the team. Dame-Bledsoe-Batum-LA-Lopez with a bench of Blake-McCollum-Barton-TRob-Kaman sounds nice. We still have Freeland-Claver-Crabbe to round out the roster and pick up 2 more vet minimums.