[Guide] September 25th, . After a long negotiation period, Bledsoe finally reached an agreement with the Phoenix Suns. The two parties signed a five-year contract worth 70 million US dollars today.
As a fourth-year point guard, the signing of Blood Cloth is likely to form a demonstration effect in the league. The closest player to him is Thunder’s super sixth man Reggie Jackson.
Reggie Jackson
Jackson has been paying attention to the renewal of players in a similar situation to him this summer. Jackson is very similar to Bledsoe, and now he can only get a four-year, $6 million contract from the Thunder.
The well-known reporter Darnell Mellberry also thinks so, “Jackson has been paying close attention to the renewal of players who face the same situation as him this summer. If Bledsoe signs a maximum salary contract, it will be very important to the Thunder.
It has a direct impact on the future of the Sixth Man.”
Although Jackson is only a third-year student, his situation is similar to that of Bledsoe. If the Thunder fails to renew Jackson’s contract this summer, he will become a restricted free agent after the end of next season.
Perhaps compared to Bledsoe’s leadership position in the Suns, Jackson’s status in the Thunder is relatively low. The two seem to be on the same level, but the statistics of the two are very similar. Jackson looks like he surpasses Bledsoe.
In the first three years of his rookie career, Jackson averaged 8 points, 2.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 19.3 minutes per game, with a PER of 14.3. In the first three years of his career, Bledsoe averaged 6.7 points in 19.6 minutes per game.
Assists 2.6 rebounds, PER value of 13.6.
If you only look at the performance of the two in the third year, Jackson is even better than Bledsoe.
If the Thunder let Jackson become a restricted free agent next season, they are likely to trade through a sign-and-trade approach. The Thunder have a long-standing habit of giving up role players, such as James Harden, Kevin Martin and Jeff.
-Green and the like, because Jackson’s role in the Thunder is not as important as Bledsoe’s in the Suns, and the Thunder are not afraid of losing him.