The Sportings News’ Sean Deveney has spoke to a source that says the Sacramento Kings may be looking to reunite former Kentucky teammates DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe.
The Kings, one source said, are expected to express interest in Bledsoe. While Sacramento has been buried in rumors involving center DeMarcus Cousins, a league executive said the Kings have been far more focused on improving the point guard position. The Kings started Darren Collison at the position, but would like to move him into a backup role. And if Sacramento keeps Cousins, bringing in his former Kentucky teammate and good friend surely would help to keep him happy.
The more likely scenario, though, will have the Suns approaching the Bledsoe situation with patience. There is more cap space available out on the free-agent market this summer than there is talent, and that could leave some teams desperate by mid-July, when the first wave of top free agents signs, and few players are remaining.
“I would expect that to be a situation that you would be OK with extending into the late summer,” the league executive said. “There is no hurry and you have to know someone is going to be out there looking to make a move once the dust settles.”
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It sounds like Bledsoe and Cousins have a long summer ahead of them, and if I was betting right now where either one of them end up by the beginning of the NBA season, I would just spend my money on something else.
