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Eric Bledsoe has been trying to get a max deal but being a restricted free agent has hampered him from doing so.
Here is an excerpt from CBSSports.com about the situation:
Phoenix Suns restricted free agent Eric Bledsoe has been just about silent while in limbo. On Saturday, though, in his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., he said that he’s stuck because of restricted free agency rules, via Kyle Burger of WVTM-TV.
“First off, I’m letting my agent, Rich Paul, handle it,” Bledsoe said. “I can understand the Phoenix Suns are using [being a] restricted free agent against me. But I can understand that.”
Bledsoe is the top free agent still available, but there’s not much of a market for him anymore. He went into free agency hoping the Suns or another team would offer him a max deal, and it hasn’t happened. He’s essentially right when he’s saying that the Suns are using restricted free agency against him, as there’s no way things would have played out this way if he was unrestricted.
