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Eric Bledsoe has renewed contract talks with the Suns over recent days, The Arizona Republic reports.

Bledsoe has renewed contract talks with the Suns over recent days, The Arizona Republic reports.

Analysis:

Bledsoe has been a restricted free agent since July 1, but with the Suns unwilling to meet his request for a max-level contract, the two parties have been in a lengthy stalemate, especially since no other team has extended Bledsoe an improved deal from the four-year, $48 million offer sheet he rejected from the Suns back in July. As a result, the 24-year-old Bledsoe now appears poised to remain with the Suns and ink a one-year, $3.7 million qualifying offer by the Oct. 1 deadline for him to do so. That would make Bledsoe and unrestricted free agent next summer, when he would figure to draw significant interest on the open market as a potential franchise point guard. Despite knee surgery and a shin bruise limiting Bledsoe to just 43 games (40 starts) last season, the dynamic combo guard flourished in the Suns' two-playmaker backcourt, averaging 17.7 points, 5.5 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in 32.9 minutes. In advance of this season, should Bledsoe remain in Phoenix, he can be expected to continue to start next to fellow guard Goran Dragic, with exciting offseason signing Isaiah Thomas anticipated to provide fantastic production as the team's sixth man and third guard option.

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