Eric Bledsoe is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. He was selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a season with Kentucky, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He played for the Phoenix Suns between 2013 and 2017, before being traded to Milwaukee Bucks. Bled soe also participated in the 2013 All-Star Game’s Slam Dunk Contest.
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Eric Bledsoe is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. He was selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder. After a season with Kentucky, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He played for the Phoenix Suns between 2013 and 2017, before being traded to Milwaukee Bucks. Bled soe also participated in the 2013 All-Star Game’s Slam Dunk Contest. He is a member of the NBA D-League’s San Antonio Spurs and the NBA G League’s Las Vegas A.C. Lakers. He attended Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and was considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com. In September 2010, it was reported that he may have been ineligible to play his one season for Kentucky when discrepancies were found in his high school transcripts. The Alabama Public School System hired the independent law firm of White Arnold & Dowd to investigate claims that one of BledSoe’s grades was improperly changed. His algebra grade had been changed from a C to an A, thus raising his GPA high enough that he was eligible for the NCAA. In his second season, he played only an average of 11 minutes per game, with only one start, and his stats dropped. However, during his third season, his statistics ended up rising in spite of still being behind Chris Paul for most of the games that he played.
He averaged 6.7 points and 3. 6 assists and started 25 games in his first season, as a result of which he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. On July 10, 2013, Blessoe was traded with teammate Caron Butler in a three-way trade with the L.A. Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks that sent the Suns’ Jared Dudley and the Bucks’ J. J. Redick to the Clippers with two different second round picks going to the Bucks. In the Suns, he hit his first ever winning shot in an 87-84 home game against the Utah Jazz on November 19, 2013. He would miss six games before returning with 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 steals in a 112-101 victory against the Jazz on December 29, 2013 and scored a then-career-high 28 points in a 116-107 win against the Sacramento Kings on December 19,2013. He scored in double digits 20 times, including four games with at least 20 points. In four NCAA tournament games, he averaged 15. 3 points and set a Kentucky school record of eight made three-pointers in an NCAA tournament game against East Tennessee State in scoring a career-high 29 points. Despite being a natural point guard, he often filled the shooting guard role playing alongside fellow freshman John Wall. On April 7, 2010, he declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three seasons of collegiate eligibility.
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