Eric Bledsoe

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Basketball player
Eric Bledsoe
Eric Bledsoe

Bledsoe in January 2018
Player information
Nickname Mini LeBron
birthday 9th December 1989 (age 30)
place of birth Birmingham , Alabama , United States
size 185 cm
Weight 97 kg
position Point guard
High school AH Parker High School
college Kentucky
NBA draft 2010 , 18th pick , Oklahoma City Thunder
Club information
society Milwaukee Bucks
league NBA
Jersey number 6th
Clubs as active
2010–2013 Los Angeles Clippers 2012 → Bakersfield Jam (D-League) 2013–2017 Phoenix Suns Since 2017 Milwaukee BucksUnited StatesUnited States
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Eric Bledsoe (born December 9, 1989 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is an American basketball player who is currently under contract with the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA .

Career

college

He played for the University of Kentucky Wildcats in his college career , but mostly as a shooting guard , not point guard , his preferred position. When he moved to the NBA, he had averaged 11.3 points in one year for the Wildcats.

NBA

Bledsoe was selected in the 2010 NBA Draft as the 18th  pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder and shortly thereafter transferred to the Los Angeles Clippers . At the end of his first season he was elected to the All-Rookie Second Team . In 2012, Bledsoe was briefly loaned to the Clippers farm team , the Bakersfield Jam . However, he remained a backup of Chris Paul . Because of his athleticism and spectacular style of play, Bledsoe was also called "Mini- LeBron " during his time with the Clippers .

Bledsoe in the Clippers Jersey (2011)

After a strong third year in which he scored 8.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, Bledsoe was transferred from the Clippers to the Phoenix Suns on July 10, 2013 . On his debut, he supported the team with 22 points, 6  rebounds and 7  assists in a 104: 91 win over the Portland Trail Blazers . With the Suns Bledsoe finally achieved the breakthrough in the 13/14 season . He increased his statistical values ​​to 17.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In the summer of 2014, he received a contract extension of 70 million US dollars for five years.

After another good season with the Suns, he injured himself on the meniscus in his left knee in the 15/16 season , with which he could only complete 31 games for the Suns. Until then, he had played his best season individually with 20.4 points per game. He returned from his injury in the 16/17 season . While the season did not go particularly well for his team, the Suns, Bledsoe was even able to improve his individual values ​​from the previous year. He also scored more than 40 points in his NBA career for the first time this season. He did this three times during the season.

At the beginning of the 17/18 season, Bledsoe publicly complained about his team, the Phoenix Suns, via social media . As a result, Bledsoe was traded by the Suns to the Milwaukee Bucks a few weeks later . In return, the Suns received Center Greg Monroe , as well as a protected first-round and second-round pick for the 2018 NBA draft .

Web links

Commons : Eric Bledsoe  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Philipp Jakob: Eric Bledsoe weakens against the Toronto Raptors: Mini-LeBron goes astray. In: Spox.com. mediasports Digital GmbH, May 23, 2019, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Bledsoe living up to 'Mini-LeBron' alias
  3. ↑ Suns and Bledsoe Reach Multi Year Deal
  4. ^ Bledsoe Surgery Update
  5. ↑ | Bledsoe Stats ; basketball.realgm.com; Accessed November 9, 2017
  6. ↑ | Bledsoe Social Media Complaint ; spox.com; Retrieved November 9, 2017
  7. ↑ | Bledsoe Trade to the Bucks ; espn.com; Accessed November 9, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bledsoe, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mini LeBron (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , Alabama