Eric Bledsoe is a professional basketball player. His career launch in the NBA dates back to 2010. He was a first-round pick of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2010 NBA Draft, but was traded to the LA Clippers, where he spent the first three years of his career. He also spent four years with the Phoenix Suns before joining the Milwaukee Bucks in November 2017.
Eric Bledsoe Biography
The baller was born on December 9, 1989, in Birmingham, Alabama. His parents are Maureen Reddick and Eric Bledsoe Sr. He was raised single-handedly by his mother and attended Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama. Among other highlights of his high school basketball career, Bledsoe averaged 20.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, and 11.5 assists per game in his senior year. He was widely considered a 5-star recruit and ranked as the 3rd best point guard in his high school class in 2009.
Bledsoe played one season of college basketball with the University of Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team. He finished his freshman season averaging 11.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 37 appearances (35 starts). His performance earned him a Sports News SEC Fresh-Freshman Team Selection among other accolades. The talented player entered the NBA Draft in April 2010, giving up his remaining three years of college eligibility.
Career Stats, Injury
Eric Bledsoe was selected in the first round of the 2010 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder as the 18th overall pick. His drawing rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers where he began his professional career.
In his first season with the Los Angeles Clippers, Bledso played in 81 games with 25 starts and averaged 6.7 points and 3.6 assists in 22.7 minutes per game. His performance earned him an NBA All-Rookie Second Team selection. However, his playing time was drastically reduced in his second season and his scoring average dropped to 3.3 points per game. He gained more playing time in his third and final season (2012-13) with the Clippers and averaged 8.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
Bledsoe was traded to the Phoenix Suns in July 2013 on a three-man deal that marked the start of his nearly five-year stint with the team. Due to multiple shin injuries, the NBA star was limited to just 43 games with 40 starts during the 2013-14 season. He averaged 17.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. He had a stellar 2014-15 season with the Suns, who made 81 total appearances, averaging 17 points, a career-high 5.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.
Despite getting off to a strong start, Bledsoe didn’tThe 2015-16 NBA season was derailed when he suffered a season-ending knee injury in December 2015. He averaged 20.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.1 assists in 31 appearances. He returned to action with the team at the start of the 2016–17 season and finished the season with career highs of 21.1 points and 6.3 assists per game.
Bledsoe only played 3 games with the Phoenix Suns in the 2017-18 season before being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in November 2017. The NBA star got regular playing time when he joined the Bucks and he played in 71 games with the team for the remainder of the 2017–18 season, averaging 17.8 3.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game. He also played in 7 games for the Bucks in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, in which he averaged 13.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
Woman, children
Eric Bledsoe is currently married to his high school sweetheart Morgan Poole. She is a licensed cosmetologist and hairstylist and also has her own line of ‘MORE by Morgan’ hair extensions.
After several years of dating, the duo announced their engagement in August 2016 and nearly a year later tied the knot. Theirs was a lavish wedding ceremony held on July 1, 2017 in Bledsoe’s hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. They have 2 children together. The couple welcomed their first child in 2012, a daughter named Ariana and their second child was born in 2015, a son named Ethan.
Salary
In 2014, Eric Bledsoe signed a 5-year, $70 million deal with the Phoenix Suns, which will last until 2019. Now, with the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA star is expected to earn 15 million dollars for the 2018-19 season after which he would become an unrestricted free agent.
Height and other body measurements
Eric Bledsoe stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm). Recognized for his well chiseled body, the NBA star maintains a weight of 93 kg. A natural playmaker, he is known to possess a combination of speed, strength and impressive ball-handling ability. He is also known to be good on the defensive side of the pitch.
