Knicks Trade Rumors: Pros and Cons of potentially trading for Eric Bledsoe

Con: Injury History

If we’re strictly discussing what happens when Eric Bledsoe is active and available, he has a case to make for being one of the Top 10 point guards in the NBA. He may fall just outside of that class, but he’s as well-rounded a point guard as almost any in the Association.

What the New York Knicks will need to take into consideration, however, is the fact that Bledsoe has experienced trouble remaining active and available.

Bledsoe missed 39 games in 2013-14, and was sidelined for 51 games in 2015-16. Although the working theory is that his 16-game absence in 2016-17 was a part of the Phoenix Suns’ tank job, but it’s still worth noting that he missed time.

Unfortunately, Bledsoe’s extended periods of absence can be linked to the multiple knee injuries and surgeries that he endured.

In 2013-14, he was diagnosed with a torn right meniscus that required surgery. Two seasons later, he suffered a torn left meniscus that kept him out for most of the 2015-16 campaign.

Although his 2016-17 absence was debatable in its validity, the team’s public reason was knee soreness.

Torn meniscuses can be overcome, and Bledsoe proved as much in 2016-17, but his knees will need to be monitored.