The Suns Reportedly Sent Eric Bledsoe Home After His ‘I Don’t Wanna Be Here’ Tweet

The Suns have done the impossible and taken over the title of being the NBA’s biggest disaster from the Chicago Bulls, a team who had a practice fight that left one player hospitalized and another suspended for eight games prior to the season even starting.

After a second 40-point loss in three games, the Suns fired coach Earl Watson on Sunday while point guard Eric Bledsoe took to Twitter to request a trade. Bledsoe’s tweet wasn’t possible to misinterpret, as he simply said, “I don’t wanna be here.” This led DeAndre Jordan to stump for his old teammate to “come home” to Los Angeles and the Clippers.

The Suns’ very active Sunday was among the strangest days we’ve seen an NBA franchise have in quite some time, and on Monday there was, unsurprisingly, some fallout from Bledsoe’s tweet. He, in a way, got his wish to not be there, as the Suns sent him home from the arena and he will not play on Monday against the Kings.

As for Bledsoe, he seems pretty pleased to not have to play with the Suns tonight.

One would expect this means a trade will be happening sooner than later, as Bledsoe and the Suns are clearly past the point of no return with regards to him coming back to the organization. As for what will be out there for the talented point guard, that will depend on how much Phoenix fights to get real value for him when it’s clear they have little leverage and need to get him out.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Suns have put out calls to a number of teams in an effort to unload Bledsoe.

We will almost assuredly have our first big trade of the new season sometime this week, as Bledsoe gets shipped out of Phoenix, ending their contentious relationship. As Bobby Marks noted, it’s very rare for trades to happen this early, but, you know, it’s also rare for coaches to get fired this early.