The Phoenix Suns are the talk of the town after they managed to land Bradley Beal this summer. They have the trio of Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker on their roster, and they look like one of the most talented squads in the whole league. They do not have a lot of assets, and they are unlikely to make a lot of moves anymore. But still, here are three deals that the Suns can do this summer.
Lakers’ Jarred Vanderbilt trade to the Phoenix Suns
The Lakers can offer Jarred Vanderbilt in exchange for Josh Okogie and Damion Lee. The Suns are spending a lot on Deandre Ayton and if they want to sign more players, they would either have to trade him off or sign players with less salary. Most of the players on their roster are latest signings, and they can not transfer them before we are very close to the trade deadline. The two players they are getting would be a good fit to the Lakers’ roster, which is built around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. If the Suns do not want to let Ayton go, this would be the best possible deal for them.
Breaking: The Wizards are finalizing a trade to send Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns, sources tell @wojespn.
The Suns are expected to send Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, multiple second-round picks and pick swaps to the Wizards. pic.twitter.com/e0WvUV8Ysd
— ESPN (@espn) June 18, 2023
The Phoenix Suns trade Deandre Ayton to the Spurs
The Spurs are expected to offer Doug McDermott, Devonte’ Graham, and Reggie Bullock in exchange for Deandre Ayton. Since the Suns did not use Ayton to the best of his capabilities, the other teams judged him on the basis of what he did for the Suns resulting in a less than expected valuation of the player. They are still getting 3 decent players in his return, and this trade is likely to go through the Spurs would be happy to do it since they need somebody to pair with Victor Wembanyama.
Phoenix reached out to Dallas about a potential sign-and-trade for Kyrie Irving earlier in the offseason, per @IanBegley
“Dallas, presumably, wasn’t interested in what the Suns offered at the time. If the Mavs were blown away by the offer, logic says that Irving would be a Sun… pic.twitter.com/TOG9AtLUBM
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 20, 2023
The Phoenix Suns trade Deandre Ayton to the Knicks
The Suns may choose to send Ayton to the Knicks in exchange for Evan Fournier and Mitchell Robinson. The Suns have enough offense on their roster and if they manage to land Robinson, it would give their defense a huge boost as well. The Knicks are likely to prefer having Ayton’s offense.
Will the Suns trade for a low wage player or will they trade off Ayton? We’ll keep you updated.
