The Suns Off-Season Plans REVEALED...

After a disappointing season where the expectations did not meet the reality for the Phoenix Suns front office players and fans, owner Mat Ishbia has spoken out about this team's plans revealed for this year's offseason. We're going to be breaking down what Mat Ishbia had to say and looking at, are these the smart moves for the Phoenix Suns or should they be doing some different things? All that and more on this episode of Suns Digest. I'm Bruce Velez before we dive in on all this Phoenix Suns news we'd like to let you guys know that around 96 percent of our viewers are not subscribed so if you guys want to make sure you stay up to date on everything revolving around the Phoenix Suns with this crazy offseason hit the subscribe button as this is the place for you without further ado though let's dive into the topic at hand make sure to grab a snack as it's going to be a jam-packed episode but the first thing that we're going to be breaking down is the Suns offseason plans ladies and gentlemen that's right like I mentioned in the introduction it was a disappointing season for the Phoenix Suns their expectations after trading for Bradley Beal and having this three-headed juggernaut monster was to win the Pacific Division and be one of the top three or top four teams in the Western Conference but unfortunately for the Phoenix Suns due to some injuries and just not having the team really all there for the most of the season and not having a really complete roster from top to bottom they finished with 49 wins but finished in the sixth seed and unfortunately got swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves so now with the offseason approaching us and with the offseason fully here now we are going to be looking at what the Phoenix Suns should do and as Mat Ishbia breaks down the offseason we have a tweet here from Michael A. Scotto who works for Hoop Sight saying on Mat Ishbia saying that the other 29 GMs across the league that 26 would like this team for their whole team their draft picks and everything is as is the house is not on fire saying that the Suns earn a great position and it's not hard to fix which I think is a little bit questionable I don't believe that all 29 teams 26 of them would trade them for the Suns roster the Suns definitely have some discrepancies having a lot of money tied up to these three players so I do think He's just trying to hype up the fans and basically just talking out of his behind over here on the disc because a lot of other teams have better draft capital, have better push for the future. But Matt Ashiba is a guy who is for the win now and win now culture only, and we'll dive into that in a little bit. But like I mentioned, we have five takeaways from the Suns' end-of-the-season interview with Matt Ashiba and James Jones, and we're going to be breaking down all of that here, looking at these five takeaways that they have for the Phoenix Suns. Let me know what you guys think down below in the comments section about Matt Ashiba's comments about this team trading 29 of the other GMs, 26 of them would take this roster. Because truly, I think that is a little bit blasphemous. But the first thing that we're going to be diving in at end is possibly Frank Vogel still gone. And like we mentioned in a bunch of our other videos, if you guys want to check them out with me and CJ or just me by myself, we kind of dive in and look at how Frank Vogel's future is still unclear. And as we look at this article, when a team with championship expectation gets the broom treatment in the first round, completely running it back isn't an option. Usually in these situations, the first name on the chopping block, or it could be the scapegoat, is the head coach. As there's been differing opinions on Frank Vogel's future in Phoenix, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and the Athletic's Shams Charania both said that the Suns would consider making a coaching change. but when Frank Vogel was asked about this he responded with I am got the full support of Matt Eshiba here and I feel confident that I will be returning so a little bit of question marks there a little bit of questionable stuff in the air now honestly what are my thoughts on Frank Vogel I think he's a great defensive-minded coach but I don't think that he can work with this offense we've had quotes where we've broken it down Kevin Durant speaking out saying how he's has been a utilized shooter in the corner not really utilized as a primary player in this offense he felt like he was thrown away as a second or third option for this team sitting in the corner and again the adjustments were not great I know the fans and myself saw it on Reddit everybody freaking out about how the fact that the Suns didn't make adjustments till late game in the third quarter or even into game four game one in game two they just stuck with their game plan and ran it back and it clearly didn't work in game one so why even try it in game two I have no idea so there are some question marks with Frank Vogel I don't believe that after his first year he should be fired I do think that there should be some other teeterings around this roster and I truly think it was a roster construction problem I do believe that I would blame James Jones for trading for Bradley Beal and bringing him in here I did not think it was going to work regardless but that's besides the fact I do think that Frank Vogel could return as a coach but with Shams and with Adrian Wojnarowski you know being those insiders and kind of dropping those hints and rumors it could be on the expectation so again we'll have to wait and see in my honest opinion I would like to see Frank Vogel come back just for one last season but who knows maybe get a younger coach get a little bit of a younger experienced coach to run this offense and that could be the solution let me know what you guys think on Frank Vogel the next one we're gonna be breaking down is no excuses and like we mentioned the Phoenix Suns they have multiple answers but no good ones for an underwhelming year they're saying that they felt like probably didn't feel like at times during Ishiba's 26 minutes availability but no one in the organization is satisfied with this season but Ishiba actually sees it as a positive that the fans are so upset with them Jones and the rest of the Suns saying that i love that people are frustrated that we didn't win the NBA championship because guess what so are we we're disappointed we want to win an NBA championship and it's one thing to win 49 games and get knocked out in the first round of the playoffs and everyone's high flying yeah that's not what we're coming in Phoenix and it makes me happy and that's something that i want to mention as well i like to hear that Ishiba is not happy obviously 49 win season is huge in the NBA but with a stacked Western Conference with a bunch of young promising teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves like the Oklahoma City Thunder at the top of the ranks and even some young teams who are kind of near the bottom the Houston Rockets were a nice young surprising team the Spurs are a team that are looking to make trades and could possibly get better with Victor Wembanyama there are a lot of changes that could be happening in this Western Conference like Matt Ishiba said there are multiple answers that they have but you know they're not going to be satisfactory they're not going to work they need to work come back and be ready to go and if we want to look at this payroll here with this team it's going to be very very difficult to move around some contracts we already mentioned the Devin Booker trades the Kevin Durant trades Bradley Beal has a no trade clause but looking after that obviously Nurkic is a contract that could be available to move maybe Nazir Little maybe a guy like Eric Gordon but we're looking at some younger guys we're gonna have to retool around the roster and try to find some changes it's definitely going to be a little bit difficult for the Suns to build that true championship roster unless they move off of one of their stars to free up some space and move off of being a second apron team the next sorry not that one the next one we're going to be bringing up is they are close and the Mad Ishiba believes that the Suns are close to winning a title speaking of belief Mad Ishiba and James Jones do not share most fans pessimism about the state of the Suns saying i think some of the narratives around our team and our organization maybe are incorrect Ishiba said my perspective is this we're in great position not a good position but a great position so Ishiba is very very confident in this team again willing handily coming back and being a top powerhouse now they did make the finals not too long ago but ever since making the finals it's been a step back step back step back and they have not seen the finals since then they tried to make these changes to the roster they got rid of eight and they got rid of Monty Williams got rid of CP last year and this was supposed to be the revolutionary roster that was supposed to bring the Suns back to that start of after trading for Kevin Durant in the middle of the season ultimately it just has not done that Do I think that this team is good with these three stars? For sure, but they definitely need better role players. They need that playmaker to set up the offense and get the game plan started, the offensive identity game plan. They also need another big man, a rebounding big. Some help down there, and they desperately need a wing for wing depth, in my opinion. I think that some guys that we talked about, me and CJ, Andre Drummond, possibly as a backup big. I know we brought up TJ McConnell as a point guard. Those are some of the guys that we like. If you guys want to learn more about some players that we like, check out our video breaking down the game for loss on the channel you guys can kind of get some insight on that and i guess there'll be more and more videos coming with that but again let me know your thoughts down below in all these comments because some of them are a little bit crazy here obviously they believe they're winning they're close to winning a title again with all these young teams just getting better and better and having all this draft capital i truly don't know if the suns are in that same stratosphere as everybody else and like the fans are thinking i'm kind of in a similar position here i don't want us to take some steps back and steps back and steps back and then boom we're still a second apron team we have no movable contracts and then we're basically just stuck in no man's land with our stars asking out that cannot happen so again they got to make some moves around the edges and yeah they could still be a comparable team they could still be a top playoff team Kevin Durant Devin Booker two of the league's best stars in a playoff scenario they're going to come up and they're going to show out for you but they have to have the team built around them to do that the next thing that we're going to be mentioning is continuity as Matt Ishiba and James Jones believe that continuity will address most of the Suns issues saying that they downplayed it on Wednesday even the higher-ups could ignore how discombobulated and discouraged Phoenix looked when adversity hit and Ishiba just had to say I just thought under stress a lot of those times you saw the lack of chemistry the lack of cohesion and the uncertainty said James Jones that's something that you believe that you have to accelerate for us as a team for our players they just need to be better at that but it comes with time and it comes with a conscious effort to rectify that which kind of what goes with what Kevin Durant had to say as well Kevin Durant mentioned the other day that teams like Boston and teams like Denver and teams like New York have all played with each other for multiple multiple years and they've all had their stars you know kind of working with their intangible guys yeah some new pieces have been added on the edges but the main cores have been you know stuck there together and for this Phoenix Suns team obviously Book, Beal, and KD this was their first year playing together and they obviously at the beginning of the year dealing with Bradley Beal's injury didn't necessarily all get to play with Booker being out for a little bit KD being out for a little bit here and there throughout the stretches this team did not get as many looks as they thought they would or as the whole NBA thought they would all three on the court which is truly why they could not play together could not get this offensive going do I think that that's fully going to change it no but having that chemistry and having that teamwork would be beneficial for this Phoenix Suns team and the last part that we're going to be bringing up is that the Suns are still willing to be able to trade more picks as we got some more news on that as do not get attached to those first round picks ladies and gentlemen for any Suns fan hoping this team starts prioritizing drafting and youth development don't hold your breath on that one with title contenders over the last decade like the Nuggets and Warriors and Spurs supplementing their established core with young talent drafted late in the first round, the Suns have largely struck that aspect of team building. If we want to look at this quote here from Evan Sidery that came out today, we can see that the Suns plan to shop the number 22 overall selection in this year's draft and their 2031 first round draft pick in trade talks this offseason, which are officially eligible to be dealt on draft night. Suns owner Mat Ishbia views draft picks as assets for established players instead of trying to develop young talent he says it looks to the it if fans look to the future and say hey i really like that 2031 draft pick because maybe the seventh grader is going to be really good and we're going to draft them and one day he's going to be a player you ain't going to like the Phoenix Suns because we're going to say draft picks are going to get good players Phoenix's 2031 pick could be one of the most valuable on the market this offseason simply due to their long term future holding at so much in the unknown and this is something that i think is a little bit concerning for Phoenix Suns fans now obviously this team wants to get better they're going to have to use that draft capital so i would expect a trade on draft night using this 22nd overall pick from the Phoenix Suns here to possibly move up or even get a decent player maybe attaching it alongside one of their younger stars if you want to look at the payroll possibly a guy like David Roddy or maybe even a guy maybe even a guy like Drew Eubanks or possibly even a guy like Josh Okogie even though I really do like Josh Okogie for his defense and what he's brought for this Phoenix Suns team you could throw one of those guys with a pick or possibly even two of those guys with a pick to try and get someone here but the one thing that is scaring me when looking at this is the 2031 pick because we want to look at this payroll once again here Kevin Durant is only locked into 2025-2026 Bradley Beal is locked into 2026-2027 Devin Booker is locked into 27-28 so if the Suns do give up that 2031 pick regardless of who is here at what career in their age starting in 28-2029 none of these guys of the big three will be under roster so that the 2028-29 season 29-2030 season 2030-2031 season 2031-2032 like three or four seasons excuse me 2020-2030 I mean but those three to four seasons who knows if Devin Booker's here who knows if Kevin Durant's here obviously with Kevin Durant getting older and older in age I'm guessing he's not gonna be with Bradley Beal you know getting towards the end of his contracts I'm not sure he's gonna want to be here either Devin Booker if the Suns do keep him and do not trade with all the rumors throughout this offseason he could be that only star here and yeah he can have some other pieces around him but this team is going to be old at that point and we still won't have those picks for that future that's what scares me because I could see this Phoenix Suns team turning into what we see with the Nets this season having no draft capital because they gave it up for all their stars and then boom what happens is is Booker leaves KD leaves Beal leaves and now you have no draft capital and no great talents and now you basically can't get in good capital and no one wants to come play for you because you have no rising star or no fun young piece or no just great culture in general you're just a franchise that has nothing and you're just moving through the motions which i desperately don't want to see i think Mat Ishbia was going a little bit too in with this phoenix suns team to try to guarantee a championship to kind of secure his job and i do believe that Mat Ishbia is leaving the next owner or next person who is in charge with the gm a tough decision if they do give up all these picks but let me know what you guys think down below in the comments section this was a lengthy video where we broke down the suns offseason plans revealed breaking down everything going over the draft capital to everything like that let us know your thoughts down below if you guys enjoy the channel you guys enjoy the content Hit that subscribe button as we're pushing for 1,000 subscribers here on Suns Digest as we try to get all the news breaking everything out for you guys. 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