Phoenix Suns Free Agent TARGETS Revealed...

As the Phoenix Suns still have a lot to unpack with this offseason, we're going to be diving in, looking at an article, going over some potential additions that the Phoenix Suns could make to help bolster out this core of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal, and Devin Booker to push for that championship that Matt Ishbia believes that they are on the cusp of winning. And we're going to be diving in, looking at some guys that could be key additions for this Suns team. Will they help out? Will they not? We'll be breaking down all of that and more on this episode of Suns Digest. I'm Bruce Willis. Before we dive in on all this Phoenix Suns news, I'd like to let you guys know that 96% of our viewers are not subscribed. So we'd greatly appreciate it if you guys hit that subscribe button, as this is the place for daily Phoenix Suns content for you guys. We're going to be having all the news throughout the offseason, breaking down this team once it starts getting more abundant. So if you guys want to make sure you stay up to date, hit that subscribe button as we push for 1,000 followers here on Suns Digest. Without further ado, though, let's get into the topic at hand. Make sure to grab a snack as it's going to be a jam-packed episode. Like I mentioned, we're going to be looking over the possible moves for this Phoenix Suns team in the offseason. looking at an article with that is titled way too early targets for the Phoenix Suns by Brandon Dunas as I'm sorry if I mispronounced your last name but the Suns need to find a creative way to get better this summer if you want to look kind of look at this tweet from Trevor Booth it was posted in the article this kind of gives you a synopsis of how the Suns are going to be able to deal with this so as we all know Phoenix Suns are currently 16 million dollars over the salary second apron which means the following penalties will kick in they cannot use a trade exception generated by aggregating the salaries of multiple players they cannot include cash in a trade and they cannot use a trade exception generated in a prior year and the first round pick seven years are still frozen out the first round pick is moved to the end of the first round if they remain in the second apron for three out of the next five seasons and with Phoenix also being unable to use that mid-level exception it is going to be very difficult for this team to be acquiring players we're starting from a place of having a very good core of players going into this offseason we have everything that we need to be able to and the players at their positions that will make us better on the Suns 2023 first round pick I'm not thinking about 2031 so Phoenix Suns fans like we've kind of broken down in a multiple of these videos here for you guys do not get attached to those second round picks because it does not like our first round picks it does not look like they're going to be staying with us the 2031 first rounder will most likely be traded at the uh draft or in this offseason as this team wants to win now at all costs there's value in having cheap rotation players on rookie contracts as there are several examples of those situations around the league as the draft still matters for contenders despite the popular opinion however if Phoenix can find a way to improve the roster at the cost of dealing another pick they are fine with it the team is set on to continue with their established core so who are some players that this team could go after now in a previous video with CJ and myself we kind of broke it down looking at some guys we talked about T.J. McConnell talked about Andre Drummond talked about some of these guys that could be possibly acquirable via trade possibly the free agency and if we want to look and kind of see what the Phoenix Suns you know kind of have the type of player they could receive in this scenario is kind of intriguing they have multiple picks flying under the radar and why they can't stack contracts they can send one out in either Jusuf Nurkic or Nazir Little attached with multiple picks to sweeten the pot so obviously with the number 22 pick and the 2031 first round pick those are both going to be coveted other teams are desperately going to want those but having a guy like Nazir Little still another young project piece on a $6.5 million contract, could go to a young team, actually get that playing time. Possibly a team like, you know, Charlotte. Possibly a team like Brooklyn. Get that opportunity and, you know, could blossom into a decent role player or just a quality NBA guy. Could also, you know, use Nurkic's contract to move off of and get that rebounding, you know, big center that they desperately needed in the playoffs they didn't have to compete against guys like Naz Reid, Rudy Gobert, Karl-Anthony Towns, they needed that inside physical presence down low in the interior and they're desperately going to go after that this offseason could it be a backup big like an Andre Drummond or could it be a guy in a starting caliber center that could help out with this team moving off a Nurkic's contract we'll see as we dive in now before we dive in to the players listed it was listed in the article guys do you want to check it out LeBron and James Harden being two of the guys that could go to the Suns, but I don't think that's going to happen, especially with the second apron. The Suns would have to move off of one of their contracts to acquire one of those guys. And I do not think that a team like the Lakers or a team, you know, is going to be able to do that. But if we want to look, or the Clippers, excuse me, but if we want to look at the possible guys, we can see that a lot of them are point guards, bigs, wings, kind of what we've detailed. This team needs a lot of depth. But if we want to look and look at some of the names, Chris Paul being one of them obviously bringing him back but he's older and you know would be a cheaper contract but bringing back that point guard Westbrook obviously KD Russ reunion on a vet min Kyle Lowry is one that I do like as well kind of taking that Eric Gordon role being a great facilitator great playmaker great center up for this offense he would be used as a bench role primarily but could you know be in that starting lineup to finish out games you could still run that lineup of, obviously, Booker, Beal, Allen, KD with said center, and then have Lowry close out the game if Beal or if Allen isn't hitting their three-pointers to set up that offense and get it really going. Obviously, we know Alex Caruso has been one that they've been flirting with the idea for years with bringing a nice defensive and playmaker in there. I think Chicago would definitely look at the possibility of trading a guy in Caruso for Nazir Little, especially with some of those picks attached. Dennis Schroeder could be a guy that could be a nice, you know, 6th, 7th man to bring in to be a good quality point guard for this team. Could even start at the starting point guard with this squad. Cedi Bay is a nice another wing. Chris Dunn, Larry Nance, Robert Covington, Patrick Beverly. But the main ones I want to talk about for this Phoenix Sun team that I kind of want to gauge from the point guard position are Kyle Lowry, Alex Caruso, Dennis Schroeder. Those are the three guys that I think would be solid additions for this Phoenix Suns team when looking at these games. Like I mentioned, Kyle Lowry, I think, can set up this offense. Dennis Schroeder, we've seen him set up the offense with Toronto, working with, you know, Darko Rajaković in the beginning half of the season, second half going to Brooklyn, and all that discombobulated mess of trying to not make the playoffs and all that stuff. Didn't succeed as well as he did in Toronto. But again, paired alongside Bradley Beal, paired alongside Devin Booker, he could be, you know, a solid starting caliber guard if we get the offense going. Alex Caruso is another one that I really like on the defensive. side and Chris Dunn also with his defense and playmaking wouldn't be that bad and ultimately in my honest opinion all four of these guys would be guys that I would like for the Suns to go after I think that Caruso would be the best option for the Phoenix Suns especially if you can attach that 22nd overall pick with a guy in Nazir Little who's making around 6.7 million dollars to get a guy in Alex Caruso that would be huge for the defensive aspect for this Phoenix Suns team help them limiting those turnovers helping set up that offense and again Caruso can be a playmaker can be a setter up for that offense but also can play off ball if you want to have a guy like Booker or Beal or Grayson Allen have that ball in the hands I think he fits seemingly well with all these guys and again could be another key contributor now if we want to look at the big man position kind of looking at the rebounds there's really only two or three guys listed here we got our four guys so we got Larry Nance, we got Brook Lopez, we got Clint Capela and we got Mason Plumlee now Mason Plumlee is on the little bit of older side in my opinion I don't know necessarily if he is the one that you want to be looking at Larry Nance was a pretty decent rebounder alongside this Pelicans team as well pushing for the play-in but ultimately I think he's a little undersized I think a guy in Clint Capella or possibly Brook Lopez would be the best move now trading for Brook Lopez would be extremely hard especially trading it to do a deal with Milwaukee trying to you know deal with all those similar cap situations and all that type of stuff i don't know if that's going to be the best option but a guy in Clint Capela who this article says is a playable veteran center that he's into i am also liking that Clint Capela move i think he could be a key contributor for this Suns team again Clint Capela has been a solid center in the NBA with the Rockets with a top 10 top 15 center then going to Atlanta you know it's kind of stayed around the mid aspect but you know gets you 10 points, will get you key rebounds, will help you out on the blocks, and that's what this Suns team needs. They need that automatic rebounder. The guy that they can trust to go up and get those rebounds. And would the Hawks, a team who's possibly looking to move off of Trae Young, possibly looking to move off Dejounte Murray, wanting to get younger, having a young big in Onyeka Okongwu, would they be a team that would be interested in a possible Yusuf Nurkic and 2031 pick added to it? I think so. Why not? If you're the Hawks, you take a little bit of a flyer on a really late draft pick which might not work out for the Phoenix Suns especially if they're going all in right now most likely they won't have Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant in 2031 so it'll be a fantastic first round pick for you and then if it does turn out to be a great first round pick you can have that to build with your team and your culture or you could use it to potentially use in another trade package to then help you out in building your core in Atlanta like i mentioned this Atlanta team is going to be going through some changes as well this offseason Trey Young being in the rumors, Dejounte Murray being in the rumors, DeAndre Hunter being in the rumors, Capela being in the rumors, so I could easily see this Atlanta Hawks team taking a little bit of a step back and ensuring their future. Yeah, I could move off Clint Capela for Yusuf Nurkic and a couple draft capital, would that help us out in the immediate? No, but it will help us in the long run for sure, and I think that is a great move for both teams, bringing in that rebounder for the Phoenix Suns, being able to apply that to help out with, instead of having Nurkic and Eubanks, I think is absolutely huge, and especially moving off of Nurkic's contract, again, will then help out the Suns as well, as Capela is going to be on a less of a contract in more years. Now, we want to look at the wing position. That's another one that we've talked about here. There's some wings that are mentioned in this list. We got Sadiq Bay, Robert Covington, P.J. Tucker. I personally think that Sadiq Bay would be absolutely fantastic for the Suns team. but I think that he is going to command more in free agency than what the Suns are willing to give him. So Robert Covington, bringing him in as a 3-and-D wing would be absolutely fantastic as well. I think he could truly help out. This Suns team didn't have many wings besides Kevin Durant, Royce O'Neal. It was Old Bullish Wainwright, if you even really want to call those guys wings. Josh Okogie was a decent wing. Grayson Allen was a wing, but we need some better 3-and-D wings. And as the article says, looking internally, they would like Phoenix to bring back Royce O'Neale and Bull Bull, possibly let Josh Okogie walk to a lesser extent. But which names are you interested in the most above? Who is missing? Drop your favorite targets down below. So my honest opinion, Drummond would be a guy that I would like to go after as a backup center if they didn't go after Clint Capela, but bringing in Clint Capella, bringing in a guy in Alex Caruso would be huge for this defense, huge for the turnovers, and be key additions to pair alongside guys like Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal, and Devin Booker. These would be key guys that would help winning in this culture and again I think would move the needle for this team Matt Ishbia thinks that this team can beat a championship winning squad squad currently constructed I don't think so but if you have a roster of Bradley Beal Kevin Durant Devin Booker Grayson Allen you add Clint Capela you add Alex Caruso you add Robert Covington then you have Bobo and Royce O'Neale that's a decent 10 9 deep at least to where you can make a solid run and who's not to say that they don't go after and get some of the other guys maybe they get a Kyle Lowry as well maybe they go get a Dennis Schroder possibly bringing in multiple guards that would help out this team tremendously get those playmakers set and get those rebounders set and we are going to be a okay let me know your guys's thoughts down below who would you guys like to see the Phoenix Suns go after in free agency to possibly bring in do you like any of the ideas that i mentioned let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section like i said you guys want to make sure you stay up to date on daily Phoenix Suns content this is the place for you hit that subscribe button check out the links up at the top would greatly appreciate it i'm Bruce Velez signing off from Suns Digest hope you have a great rest of your day and go Phoenix Suns peace out everybody