Suns Off Season Changes for 2025-26

[GatorAZ]

Booker to Dallas for their first-round pick?

Spurs for #2 and contracts.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

is ish full of ish or is book on the market - cuz i don't think he's going anywhere

 

[Covert Rain]

But the entire logic of that awful trade was that Booker is a 2nd tier star and Durant was going to carry the team... but Durant can't... because he isn't that guy, he never has been and never will be.

That’s fair but part of that logic is that Book is just a tier below those guys and just needed another star next to him to get it done. That has not manifested either.

 

[Cheesebeef]

That’s fair but part of that logic is that Book is just a tier below those guys and just needed another star next to him to get it done. That has not manifested either.

Yup… to slightly adjust one of the all-time Phoenix sports quote classics:

They AREN’T who we thought they were!

 

[Carolinacacti]

Good news is Booker could come out of his funk..

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Spurs for #2 and contracts.

Who do you want at 2?

 

[Raindog]

Who do you want at 2?

I would guess Harper... who could essentially be another, younger Booker... or maybe a younger Edwards? Not sure there is anyone who is all that in this draft after the first two picks. We really need a package of stuff to make it worthwhile to trade Booker.

 

[Mainstreet]

Neither is Book. CP3 pulled that wagon.

Supposedly, this is why the Suns made the trade for Durant.

 

[Covert Rain]

Supposedly, this is why the Suns made the trade for Durant.

That's why they made the trade for CP3 and Durant. That's why they added Beal. The idea is if you surround Book with higher tier players he can get it done.

 

[Adrian]

Why Rockets are perfect match for Kevin Durant trade

If the Phoenix Suns pivot and reload, trading Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets could make the most sense.

arizonasports.com

 

[Adrian]

Kings, Suns deemed logical Anthony Davis landing spots after Mavs land Duke Blue Devils basketball phenom Cooper Flagg | Sporting News

The Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns make a lot of sense as Anthony Davis destinations after the Dallas Mavericks landed the rights to draft Duke Blue Devils basketball phenom Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA draft.

www.sportingnews.com

 

[Mulli]

Omg AD to either of those teams would be hilarious and sad at the same time

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

i hope ish isn't pulling a nico at this very moment with some trade being already made in secrecy - that no one has a justifiable chance to make fun of before happening

some self proclaimed genius level solution to a our problems

with gregory and jj whispering "bravo sir" softly and in unison accompanied with a subordinate golf clap

"bravo sir"

 

[Hoop Head]

Kings, Suns deemed logical Anthony Davis landing spots after Mavs land Duke Blue Devils basketball phenom Cooper Flagg | Sporting News

The Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns make a lot of sense as Anthony Davis destinations after the Dallas Mavericks landed the rights to draft Duke Blue Devils basketball phenom Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA draft.

www.sportingnews.com

I'd take Flagg over AD. It would be a gamble but I'd sooner bet Flagg develops into a star vs Davis stays healthy.

 

[GatorAZ]

Who do you want at 2?

Harper or Edgecombe but there’s a steep fall off after Flagg. Booker’s value is probably the #2 pick in a draft where there’s only one elite prospect.

 

[Hoop Head]

Spurs for #2 and contracts.

I'd rather send Booker to Houston for #10, our 2027 1st rounder, and another 1st.

 

[GatorAZ]

I'd rather send Booker to Houston for #10, our 2027 1st rounder, and another 1st.

Depends on the details of the additional first.
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Houston Rockets - Future Draft Picks | Fanspo

Houston Rockets future incoming and outgoing draft picks.

fanspo.com

 

[ASUCHRIS]

I'd rather send Booker to Houston for #10, our 2027 1st rounder, and another 1st.

Bridges gets 5 firsts, and you get 3 1sts for Booker? Not nearly enough.

 

[Hoop Head]

Bridges gets 5 firsts, and you get 3 1sts for Booker? Not nearly enough.

It's not that they're firsts so much as what team owns those firsts. Firsts from New York are worth less than the Suns own firsts. We'd then have a reason to tank since we'd control our own picks instead of losing to send that pick to another team.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

It's not that they're firsts so much as what team owns those firsts. Firsts from New York are worth less than the Suns own firsts. We'd then have a reason to tank since we'd control our own picks instead of losing to send that pick to another team.

I get the relative value of the picks, but I'm hoping to get more than that for a guy that is considered a top 15 player and franchise icon in his prime.

 

[Hoop Head]

I get the relative value of the picks, but I'm hoping to get more than that for a guy that is considered a top 15 player and franchise icon in his prime.

Understandable. There would be salary to make it happen also and ideally not dead cap money either like a year or Fred Van Vleet and Jock Landale to match salary. I like Jalen Green to an extent and think he'd need to be included with those picks. I don't view Green as a long term player here but he has value we could get more from as a stop gap.

The main thing is getting back in the driver's seat with control of our own picks. Anything else is gravy. Not controlling our own picks makes tanking unreasonable.

 

[Raindog]

Agree with the foregoing. Trade Booker for 3-4 picks (our own), plus a youngster with potential (Sheppard?), and whatever expiring contracts are necessary. Then Durant for about the same, maybe fewer picks but more young talent.

Then get to work on really scouting guys who will be available at 10 and 29... not James Jones "scouting" by watching YouTube videos, but actually scouting. Hopefully, you find a couple raw gems, like the Suns used to be able to do during the JC days.

Do all that, and with any luck, within two or three years, we might have a foundation of up and coming talent AND a wealth of cap space to use. Maybe not contenders, necessarily, but something to keep the fanbase engaged again.

 

[Mainstreet]

That's why they made the trade for CP3 and Durant. That's why they added Beal. The idea is if you surround Book with higher tier players he can get it done.

Of course, the 2020-21 and 2021–22 Suns with Booker, Paul, Bridges and Johnson were much more successful than the ones with Durant and the later addition of Beal.

 

[Finito]

Agree with the foregoing. Trade Booker for 3-4 picks (our own), plus a youngster with potential (Sheppard?), and whatever expiring contracts are necessary. Then Durant for about the same, maybe fewer picks but more young talent.

Then get to work on really scouting guys who will be available at 10 and 29... not James Jones "scouting" by watching YouTube videos, but actually scouting. Hopefully, you find a couple raw gems, like the Suns used to be able to do during the JC days.

Do all that, and with any luck, within two or three years, we might have a foundation of up and coming talent AND a wealth of cap space to use. Maybe not contenders, necessarily, but something to keep the fanbase engaged again.

You think you’re getting 6-8 picks plus young talent? Lol

We have zero leverage teams know we are desperate AF hell just to cut salary at this point.

We are selling at pennies on the dollar. Durant and Booker aren’t close to what they were worth 3 years ago

 

[AzStevenCal]

You think you’re getting 6-8 picks plus young talent? Lol

We have zero leverage teams know we are desperate AF hell just to cut salary at this point.

We are selling at pennies on the dollar. Durant and Booker aren’t close to what they were worth 3 years ago

How do you know? Maybe Isiah Thomas has buddied up with some other owner, an owner with a lot more money than sense?

But seriously, teams that feel they are close and are desperate to win a championship can talk themselves into some pretty risky moves. We just have to hope we find one of those teams.