Suns Off Season Changes for 2025-26

[BooksOrangePlanet]

With Robinson opting out, Miami supposedly now have the mid exception open that can sign Beal for. It'd be a great winning situation for him to go, whether Kumincha or Wiggins is their SF, they'd have a strong starting 5 with Beal to contend in the east. And Atlanta is another option that he might be comfortable with.

if boston is tanking beal's a great fit

 

[Mainstreet]

With Robinson opting out, Miami supposedly now have the mid exception open that can sign Beal for. It'd be a great winning situation for him to go, whether Kumincha or Wiggins is their SF, they'd have a strong starting 5 with Beal to contend in the east. And Atlanta is another option that he might be comfortable with.

Make it happen.

 

[Goldfield]

I kinda hope we move Allen for minimum salary returned

 

[Hoop Head]

Unless we can move Beal then getting under the 2nd apron right now shouldn't be a priority. We'd be so close to the line that it wouldn't allow us any real flexibility because we'd go right back over it. We need to use what we have to improve instead of saving money to save money.

 

[Folster]

Unless we can move Beal then getting under the 2nd apron right now shouldn't be a priority. We'd be so close to the line that it wouldn't allow us any real flexibility because we'd go right back over it. We need to use what we have to improve instead of saving money to save money.

I may not understand it, but the point is to duck below it for the end of the league year when it would count for potential repeater penalties.

 

[Hoop Head]

I may not understand it, but the point is to duck below it for the end of the league year when it would count for potential repeater penalties.

Yeah, I think they'll try to do that this year but shouldn't rush it now. They have until February to do it, IMO. That gives them plenty of times.

 

[clyde2tw]

With Robinson opting out, Miami supposedly now have the mid exception open that can sign Beal for. It'd be a great winning situation for him to go, whether Kumincha or Wiggins is their SF, they'd have a strong starting 5 with Beal to contend in the east. And Atlanta is another option that he might be comfortable with.

Also, once Suns are under apron by buying out Beal or some other ways, they could augment the KD deal with RAllen and Landale to save 8 mil cap more. I believe they had this part already worked out with Rockets, that'd explain they moved Landale option pickup deadline to 7/7. If not used in a bigger trade, he'd be cut already.

 

[Phrazbit]

But that’s the thing he’s not this yoda mentor. He’s a bully and a finger pointer. Our culture was trash here. This team was a dumpster fire at the end and what did Booker learn from Paul?

Our culture was great until the KD trade.

 

[Proximo]

That’s a good move with the rook being 18 and Williams being fragile.

They are only doing it to trade him.

 

[Proximo]

Our culture was great until the KD trade.

Actually not really true - the year of the KD deal we had Ayton and Crowder beefing with Monty and the team was not playing very well.

 

[Mainstreet]

Unless we can move Beal then getting under the 2nd apron right now shouldn't be a priority. We'd be so close to the line that it wouldn't allow us any real flexibility because we'd go right back over it. We need to use what we have to improve instead of saving money to save money.

I'd like those exceptions, though.

 

[Proximo]

Make it happen.

I can't believe people are openly begging to cut Beal. He is still a top 75 player, even with his monster salary he has to be worth something.

I want to get something for him, even if it's next to nothing. You never know how things can turn out.

 

[Mainstreet]

Actually not really true - the year of the KD deal we had Ayton and Crowder beefing with Monty and the team was not playing very well.

Jae Crowder was sitting at home and James Jones was looking to throw a Hail Mary pass for KD instead of improving the team.

 

[Hoop Head]

Actually not really true - the year of the KD deal we had Ayton and Crowder beefing with Monty and the team was not playing very well.

Ayton was always a problem. He was paid and quit trying that last year. The team was still better on the court and tried to compete. There was a cohesiveness. I wouldn't call it great but good considering what all was going on outside of games. The KD rumors months before the deal were what pushed things into the negative.

 

[Yuma]

Sometimes you have to take what we can find.

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I think the phrase is, "Damn, girl."

 

[Yuma]

Man, this would be fantastic but I don't see the incentive for Beal here. Even if he could make the 30M back over these 2 years (MLE would pretty much cover it), he gives up his NTC in the process. He's demonstrated that neither winning nor playing are a priority for him.

I saw a few quotes about his family loving it here. One even after that bad incident in the stadium with his family.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Our culture was great until the KD trade.

Uh huh… great culture shown in the last 4 of 5 games against the Mavs where we got humiliated and then found ourselves down FIFTY… 5-0… in Game 7. Culture looked pretty great then. Also, the Coach not talking to Ayton after claiming he quit in Game 7, and forcing Crowder to sit on his couch all the next season is even more fuel for the culture was great fire before we traded for KD.

We get it… you think KD trade was a disaster (and you’re right) but the idea of him being the root of all evil ignores the blatant FACTS above.

 

[Finito]

Please, Bobby, if only it could happen. The Suns could be a normal team again.


Bobby Marks Jun 28, 2025, 01:21 PM ET, ESPN:


One move I would make: Negotiate a contract buyout with Bradley Beal that reduces his $110 million in guaranteed salary to $80 million. The $80 million is then stretched over five years, giving Phoenix a $16 million cap hit per year. The savings would put Phoenix under the first and second apron and save the Suns nearly $200 million in luxury taxes.

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The players union won’t let that happen.

Plus why would Beal do that? That’s 30 million freaking dollars he’s giving up

 

[Finito]

Our culture was great until the KD trade.

It wasn’t. Look at the Mavs series where we blew a 2-0 lead and the entire team quit.

Monty had stopped talking to guys by that point. It was a mess

 

[Hoop Head]

The players union won’t let that happen.

Plus why would Beal do that? That’s 30 million freaking dollars he’s giving up

Name a buyout agreement the player's union stopped. A player, his agent, and team agree to buyouts. The player's union handles grievances and negotiates the CBA. Buyout's are totally legal in the CBA.

 

[Mainstreet]

It wasn’t. Look at the Mavs series where we blew a 2-0 lead and the entire team quit.

Monty had stopped talking to guys by that point. It was a mess

You mean the season the won 64 games and went seven games in the Western Conference Semifinals.

Those were the good old days compared to now.

 

[Mainstreet]

The players union won’t let that happen.

Plus why would Beal do that? That’s 30 million freaking dollars he’s giving up

It's up to Bradley Beal and his agent.

Maybe Beal wants to have a career after the Suns and cares about his legacy.

 

[Yuma]

The players union won’t let that happen.

Plus why would Beal do that? That’s 30 million freaking dollars he’s giving up

The players union only gets involved when a team isn't paying a player. Not if they aren't playing a player. The players union can't tell a coach how many minutes he has to play a player, or play them at all. If they get paid, there's no reason for the union to step in.

 

[Folster]

They are only doing it to trade him.

I agree. It seems obvious to me.

 

[Finito]

You mean the season the won 64 games and went seven games in the Western Conference Semifinals.

Those were the good old days compared to now.

Yup as Cheese already pointed out we had very severe cracks on that team