Suns Off Season Changes for 2025-26

[Hoop Head]

I thought it would be worthwhile to look at the Suns standard 15 man roster as it stands today.

Guards:

Devin Booker
Jalen Green
Collin Gillespie
Bradley Beal
Grayson Allen
Koby Brea

Forwards:

Dillon Brooks
Oso Ighodoro
Rasheer Fleming
Royce O'Neale
Ryan Dunn
Nigel Hayes-Davis

Centers:

Mark Williams
Khaman Maluach
Nick Richards


Two-way contracts:

CJ Huntley

Has Brea been signed yet? I expect him to get a Two-Way deal. Maybe I'm wrong. I think they should at least have him sign an Exhibit 10, or whatever it's called, where the team can convert it to a Two-Way.

 

[Mainstreet]

Has Brea been signed yet? I expect him to get a Two-Way deal. Maybe I'm wrong. I think they should at least have him sign an Exhibit 10, or whatever it's called, where the team can convert it to a Two-Way.

I'm not sure if all the rookies have been signed. It's more of a projection where I think the roster is at this point in time.

 

[Superbone]

Has Brea been signed yet? I expect him to get a Two-Way deal. Maybe I'm wrong. I think they should at least have him sign an Exhibit 10, or whatever it's called, where the team can convert it to a Two-Way.

I thought I read that we did give him a two-way contract.

 

[Mainstreet]

I thought I read that we did give him a two-way contract.

Presently, CJ Huntley is the only Suns player with a two-way designation that I'm aware of.

 

[Bobster]

Huntley is the only two-way so far.

Exhinition 10 contracts are basically training camp deals for players trying out for teams. Usually someone like an undrafter player or free agent who impresses in summer league or a free agent who had been playing abroad, etc.

 

[Superbone]

A google AI overview says this:

Koby Brea, the 41st overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft for the Phoenix Suns, is likely to be signed to a two-way contract, not a standard contract. This is because the Suns are projected to have 15 standard contracts already, including one for Bradley Beal, and two-way contracts offer more roster flexibility. The Suns could choose to sign Brea to a standard contract, but a two-way deal is more probable given their roster situation.

But then a reddit poster said this which makes sense to me if Oso got this:

I would expect as the 41st pick he’ll either get a 2 year deal or a 4 year deal with no guaranteed monies in 3 and 4 (same as Iso’s deal)

 

[GatorAZ]

He doesn’t have any leverage. All he is doing is taking up a roster spot, considering we had Damien lee on the roster all last year clearly that isn’t a big deal.

We have the leverage if he wants to play.

If all he cares about is money and location then he has all the leverage. To be clear I have nothing against Beal. My contempt for the Beal situation is 100% on the Suns.

 

[Mainstreet]

A google AI overview says this:

Koby Brea, the 41st overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft for the Phoenix Suns, is likely to be signed to a two-way contract, not a standard contract. This is because the Suns are projected to have 15 standard contracts already, including one for Bradley Beal, and two-way contracts offer more roster flexibility. The Suns could choose to sign Brea to a standard contract, but a two-way deal is more probable given their roster situation.

But then a reddit poster said this which makes sense to me if Oso got this:

I think AI might have counted someone on the 15 man roster we wouldn't have counted.

IMO, Brea is likely put on the standard roster. Of course, I expect the roster to be tweaked.

 

[Bobster]

Standard contracts - Allen, Beal, Booker, Dunn, Gillespie, O'Neal, Oso, Richards
Pending acquisitions - Dillon, Green, Hayes-Davis
Unsigned rookies - Brea, Fleming, Maluach
Two-way contracts - Huntley
Summer League invites - Battle, Gainey, Mascari

 

[Mainstreet]

I wish the Suns were somehow able to add Precious Achiuwa to their roster.

 

[angel_ofthe_south]

What can anyone tell me about this C.J. Huntley? All I know is that he's a power forward from Appalachian State.

 

[angel_ofthe_south]

I note there is no indication the Suns want to bring back Tyty Washington Jr. Regrettable.

 

[Proximo]

What can anyone tell me about this C.J. Huntley? All I know is that he's a power forward from Appalachian State.

Highlight video looks good, miles turner ish.

That’s the sum total of my knowledge. We will see what he looks like in summer league.

 

[Proximo]

I wish the Suns were somehow able to add Precious Achiuwa to their roster.

I don’t see why, he is not valued by the teams he has been on and I don’t think he has an outside shot. Huntley seems a more intriguing prospect to me.

 

[Mainstreet]

I don’t see why, he is not valued by the teams he has been on and I don’t think he has an outside shot. Huntley seems a more intriguing prospect to me.

I value size, versatility and depth at power forward. Also, Achiuwa can play some center.

 

[angel_ofthe_south]

Personally, I don't particularly want to add Chris Paul to the Suns, because he's old and slow--that's part of why they got rid of him in the first place! It's farcical, in the sense of trading him away, wandering in the desert for a couple of years, and then bringing him back older and slower. It makes the time since his trade a pointless waste of money. Anyway, I don't want him unless he's willing to stay on the bench and almost never play, essentially being a mentor and assistant coach in a player's uniform.

But I believe I am "fighting a losing battle." I saw a claim in the media that the Clippers don't want CP3 after all. If true, that leaves the way open for the Suns to grab him. It's a too-obvious thing for them to do, because they lack depth at point guard. They probably won't resist the temptation to sign a player who doesn't really fit their new design. And of course he'd start, because he wants to and he has too much stature not to get what he wants. And because his slowness will clash with coach's desire to run, the team will slow down.

Since Chris Paul is a Los Angeles guy, I wonder why the Lakers are not reportedly interested in him.

 

[Carolinacacti]

I value size, versatility and depth at power forward. Also, Achiuwa can play some center.

Achiuwa is so much better then Oso will ever be

 

[BirdGangThing]

Achiuwa is so much better then Oso will ever be

idk about that

 

[AzStevenCal]

Achiuwa is so much better then Oso will ever be

Well, sure, but Achiuwa is a 5 year vet and pretty much a finished product while Oso is still in the early development stage. We know Precious is a decent backup at worst capable of playing multiple positions, it remains to be seen whether Oso has a long term place in this league. But if he can add a shot and improve his perimeter game Oso could end up being the better player.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Well, sure, but Achiuwa is a 5 year vet and pretty much a finished product while Oso is still in the early development stage. We know Precious is a decent backup at worst capable of playing multiple positions, it remains to be seen whether Oso has a long term place in this league. But if he can add a shot and improve his perimeter game Oso could end up being the better player.

A lot of ifs and I don't see it. I wanted Prescious in the draft. I think the Suns took Jalen Smith

 

[AzStevenCal]

A lot of ifs and I don't see it. I wanted Prescious in the draft. I think the Suns took Jalen Smith

I wanted Precious also, he hasn't been quite what I expected though. And if I could swap him and Oso I would in a heartbeat but I still have some hope that our guy will develop into something.

 

[Yuma]

Man it really sounds like we are going to do a buyout and stretch on Beal.

I REALLY think that is a bad idea. With no picks to speak of for the next 5 years our access to cheap players is already severely limited, take another $20 million off our cap space and our ability to do anything over the next 5 gets even worse.

I hear PHNX arguing we need to do it to not have the next 2 years of Bookers prime wasted because we can't put a team around him. What kind of dream world are these people living in - there is zero scenarios where Bookers next 2 years aren't wasted. It is impossible to make this team good in the next 2 years.

OKC, Denver, Houston, Minnesota, San Antonio, Dallas are all almost 100% guaranteed to be better than us. The only reason it's not 100% is players can die or be put out of commission.

There are only 2 acceptable outcomes, eat the whole salary the next 2 years, or find a way to trade him for multiple smaller salaries where some portion can be dumped.

First of all I HATE, I will repeat I HATE stretching and waiving Beal.

Just looking at it from the other side of things, his cap space it would probably prohibit us from drafting a bunch of first rounders with guaranteed contracts anyway...

 

[Yuma]

Also, something I heard, if the Suns keep Bradley Beal this season, they can only waive and stretch the final year of his contract, approximately $60 million, for only three years.

It leaves the Suns almost in the same financial dilemma, except for three years instead of five.

So at that point, I would trade him as an expiring contract at the trade deadline where his contract is less than $30 million at that point.

 

[Yuma]

I think AI might have counted someone on the 15 man roster we wouldn't have counted.

IMO, Brea is likely put on the standard roster. Of course, I expect the roster to be tweaked.

Remember we just signed that Euro League MVP player to a One yaer Guaranteed contract. I heard he was officially the fifteenth spot.

 

[Proximo]

Personally, I don't particularly want to add Chris Paul to the Suns, because he's old and slow--that's part of why they got rid of him in the first place! It's farcical, in the sense of trading him away, wandering in the desert for a couple of years, and then bringing him back older and slower. It makes the time since his trade a pointless waste of money. Anyway, I don't want him unless he's willing to stay on the bench and almost never play, essentially being a mentor and assistant coach in a player's uniform.

But I believe I am "fighting a losing battle." I saw a claim in the media that the Clippers don't want CP3 after all. If true, that leaves the way open for the Suns to grab him. It's a too-obvious thing for them to do, because they lack depth at point guard. They probably won't resist the temptation to sign a player who doesn't really fit their new design. And of course he'd start, because he wants to and he has too much stature not to get what he wants. And because his slowness will clash with coach's desire to run, the team will slow down.

Since Chris Paul is a Los Angeles guy, I wonder why the Lakers are not reportedly interested in him.

Suns don’t want him either. Gambo has made that clear.