Suns trade Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale for Miles Bridges

[pickle]

I hope you are right.

[JeremyG]

The trade is having some delays and was not officially announced today. Hopefully it will get canceled.

[Superbone]

The trade is having some delays and was not officially announced today. Hopefully it will get canceled.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

[Split T]

Sounds like Charlotte has other moves they have to complete first

[Shabazz]

https://www.theringer.com/2026/07/06/nb ... brown-2026

Loser: Phoenix Suns
For reasons that should be evident, I personally would not want Miles Bridges on my basketball team. The Suns obviously don’t agree, which is fine. But surrendering an unprotected first-round pick and then reportedly preparing to extend Bridges’s contract multiple years is negligent. We’re talking about an average power forward (at best) who’s undeniably overpaid.

If his next contract comes back at a reasonable number, my criticism of the trade will shrink a little bit. But nothing justifies sending an unprotected first-round pick to Charlotte for the right to pay Bridges a dime. It’s objectively stupid enough to overshadow a slew of harmless, team-friendly signings. Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin, and Collin Gillespie are all bargains.

The ripple effect of putting Grayson Allen in the Bridges trade forced Phoenix to replace him with Luke Kennard, which is OK. But a little more patience could’ve gone a long way for a team that didn’t need to act like Bridges was some missing piece. The taxpayer midlevel exception could’ve been spent elsewhere. And not for nothing, last year’s decision to give Devin Booker a $132 million extension that doesn’t expire until 2030 looks even more foolish and unnecessary than it was in real time.

[Kryptonic]

The trade is having some delays and was not officially announced today. Hopefully it will get canceled.

I wouldn't hold my breath.

someone fails physical and gets sent back like mark Williams and the lakers.

[wpmiller42]

The pundits are not watching the games enough. From a basketball perspective, we're a better team. Miles Bridges is a legit power forward who can create his own shot when needed. These analysts are fine to criticize the move from a culture/bridges-is-a-horrible-person perspective, but replacing Allen and O'Neale with Bridges and Kennard should make us a better basketball team from just a talent/skill viewpoint.

And we also got a draft pick in the deal! Yes, we gave up a future pick, and people can make reasonable arguments about the value of those picks and how the Suns are using those picks, but the narrative that the Suns give away picks or somehow don't value them is a lazy narrative.

[Split T]

I think we likely got better as well, but I do think it’s fair to ask if we got enough better to make up for the difference in value of those picks.

I still come back to playmaking. It was a problem last year and if anything, we have less playmaking this year. I’m hoping we at least pull a Jalen Green for DeJounte Murray swap.

[iLLmatic]

For me, Bridges’ character are a minor factor. Ish is who is really driving me away. Starting with the Durant and Beal moves, the quote in my signature was pretty much it for me. The Bridges trade is just more of the same.

Rooting for Jerry and Cotton was rooting for the universe to be set right. They deserved a championship as much as anyone. Ish is pretty much the opposite end of the spectrum. He might be a step up from Sarver in terms of personal character (not saying much), but the way he manages the roster and draft assets would be infuriating if I still cared.

Word

It took me a while, but I'm starting to get there as well. Sarver made roster decisions because he was cheap, Ishbia because he's impatient and lacks foresight. Neither is a recipe for success.

I do appreciate how much Ishbia cares and how many of his decisions are fan-forward. He badly needs to hire people who challenge him, but seems to have surrounded himself with sycophants.

Except Ishbia is continuing to get us pieces for the future while simultaneously competing in the present.

Rasheer, Maluach, Oso, Koa. They're all development pieces that are real.

He's not interested in tanking. It just won't happen. Yet even while trading away picks he manages to manipulate his resources to continue to find talent.

It's funny you guys hate on him so bad, and if we tried to trade Fleming (a brilliant talent acquisition ) you would have a stroke. So was that a great add or not? Because he's not mortgaging the future. He's finding pieces for the future with some of his assets while diversifying to stay relevant and compete now. This team as constructed could mesh and make some noise. They're no less talented than the Nuggets, Clippers, Rockets, Lakers, Warriors, Wolves. The only two teams I struggle to see a series victory over is the Thunder and the Spurs.

I really do hate the pick selling but I do think Ish wants to win more than Sarver did. He’s done a lot of good things for the fans: making concessions more affordable at games, buying out ballys tv contract so any suns fan can watch the games regionally, he bought another NBADL team after Sarver sold the other one, and if you’ve been to the Suns games since Ish bought the team there are better vibes around the arena.

[JJ Slim]

For me, Bridges’ character are a minor factor. Ish is who is really driving me away. Starting with the Durant and Beal moves, the quote in my signature was pretty much it for me. The Bridges trade is just more of the same.

Rooting for Jerry and Cotton was rooting for the universe to be set right. They deserved a championship as much as anyone. Ish is pretty much the opposite end of the spectrum. He might be a step up from Sarver in terms of personal character (not saying much), but the way he manages the roster and draft assets would be infuriating if I still cared.

Word

It took me a while, but I'm starting to get there as well. Sarver made roster decisions because he was cheap, Ishbia because he's impatient and lacks foresight. Neither is a recipe for success.

I do appreciate how much Ishbia cares and how many of his decisions are fan-forward. He badly needs to hire people who challenge him, but seems to have surrounded himself with sycophants.

Except Ishbia is continuing to get us pieces for the future while simultaneously competing in the present.

Rasheer, Maluach, Oso, Koa. They're all development pieces that are real.

He's not interested in tanking. It just won't happen. Yet even while trading away picks he manages to manipulate his resources to continue to find talent.

It's funny you guys hate on him so bad, and if we tried to trade Fleming (a brilliant talent acquisition ) you would have a stroke. So was that a great add or not? Because he's not mortgaging the future. He's finding pieces for the future with some of his assets while diversifying to stay relevant and compete now. This team as constructed could mesh and make some noise. They're no less talented than the Nuggets, Clippers, Rockets, Lakers, Warriors, Wolves. The only two teams I struggle to see a series victory over is the Thunder and the Spurs.

I really do hate the pick selling but I do think Ish wants to win more than Sarver did. He’s done a lot of good things for the fans: making concessions more affordable at games, buying out ballys tv contract so any suns fan can watch the games regionally, he bought another NBADL team after Sarver sold the other one, and if you’ve been to the Suns games since Ish bought the team there are better vibes around the arena.

Agreed but you know you miss the foam finger

[Superbone]

Word

It took me a while, but I'm starting to get there as well. Sarver made roster decisions because he was cheap, Ishbia because he's impatient and lacks foresight. Neither is a recipe for success.

I do appreciate how much Ishbia cares and how many of his decisions are fan-forward. He badly needs to hire people who challenge him, but seems to have surrounded himself with sycophants.

Except Ishbia is continuing to get us pieces for the future while simultaneously competing in the present.

Rasheer, Maluach, Oso, Koa. They're all development pieces that are real.

He's not interested in tanking. It just won't happen. Yet even while trading away picks he manages to manipulate his resources to continue to find talent.

It's funny you guys hate on him so bad, and if we tried to trade Fleming (a brilliant talent acquisition ) you would have a stroke. So was that a great add or not? Because he's not mortgaging the future. He's finding pieces for the future with some of his assets while diversifying to stay relevant and compete now. This team as constructed could mesh and make some noise. They're no less talented than the Nuggets, Clippers, Rockets, Lakers, Warriors, Wolves. The only two teams I struggle to see a series victory over is the Thunder and the Spurs.

I really do hate the pick selling but I do think Ish wants to win more than Sarver did. He’s done a lot of good things for the fans: making concessions more affordable at games, buying out ballys tv contract so any suns fan can watch the games regionally, he bought another NBADL team after Sarver sold the other one, and if you’ve been to the Suns games since Ish bought the team there are better vibes around the arena.

Agreed but you know you miss the foam finger

Ha! And don't forget the chicken dance!

[Superbone]

https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/hxJmaFCs

We have a very interesting press conference coming up. I agree with these guys. They can't just make a statement and then not allow follow up questions. It's going to be a very uncomfortable press conference as well. On the other hand, I can't see them having Bridges sit up there and take question after question about it.

And Mat Ishbia and Brian Gregory need to be held accountable for how this meshes with their high character player mantra they have been preaching. They are the ones that traded for Bridges so they should take the brunt of it.

Anyway, it's all going to be very interesting. Do the Suns dare make an opening statement about it and then not allow further questions regarding it? How do y'all see it going down?

[Split T]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

[Split T]

I don’t really know what else they can say. They won’t say…well we didn’t like it, but we decided the on court basketball was more important…

They need to be asked though. Can’t let them skate.

[Superbone]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

Yeah, you're probably right. Sounds like you probably nailed it to me.

[Superbone]

I don’t really know what else they can say. They won’t say…well we didn’t like it, but we decided the on court basketball was more important…

They need to be asked though. Can’t let them skate.

Do they dare say something about his Michigan State DNA?

[O_Gardino]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

Yeah, you're probably right. Sounds like you probably nailed it to me.

Split nailed it to you, eh? Good for you guys.

[TOO]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

Yeah, you're probably right. Sounds like you probably nailed it to me.

Split nailed it to you, eh? Good for you guys.

Did it hurt?

[Superbone]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

Yeah, you're probably right. Sounds like you probably nailed it to me.

Split nailed it to you, eh? Good for you guys.

Did it hurt?

It felt Oso good.

[TOO]

They will denounce domestic violence and say that they carefully investigated it as they would never take something like that lightly. They will say that by all accounts, Miles has been a model citizen since his arrest and that everyone in his life vouches for him. They will emphasize that Miles regrets his decisions and that they believe he is a different person and are confident he will be a good representative of the team in the community.

Yeah, you're probably right. Sounds like you probably nailed it to me.

Split nailed it to you, eh? Good for you guys.

Did it hurt?

It felt Oso good.

So you just passed it around then?