2018 Suns Offseason News

[Mori Chu]

The Phoenix Suns have re-signed point guard Isaiah Canaan.

An NBA veteran with five seasons of experience, Canaan played in 19 games with the Suns in 2017-18, averaging 9.1 points and 4.0 assists in 22.0 minutes. He initially signed with the Suns on December 13 and recorded 10 games scoring in double digits with Phoenix, including a season-high 17 points in a win at Dallas on December 18. On January 31, Canaan sustained a fractured left ankle in the first quarter against the Mavericks before undergoing surgery in Phoenix on February 1.

https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/ ... iah-canaan

[Split T]

Well, does this mean Harrison is being waived? Buyout for Chandler? Can Harrison be moved back to a 2-way deal?

[TOO]

The Phoenix Suns have re-signed point guard Isaiah Canaan.

An NBA veteran with five seasons of experience, Canaan played in 19 games with the Suns in 2017-18, averaging 9.1 points and 4.0 assists in 22.0 minutes. He initially signed with the Suns on December 13 and recorded 10 games scoring in double digits with Phoenix, including a season-high 17 points in a win at Dallas on December 18. On January 31, Canaan sustained a fractured left ankle in the first quarter against the Mavericks before undergoing surgery in Phoenix on February 1.

https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/ ... iah-canaan

Why?

[bajanguy008]

Well, does this mean Harrison is being waived? Buyout for Chandler? Can Harrison be moved back to a 2-way deal?

Oh dear , a lil puzzled by this move but hey
https://twitter.com/esidery/status/1025490821490135048

[O_Gardino]

The Phoenix Suns have re-signed point guard Isaiah Canaan.

An NBA veteran with five seasons of experience, Canaan played in 19 games with the Suns in 2017-18, averaging 9.1 points and 4.0 assists in 22.0 minutes. He initially signed with the Suns on December 13 and recorded 10 games scoring in double digits with Phoenix, including a season-high 17 points in a win at Dallas on December 18. On January 31, Canaan sustained a fractured left ankle in the first quarter against the Mavericks before undergoing surgery in Phoenix on February 1.

https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/ ... iah-canaan

He was one of our better pg's over the last few seasons, but he was still bad. I would have liked to see more turnover this summer. If we are bringing on a guard who doens't score well, what about Brandon Jennings?

[Mori Chu]

I just don't see why we have so much loyalty to these mediocre guards who are barely able to crack a last-place NBA roster.

[bajanguy008]

https://twitter.com/esidery/status/1025500319722205184

[JustWinBaby]

I just don't see why we have so much loyalty to these mediocre guards who are barely able to crack a last-place NBA roster.

Canaan may be mediocore but he is the best point guard we have on the roster. I looked forward to him entering the game last year prior to his injury. He penetrated well and fed the big men. When necessary he was a capable 3 point shooter. He was better than anyone else that played point guard for us last uear. I know that is not saying a lot but I am glad we are giving him a chance to earn a spot.

If he sucks, so be it.

[The Bobster]

These moves at the end of the bench (Holmes vs. Williams, Peters or Arthur; Canaan vs. Harrison or Ulis) don't make a lot of difference. I think they liked Canaan a lot last year and would have invited him back this year for camp if he hadn't gotten hurt.

[Split T]

No reason to be upset by this deal. We're not signing him to be our starting PG. More like we're just giving him a chance to show he's healthy. Might be insurance in case Knight sucks and we don't want to throw Okobo to the wolves right away. If Knight looks good, Canaan probably doesn't make it out of training camp.

[Cap]

Knight. Okobo. Shaq. Canaan. We don’t have a legitimate starting PG or backup, but we have a lot of third stringers.

[Split T]

Knight. Okobo. Shaq. Canaan. We don’t have a legitimate starting PG or backup, but we have a lot of third stringers.

I know most think Knight will suck, but I'll be surprised if Knight isn't at least backup level useful. He's very talented and he seems to have figured out his role on the team. I'm also not worried about Harrison/Okobo/canaan. Whoever gets the backup role won't play much anyways. We won't ask much of them and it won't be hard to outplay whatever we had backing up last year. Canaan and Harrison were our best starting PG's last year.

[carey]

I think I was the first to suggest that Knight was going to surprise everyone and have a big time bounce back year this year. I still feel that way & it's purely based on the things I've heard about how Knight has attacked the last year since his injury. I'll be prepared to eat crow if he sucks but something tells me that McDonough would have gone after a PG using most of our assets if he thought Knight couldn't at least be league average. Unless, he thinks that we need more maturation from the young guys and another high pick before we start cashing in assets to push for the playoffs.

[In2ition]

I think I was the first to suggest that Knight was going to surprise everyone and have a big time bounce back year this year. I still feel that way & it's purely based on the things I've heard about how Knight has attacked the last year since his injury. I'll be prepared to eat crow if he sucks but something tells me that McDonough would have gone after a PG using most of our assets if he thought Knight couldn't at least be league average. Unless, he thinks that we need more maturation from the young guys and another high pick before we start cashing in assets to push for the playoffs.

I think above all he promised Booker he would surround him with players that will help him out. I thought he's done a good job of improving every position around Book, including the bench. Granted, the pg position was low hanging fruit and allowing Knight to get healthy fulfills that easily.

[Superbone]

The Phoenix Suns have re-signed point guard Isaiah Canaan.

An NBA veteran with five seasons of experience, Canaan played in 19 games with the Suns in 2017-18, averaging 9.1 points and 4.0 assists in 22.0 minutes. He initially signed with the Suns on December 13 and recorded 10 games scoring in double digits with Phoenix, including a season-high 17 points in a win at Dallas on December 18. On January 31, Canaan sustained a fractured left ankle in the first quarter against the Mavericks before undergoing surgery in Phoenix on February 1.

https://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/ ... iah-canaan

He was one of our better pg's over the last few seasons, but he was still bad. I would have liked to see more turnover this summer. If we are bringing on a guard who doens't score well, what about Brandon Jennings?

Don't worry about turnover(s). We'll see plenty during the season.

[Nodack]

I have zero faith in Knight from his past. He can definitely get hot and take over a game and he can also stink up the place badly missing everything. If he gets hot then he dominates the ball and nobody else gets to touch it. If he stinks up the place he still dominates the ball and we just suck. Either way it’s not the kind of Basketball I like to see.

The new coach seems at first glance to be a huge fan of moving the ball around a lot and I like that a lot. Can Knight be a PG in that system?

[Split T]

Perhaps the ball dominant Knight was more a product of Watson's system. We joke about him as being almost an all star in the East, but he really was. 18/5/4 and shot 40% from 3, plus His assist rate was significantly higher in Milwaukee than in Phoenix. Maybe my expectations are too high, but I think he's going to be a good player for us this year

[Superbone]

All I can do is hope that that's the case. But I also hoped that Trump would become more presidential once he got into office and it's been worse than I could have possibly imagined. Sorry, wrong board.

[specialsauce]

I just really need some Suns news. We’re definitely in the dead zone of the offseason. This is the worst time
Of year in sports, all we have is baseball (snoozefest until the playoffs)

[INFORMER]

I have no problem with bringing Canaan back. I liked what I saw from him last year. He won't move the needle much, if at all, but he can give you solid play at the point.

I do think Brandon Jennings could be a solid addition. He is probably a better passer than any point guard that is currently on the roster.