2024 Suns General Offseason News

[ShelC]

[TOO]

KD said he wanted to retire in Phoenix not long ago. He was also the Suns best player last year, so I get it. I don't like it, but I get it.

[JeremyG]

Oh he’s being traded for sure now. I bet we’re trying to milk the Rockets for everything we can like the Nets did to us.

[Flagrant Fowl]

KD is not being traded this summer. How much longer do you want to keep that Nurkic avatar?

[JeremyG]

KD is not being traded this summer. How much longer do you want to keep that Nurkic avatar?

My more serious take is that if it’s an offer that’s too good to refuse we will do it, not that he’s gone no matter what.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Quick backpedal.

[JeremyG]

Haha it was a partially tongue-in-cheek reprise of Wally’s prediction in February 2023.

[iLLmatic]

Too bad.

[Superbone]

Too bad.

Of course this loudmouth says to ignore what Phoenix is saying:

[Split T]

Ishbia said that after SAS

[specialsauce]

Too bad.

Yup. I really think the best course is to enter next year without 1 of the 3 mediocre stars and complement the either two with better teammates/fits/dogs

[Split T]

Shams said there is 0% chance we trade KD…he reiterated 0%

[Split T]

Just gonna say that Utah drafted a pg…Makes Kris Dunn more available

[Kryptonic]

We got good grades from "The Ringer"....

2024 Winners and Losers

Winner: The Phoenix Suns’ Draft Day
What a weird day for the Suns—it started out with reports that the Rockets wanted to make an offer for Kevin Durant. Or even for Devin Booker. It got to the point that Suns owner Mat Ishbia posted this on X to quiet everyone down about all the gossip:

NBA Draft night is the best. Everyone talking about the drama and storylines, some are right and some are just wrong.
My turn. Phoenix loves Kevin Durant and Kevin Durant loves Phoenix, and we are competing for a championship this year because we have the team to do it. Gotta…

— Mat Ishbia (@Mishbia15) June 26, 2024
And with the Suns on the clock with the 22nd pick, they traded down. With who? The Nuggets, their West nemesis. Everyone in the world knew Denver wanted DaRon Holmes II, since it’s been rumored for weeks that the Nuggets made a promise to him. So the Suns got the no. 28 pick, plus three second-rounders out of it: no. 56 on Thursday night, and picks in 2026 and 2031.

Holmes makes perfect sense for the Nuggets no matter the cost, but this was incredibly well done by the Suns front office. And then they found possibly the steal of the draft with the 28th pick: Ryan Dunn, who stands at 6-foot-6 and has a 7-foot-2 wingspan. Dunn logged 3.6 stocks (steals and blocks) as a Virginia sophomore and can defend across every position. Quick guards. Strong forwards. Bigs. It doesn’t matter: Dunn can defend every inch of the court.

The concern about Dunn is his offense. He was a non-shooter at Virginia, but I’m not quite sure that matters in Phoenix. What Dunn can do on offense is set screens, attack the glass, and finish loudly at the rim. If the Suns do indeed run it back with Durant and Booker, then Dunn will have plenty of space to make an impact near the rim. At the least, he’ll be good. And if his shot comes along, then Dunn could be truly great.

[ShelC]

as expected

[Cap]

Can we offer him more than his option amount, or does this mean he’s looking for the exit?

[Split T]

We can offer him 20% higher I believe…so 4ish million

[ShelC]

Pretty sure he's out. We have Damion Lee who can take his spot as shooter off the bench but we still need more firepower and I'd rather not rely on Lee. Wes Matthews, Alec Burks, Reggie Bullock could be similar minimum vets. Lonnie Walker can be pretty good but is always injured and may not want a specific bench role. Cedi Osman?

[TOO]

He's leaving, he had an idea of what his role was supposed to be here and what they had him do wasn't it. Won't miss him tbh, too useless if his shot isn't falling. Damion Lee probably won't be as useful but at least he'll hit the corner 3, but won't do much else.

[Split T]

We needed to get bigger or more skilled. His shooting was nice, but we either needed him to be a real wing or a pg