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

[pickle]

Somehow this doesn’t feel like a ringing endorsement.

[Mori Chu]

+1 to the posts expressing sympathy to AIG and his wife. No one should have to go through that. And it pains me that cheering for our beloved Suns will now amount to cheering for a person who has done that to someone.

I do believe in second chances and I believe that people can grow and change. If there is any good evidence that Bridges has grown and changed as a person, I would love to hear more about it.

[Mori Chu]

They're just openly making fun of us on Reddit, Twitter, and other social media after this trade.

[Split T]

Well…this was not what I wanted to come back to after a weekend disconnected…not even getting into the off court stuff, I don’t actually think this makes sense on the court. Bridges would need to be a different player than he’s been…or we need to be moving Green…

This is really a bummer after they spent last year making the team at least fun to root for…now we gotta feel dirty rooting for part of our team.

[JJ Slim]

+1 to the posts expressing sympathy to AIG and his wife. No one should have to go through that. And it pains me that cheering for our beloved Suns will now amount to cheering for a person who has done that to someone.

I do believe in second chances and I believe that people can grow and change. If there is any good evidence that Bridges has grown and changed as a person, I would love to hear more about it.

I'm all for second chances too. Hopefully he has grown up and gotten past that part of his life and turned over a new leaf. BUT if he messes up in that way even a little bit I'm done. Edit: I'm not holding my breath.

Along those lines doesn't he have only a year left on his contract? If so hopefully the Suns wait for a while to extend him to make sure he's clean and if they do extend they need to put a poison pill in the contract that if he has anything like that happen again that the contract is null and void.

Also maybe they don't plan on extending him and might let him walk after next year to free up even more cap space.

[pickle]

Some positivity to balance things out. I’m trying.

[INFORMER]

I'm just trying to understand the basketball rationale behind this trade, ignoring the domestic abuse because clearly that doesn't matter to Ishbia.

The deal sheds $7 million from the cap, which looks like it still leaves them over the L-Tax threshold. so we're still only looking at the Tax-Payer MLE.

Bridges is on an expiring contract, and shedding $22 million off the payroll would create even more flexibility, but Gambo is saying they want to have him past this year.

Bridges doesn't address any need the Suns had, except that he is a better player than Allen and/or Royce. There really isn't room for him in starting lineup unless they're going with Point Book again or moving Jalen Green to the bench. So you did all of this for sixth man? And what about finding more minutes for Fleming?

This only feels like a worthwhile acquisition if you're a fan of Bridges and wanted him regardless of fit or need.

[Shabazz]

Really starting to dislike Ishbia and his “I’ll do things my way” approach. Sometimes there’s a reason the other 29 teams are run a certain way (and not by their owners) and it’s not because they’re not as smart or daring or care about winning less.

[Shabazz]

+1 to the posts expressing sympathy to AIG and his wife. No one should have to go through that. And it pains me that cheering for our beloved Suns will now amount to cheering for a person who has done that to someone.

I do believe in second chances and I believe that people can grow and change. If there is any good evidence that Bridges has grown and changed as a person, I would love to hear more about it.

I'm all for second chances too. Hopefully he has grown up and gotten past that part of his life and turned over a new leaf. BUT if he messes up in that way even a little bit I'm done. Edit: I'm not holding my breath.

Along those lines doesn't he have only a year left on his contract? If so hopefully the Suns wait for a while to extend him to make sure he's clean and if they do extend they need to put a poison pill in the contract that if he has anything like that happen again that the contract is null and void.

Also maybe they don't plan on extending him and might let him walk after next year to free up even more cap space.

He chucked billards balls at his ex’s car with the kid inside AFTER he was arrested and hit with a restraining order.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I think the Ishbia-led Suns deserve a little bit of respect for putting together the season they just finished.

Let's see how this roster shakes out.

[pickle]

Some more positivity.

[Split T]

If I’m trying to understand it for the suns:

Adds size…and a scorer with more playmaking than either Brooks or Green.

He doesn’t help take the ball out of Book’s hands much though and I think the combo of Brooks\Bridges\Green is just a rough combo that doesn’t work great…I think this needs a Green trade to work.

[specialsauce]

Green for HIM aka HIDDEY make it happen

[specialsauce]

#ALIGNMENT

[specialsauce]

Giddey
Booker
Brooks
Bridges
Williams


That spells not 1, not 2, not 3 championships !!!!!

[Flagrant Fowl]

He also said this less than a week ago...

Not to say the Suns are targeting Ja, just that Gambo largely doesn't have much info until the news is about to break so his takes are pretty meaningless.

[Split T]

I honestly would start to question my level of fandom if we started Ja and Bridges

[INFORMER]

He also offered this "insight" a few weeks ago:

[Mori Chu]

Maybe the org feeds Gambo bad Intel to put out there to try to help their trading position. Who knows.

If the FO can pull off a good Green trade, maybe we can still put together a great starting lineup. But we don't have any more of our 1sts to toss into trades, and without that, I don't have much faith in this FO to get a good deal.

[Mori Chu]

John Hollinger doesn't like the move.

Now that we have confirmation on the draft pick terms, the Miles Bridges trade to the Phoenix Suns surpasses Trae Young’s extension as the worst move of the offseason, and shows that the Suns have learned nothing from their previous mistakes.

For starters, obviously, the team that bellowed “character above all” a year ago just traded for Bridges. But even if his off-court record were pristine, this is brutal work.

Suns owner Mat Ishbia once again let a first-round pick burn a hole in his pocket, trading his 2033 first (unprotected, according to ESPN) within seconds of the pick being eligible to trade. I’m sure it will shock all of you to learn that Bridges went to Ishbia’s alma mater, Michigan State.

It’s an impulsive, win-now move from a team that is in no position to win anything important right now.

You don’t give up unprotected firsts so you can finish eighth instead of ninth, especially for a team with a future already mortgaged to the hilt. As a bonus, the Suns got shafted by Charlotte in a trade for the 43rd consecutive time (pour one out for the Nick Richards era) and somehow still will keep making deals with the Hornets.

The picks Phoenix got back are window dressing to make the trade look less terrible, but let’s be clear: The Suns got back pennies on the dollar. It’s a 2029 first-rounder that is the least valuable of four teams’ selections (Charlotte, Utah, Cleveland and Minnesota), all of whom project to be pretty good in a few years. Realistically, it will land in the mid-20s. The 2027 second-round pick they got will be the least valuable of four teams’ picks, including Boston, and likely a near-worthless pick in the mid-50s.

All this for what in the end looks like a pretty mild upgrade.

While it does even out the roster some positionally, the value difference between Grayson Allen (who had arguably the best year of his career last season) and Bridges is smaller than you might think. Allen had a BORD$ value of $18 million last year, and Bridges was at $22 million. Those figures are right in line with their upcoming 2026-27 salaries. The primary win for Phoenix was getting off Royce O’Neale’s salary.

But I’m sure there’s one other exciting result here for Ishbia and the Suns: As a result of this move, they can now trade the 2028 first-round pick that they have already swapped twice and that is the least valuable of Brooklyn’s, Philadelphia’s or Washington’s. That pick and three second-rounders (including the one they just got from the Hornets) are the only remaining picks they can trade through 2033.