The Phoenix Suns are perhaps the hottest team in recent NBA trade rumors. In order to make room for their prized target, Jimmy Butler, the Suns have to convince Bradley Beal to waive his no-trade clause. On top of that, Jusuf Nurkic, who used to be the starting center, has slid down the depth chart and has missed his fair share of games.
Suns center Jusuf Nurkić said he and head coach Mike Budenholzer "don't have a relationship" in the aftermath of his benching.
On Tuesday, the Suns traded their 2031 unprotected first-round pick to the Jazz in exchange for first-round picks in 2025, 2027 and 2029.
Multiple teams have made bets of some size that Phoenix will be terrible between 2026 and 2031. And those bets may pay off.
For the Suns, not having to face off against the Cavaliers’ two-headed monster of Mobley and Jarrett Allen inside is a positive one thanks to their poor center play but newly acquired Nick Richards did impress in his first game with the team on Saturday.
The Phoenix Suns have made it clear that they want to trade for Jimmy Butler, but adding him has proven to be too difficult.
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"The Suns are also exploring pairing one of the newly acquired first-round picks with Jusuf Nurkic to acquire a starting-caliber or high-level rotation player on the trade market, league sources told HoopsHype. "Nurkic is owed $18.13 million and has averaged 8.6 points and 9.2 rebounds in 23.7 minutes this season.