The Phoenix Suns’ all-in investment on this roster just proved to be—for now, at least—an absolute bust. Their choice to empty their asset collection, deplete their depth and bog down their financial books was supposed to lead to championship contention. Instead, this extremely top-heavy team managed only a middling regular-season record and a first-round exit from the 2024 NBA playoffs.

This is, to put it bluntly, a failure of massive proportions, and unfortunately for the franchise, there’s no easy way to wiggle out of this. While it’s simple to say this roster needs to change, it’s a lot harder to figure out how to change it. Phoenix has next to nothing to offer in a trade, unless it plans on blowing up this core and starting over.

Since the whole intention of this team is winning right now, that probably isn’t happening. So, let’s go bargain shopping in search of some potential trade targets for the Suns.