The Suns used their three 1st round picks on TJ Warren, Tyler Ennis and Bogdan Bogdanovic. The Suns roster is already a list of trade bait and I'm guessing these guys are just to add to the list. Ennis in particular was a player a lot of teams were interested in and considering the Suns have Goran Dragic, are about to re-sign Eric Bledsoe, Archie Goodwin in waiting and Ish Smith on a favorable contract, I'm not sure what they need Ennis for; I think interest in him is too high to simply bring him off the bench. Warren, too, is a nice prospect but behind the PJ Tucker, Miles Plumlee and the Morris twins I don't see where Warren's playing time comes from. Bogdanovich, too, is a prospect others might want but in Phoenix he'll be stuck behind Gerald Green and the free-shooting of Bledsoe and Dragic. So let the Suns trade rumors swirl!
I'm guessing the Suns will definitely start next season with Eric Bledsoe. After that I'm not sure. Green and both Morris twins are set to expire next summer and Dragic has a player option, so I guess those guys are potentially trade-able; Alex Len never really got going last year, Miles Plumlee is perhaps at the peak of his value, the mercurial Gerald Green is a roll of the dice for anybody, add in Warren, Ennis and Bogdanovich and it seems certain the Suns will be busy this summer. The Morris twins are a conundrum: they play better together and a platoon of the two of them is intriguing but going forward they'd have to take low-level deals to stay together; if they're willing to do that, I reckon a number of teams would be interested in the tandem. The Pacers apparently want Dragic but unless they lure in a third team (Boston Celtics?), I don't see what they have to offer for him.
In short, beyond re-signing Bledsoe (the one untouchable on this roster), I have no idea what the Suns are going to do in the next few weeks. They've got enough cap space to think they could get a meeting with Lebron or Melo but I don't see either of those deals coming together; they were rumored to have interest in Pau Gasol last year, does that continue? Beyond those guys its hard to see who the Suns would want, they've got talent and depth at every position, what they need is a big time veteran to swagger around. Perhaps the upcoming summer league will give an indication of the Suns' plans: how Ennis, Warren, Goodwin, Bogdanovich and Len play could determine how much interest they get from the league...and their own team!
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