The Phoenix Suns have officially traded Deandre Ayton for Jusuf Nurkic. What does that mean for the Suns moving forward? What was the reasoning behind the move? How do the other players in the trade like Nassir Little play into things? On today’s PHNX Suns Podcast we’ll dive deeper into the trade. Join us for the conversation and don’t forget to follow the show on Twitter @PHNX_Suns.
0:00 Intro
4:03 Word on the street with Flex
6:55 Answering the “Why help the Bucks with this trade?”
11:30 Suns are expected to waive Keon Johnson and Ish Wainright
19:42 Why did they make this move?
22:56 Monty leaving didn’t help the DA situation
37:08 What could help DA?
43:09 Jusuf Nurkic deep dive
46:40 Areas where DA was better and where Nurk can help the Suns more
56:18 Saul’s Hypothetical games
1:03:19 Nassir Little deep dive
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20 Comments
Some is a downgrade and some is an upgrade, but Nurk’s at half the cap hit for a better bench. Little is a keeper.
Yes you can move on Nurkic a lot easier
Suns fans, wait till you see Bol Bol play. He is better than DA.
Suns are now unquestionably one of the deepest teams in league, meanwhile the bucks now have one of the weakest benches and least amount of depth
Look at some of His films.
Whats next? Umm i dont maybe getting down to a 15 roster. Hot take Suns fans will hate Nurific real fast and he will be gone at the TDL if not sooner.
TOLD Y'ALL THE ACQUISITION OF EUBANKS, METU, BOLBOL, AZUBUIKE WAS DONE FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Way better for everyone. DA needs to be the #1 or #2 guy. We got deeper and more toughness!
The show was awesome! Loved Saul’s hypothetical game. Flex comment on if Mykal and Cam J go off on us “we’ll just put our guy on him”! 😂 I’m dead guys
Who is the new Landry Shamet? 🤔
Can the guy on the left with the shades on please not drop F bombs and swear ? Have an intelligent take
I wanted Ayton to be set loose and be like David Robinson! Not Ben Wallace or Rodman! I hope Portland lets Ayton loose and maybe be his best all around player he can be! Even if his defense isn’t as good for awhile! He can work on that later!!! We definitely should of used him properly!!!
Suns literally got worse with no improvement on the bench. How did the Suns get "depth" when it was just a few dudes you can sign for the vet minimum?
Little is a strong small forward
Suns fans tripping. They got a similar player for almost 1/2 the salary. Nurkic does all the small things you want in a big. Nurkic similar if not better rebounder, better screen setter, shoots 3's, willing and creative passer, master of the rebound tip in bucket (his touch around the basket is amazing but he can rush things at times.) Before his injury in 2019 he was a legit top-5 center in the nba when you looked at the stats. Since then, probably out of precaution for prior injuries, he sometimes settles for floater-esqe shots and lay ups when he could just bully toward the basket and get fouled. Kinda overstays on men on perimeter switches instead of cover paint. Still, the guy is hard nosed, will bang with the best of em…. and posted the first 5×5 game in NBA history with over 20/20 pts/reb. Guy is very skilled and doesnt shy away.
Claxson to the suns next year!!!!
We'll just have to see
Sweep the Nuggets…😂😂😂😂. Suns better hope the all injured 1st team all stars even make the playoffs.
He is over valued, if he was not he was already been taken by the Nets or the Wizards with the earlier trades.
I think the Suns got what they could for Ayton, sorry, but the truth is there isn't a big market for Ayton. It is not all Ayton fault … every team knows Ayton isn't happy, every team knows Ayton is the 4th wheel , the Suns way over the Cap … everybody knows something gotta give and time is not on the Suns side. Thus every team know they can get him for a bargain.