[Haynes] Phoenix Suns are moving forward with the plan of keeping Deandre Ayton to play alongside Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
Phoenix Suns are moving forward with the plan of keeping Deandre Ayton to play alongside Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 25, 2023
by SpiritedSuccess5675
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I call 🧢. Free Agency hasnt even started yet. They dont know what their team will look like.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome Deandre Ayton to the NBA’s official trade purgatory club alongside Myles Turner and John Collins
Warriors also said they were keeping Poole lol this means nothing free agency hasn’t even started yet
everyone has a price dw
I mean DeAndre Ayton is probably just as good or better than every other teams 4th best player so it’s not a big deal or anything that they’re keeping him.
Very surprising that they want a center instead of a PF who is on a max contract but has the impact of John Konchar
This seems incredibly obvious. Who is trading for Ayton and giving up pieces that would actually benefit the Suns?
Either smoke or no one was going to give them anything
If were not getting 2-3 guys that can play for us then we would be dumb to trade him, I’m glad we’re not trading him for scraps. Try to rebuild his value this season and make a decision next year.
What not getting an assassin scorer does to a franchise
An unfocused, inconsistent Ayton is still an 18 & 10 guy who provides decent defense. It’s not the worst thing to keep him.
My 9/11
He probably helps the team more than Suns fans think he does. But man am I sick of watching him pass up open lanes and standing around while rebounds are being taken by other players. Softest player with his build I’ve ever seen.
Maybe Vogel gets something out of him. But after 5 years its harder and harder to believe that anything external will change his mindset.
Haynes has been wrong lately
Tobias’ dad tried to create that fake hype
Dude is going to be scapegoated so hard if Phoenix doesn’t win the title.
Tobias will remain a Sixer assassin.
This sub eviscerated the suns for a fake Tobias Harris trade lol.
In all seriousness, better to see if his value can be less hopeless than it currently is
I hate the Suns and hope they fail spectacularly once again, but I think this is the right move. He seemed to be undervalued, Vogel will love him, and honestly he’s much better than this sub and suns fans would have you believe. Very solid defender and rebounder at the center position and he can definitely be a starting contributor for a championship team. Hell, if I’m completely honest, I think if he was putting up numbers on a bad team people would talk about him as a no brainer top 5 center. The Suns will lack A LOT of depth, but that ship sailed with the Beal trade imo.
Suns need to not overreact. Ayton is in his lower value, they will not receive what they need. let him play under Vogel. then you adjust if needed.
Buutt….of course /r/nba will stick with the rumors and will keep elaborating trades with him all the offseason.
Highly doubt. Trading him is their only realistic shot at filling out this roster. Otherwise their rotations will be disgusting.
damn here I was thinking they’d take Tobias Harris 🙁
Keeping Ayton until the next trade rumor comes next week
Deandre Ayton, you ARE a Phoenix Sun
People are clowning Ayton, but it’s been clear he doesn’t want to be there for at least 2 seasons. Keeping a player who wants out is going to lead to unmotivated play and scapegoating.
I don’t think he really has much trade value in terms of what they need anyway, what they need is a center who isn’t Deandre Ayton lol, tough to trade the guy and get that in return.
They know about the upcoming CBA right….?
Everyone loves the term, ‘He has that dog in ’em’. I think Ayton perfectly encapsulates the exact opposite of that term. The man has no dog em.
In 2036 he is going to retire as the team’s all time points leader and they will still be asking if he will be traded at his last game
They are probably getting low balled out the ass so they sticking with him for the time being