Speculation continues to swirl about a possible trade involving the Suns' Bradley Beal and the Heat's Jimmy Butler ahead of the NBA trade deadline.
There’s been plenty of discussion about the possibility that the Milwaukee Bucks will add Jimmy Butler or Bradley Beal to their roster, and why not? Neither player is quite at home with their current organizations.
Jusuf Nurkic said that he has no relationship with Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer over the past two months, but the coach disagrees.
Amid the ongoing turmoil with the Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler is expected to be traded before the NBA deadline. The Phoenix Suns are one of the top potential destinations, but a legend believes the team’s immediate focus should be addressing a different issue first.
Suns center Jusuf Nurkic was unceremoniously benched.
"Ask the other 29 GMs -- 26 of them would trade their whole team for our whole team and our draft picks and everything as is," Ishbia said during a press conference following the first-round sweep his Phoenix Suns suffered at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Amid a roller-coaster season that began with title hopes, the Suns needed a shakeup. But with limited options, where do they go from here?
Speaking Wednesday on his Brian Windhorst and The Hoop Collective podcast (beginning at the 17:09 mark), ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst suggested that the Kings are not in the mix for Butler:
Jusuf Nurkić and Mike Budenholzer aren’t in a good place.
Jusuf Nurkic was a starting NBA center for nine seasons and in a matter of weeks, his world has been tipped upside down.Suns coach Mike Budenholzer moved Nurkic to the bench and now he hasn't play
Through conversations with Kings officials in recent weeks, Houston Rockets officials were aware of the increasing likelihood of a potential De'Aaron Fox trade away from Sacramento, especially as the prospect of the 27-year-old guard signing a long-term extension with the Kings became less and less plausible.
The Suns look like they will be a play-in team when the regular season ends. But one more trade could be on the horizon.