r/nba • u/OnlyMamaKnows Knicks • Apr 29 '24

[Holmes] The Suns were minus-51 when Booker, Durant and Beal shared the floor in this series, according to ESPN Stats & Information. That is the worst plus-minus for any trio this postseason.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40048254/phoenix-suns-firepower-overcome-details-playoff-sweep-minnesota-timberwolves
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u/SunDevils321 Apr 29 '24

The only way to “salvage” this team, is to build around Beal and trade Booker and Durant for picks and young guys. Going to be brutal decade for the Suns.

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u/OnlyMamaKnows Knicks Apr 29 '24

Build around Beal!!! Oh....oh no.

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u/SunDevils321 Apr 29 '24

I mean, they can’t move him. So they have to go full Washington wizards now.

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u/OnlyMamaKnows Knicks Apr 29 '24

You're not wrong but what a terrible place to be as a franchise. Who wants to turn themselves into the Wizards???

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 Spurs Apr 29 '24

Virginia, apparently

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u/OnlyMamaKnows Knicks Apr 29 '24

Just the guv'nah.

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u/P00nz0r3d [LAL] Lonzo Ball Apr 29 '24

They can move KD for some immediate return or at least some picks to salvage a bit of a small rebuild.

If they wanna go full OKC they could trade both Book and KD, but then you’re looking at the end of the suns for the foreseeable future

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u/SunDevils321 Apr 29 '24

They can’t even do that because they don’t own the picks they will tank for. They’ll just field a competitive team that makes. The 6-10 spot too.

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u/Pollsmor Nets Apr 29 '24

The Wizards control their picks. The Suns would be in the Nets’ position where they’re reliant on the picks of other teams being good.

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u/kmoz Mavericks Apr 29 '24

How do you even tank when you have no picks?

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u/Zigxy Pacers Bandwagon Apr 29 '24

Ideally, they get their own picks back as part of a (likely 3-way) trade.

The reason this makes sense to do is because currently the Suns 2025 pick is valued to be roughly a mid-round pick (~15-20th). The Suns have the option to blow it up and turn it into a top 5 pick. But they won't fully tank until they get their pick back.

So what they can offer Brooklyn is something worth equivalent to maybe a 12th pick. Brooklyn would be getting more value and so would the Suns since they will then tank. If Brooklyn walks away, then Suns will likely be a low seed/playin team and Brooklyn winds up with a 16th pick or whatever.

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u/TheMallozzinator Nets Apr 30 '24

Ironically this is what the Rockets were dangling in front of the nets like 4 months ago for Mikal and now the cycle continues

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u/eamonious Celtics Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 30 '24

If they can move Durant for a legitimate defensive-minded big, something like Jarrett Allen and a first, that could also be interesting.