The Phoenix Suns G-League affiliate, the Valley Suns, made their first-ever trade on Wednesday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The team announced that it completed a trade with the Oklahoma City Blue, acquiring the returning rights to guard Jaden Shackelford in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2025 NBA G League Draft.
The 6-foot-3 Shackelford played for the Blue in each of the last two seasons, averaging 14.0 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 60 regular season games (43 starts). He originally played three seasons of collegiate basketball at Alabama before joining the Blue.
We’ve received the returning player rights to guard Jaden Shackelford from the Oklahoma City Blue in exchange for a 2025 first round pick. pic.twitter.com/Qt4zSeEFZp
— Valley Suns (@GLeagueSuns) September 4, 2024
The Valley Suns selected 14 players in an expansion draft in June. Jahlil Okafor, Emmanuel Mudiay, Denzel Valentine and Theo Maledon highlighted the names from the draft. Additionally, Phoenix has signed undrafted Baylor wing Jalen Bridges, former Denver Nuggets guard Collin Gillespie and 2022 first-round pick TyTy Washington to two-way contracts, so they could see some time with the G-League team.
The Valley Suns also hired John Little as head coach and Brendan Sabean as general manager this offseason.
The team announced its schedule yesterday. You can read more about that by clicking here.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
