The Phoenix Suns G League affiliate, the Valley Suns, were involved in a massive trade involving six teams on Wednesday.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!With many moving parts in this deal, the Valley Suns acquired the returning player rights to guard Cassius Stanley. The trade saw them send its 2025 second-round pick to the Rio Grande Vipers and the returning player rights of Gary Clark to the Wisconsin Herd.
Stanley, the No. 54 overall pick by the Indiana Pacers in the 2020 NBA Draft, has averaged 13.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 59 career games (38 starts) in the G League. The California native tallied 15.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 23 regular season games (five starts) during the 2022-23 season with the Rio Grande Vipers before playing last season for Hapoel Afula in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.
The 25-year-old has appeared in 33 games in the NBA, with 24 for the Pacers in 2020-21 and nine for the Detroit Pistons in 2021-22. Overall, Stanley has averaged 2.7 points and 1.2 rebounds a game in the NBA.
A highly-regarded four-star recruit out of high school, he committed to Duke University in 2019. Stanley averaged 12.6 points on 47.4% shooting and 4.9 rebounds in 29 games (all starts). As a freshman, he was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team.
The Valley Suns begin its first season as a franchise on Nov. 8 when they face the Santa Cruz Warriors on the road. Their home opener against the Stockton Kings at Mullett Arena is on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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Reporter Alec Cipollini covers the Phoenix Mercury, Suns and ASU Athletics for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @AlecCipollini
