As trade season in the NBA creeps around the corner, interest in players on the Phoenix Suns roster are starting to be made public through various reports.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Evan Sidery, national NBA reporter for Forbes, reported Monday that Suns veteran wing Grayson Allen possesses the highest trade value among other Phoenix role players.
Among the Suns’ potential trade chips, Grayson Allen is viewed with the highest overall value.
If Phoenix wants to add an impact player without including draft capital, Allen would be a must in any deal.
Jusuf Nurkic and Josh Okogie hold no trade value without attaching assets. pic.twitter.com/2TqZu8ibWc
— Evan Sidery (@esidery) December 16, 2024
Allen is averaging 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 21 games, with 41.0/38.8/82.6 shooting splits in his seventh NBA season. The 29-year-old guard/wing had a slow start to the season, missing games during the first week due to a recurring Achilles injury and the birth of his first child.
The highly-coveted sharpshooter had a career year with the Suns last season where he averaged 13.5 points per game and shot a league-leading 46.1% from 3-point range.
Sidery further reported that, should Phoenix want to add an “impact player” via trade without having to include any of its already limited draft capital, Allen must be part of the deal. With just under two months until the NBA trade deadline, the Suns have already been linked a handful of “impact players” that may be featured on this year’s trade market, including Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler.
Phoenix is already limited in roster flexibility because of second apron restrictions and Bradley Beal’s no-trade clause, assuming the Suns want to move off of the All-Star guard’s $50.2 million (inclining yearly) contract.
Allen is responsible for $15.6 million (4 years, $70 million) of Phoenix’s salary cap. Considering that apron restrictions wouldn’t allow the Suns to take more money back in a trade, so if they really wanted to get an upgrade over Allen, they would have to include another player or draft capital.
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Reporter Connor Moreno covers the Phoenix Suns for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @cmorenosports, and on Bluesky, @cloading.bsky.social
