NBA rumors: Chris Paul shopped, Ja Morant loses out, Mark Jackson apologizes
By Ian Levy
NBA rumors: Suns will be ‘aggressively’ trying to trade Chris Paul
The addition of Chris Paul before the 2019-20 season helped transform the Phoenix Suns into a legitimate championship contender and powered a run to the 2020 NBA Finals. But after blowout losses ended their postseason runs two years in a row, the Suns may be looking for a replacement.
On ESPN’s Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective today, Tim MacMahon said he expects the Suns to “aggressively shop” Paul this offseason.
Before they traded for Kevin Durant, the Phoenix Suns were mentioned several times in Kyrie Irving trade rumors. And even after he was eventually traded to Dallas, there were rumblings that the Suns could still be interested in Irving this offseason.
A sign-and-trade that clears Paul from the books, sending him to Dallas and bringing back Irving is not outside the realm of possibility but it would have to include something else to entice the Mavericks. It seems likely that Phoenix may also shop Deandre Ayton this summer and he could interest Dallas as well. Perhaps Ayton and Paul to Dallas for Irving and JaVale McGee, with whatever other necessary assorted parts, turning one man’s trash into another man’s treasure?
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