As many of you know, I’ve been spending my days trying to solve the puzzle that is the Phoenix Suns. This offseason presents options. It’s a dizzying web of possibilities, paths to take, buttons to press. But none of them seem to lead where we want to go. None of them scream contention now. And even fewer offer financial clarity.
The Suns are so far above the salary cap — over $60 million to start the summer — that getting under it isn’t just difficult, it’s virtually impossible. You can’t simply slice off that chunk and still expect to compete.