Oh hey, Suns might reduce payroll next season, actually

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports More than once over the past few weeks, national ESPN writer Brian Windhorst has mentioned with his podcast colleagues — you can find the Hoop Collective podcast on your favorite podcast app — that the Suns could be among the NBA teams who reduce spending due to the incredible losses being incurred due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

The league has been hit hard by the pandemic, first by games being cancelled entirely and now by losing game-day revenue from fan attendance at games. Yes, I know that season tickets were already sold for the year, but a great deal of revenue also comes from game-day sales of remaining tickets, concessions, merchandise,…