For all of the roster moves that the Phoenix Suns made this offseason - with no fewer than 11 new faces in the door in The Valley - one deal they couldn't get over the line was that of Jonathan Kuminga of the Golden State Warriors. The 22-year-old stuck between wanting a new long-term deal in San Francisco, but not being offered the money he felt he should have been by that franchise.
This has led to a summer long saga which still has not reached its conclusion - and although the Suns attempted to test the Warriors' resolve - netting Kuminga always felt too ambitious.