Quiet trade deadline shows the Suns have learned this lesson

Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green smiles against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first half at Mortgage Matchup Center. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn ImagesThe NBA trade deadline dust has settled. And, as many predicted, it wasn’t a super eventful one for the Phoenix Suns.

They did what was expected of them by ducking under a luxury tax threshold by trading Nick Richards and Nigel Hayes-Davis to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Cole Anthony and Amir Coffey — it was later announced that Richards was rerouted to the Chicago Bulls as the deal expanded to a three-team trade.

The Suns got under that threshold to avoid a repeater tax and didn’t take on any long-term money. They could have done more, but…