As next Saturday, December 15 — the date when NBA free agents acquired this summer can be traded — approaches, the Suns are reportedly engaged in talks with the Lakers about Trevor Ariza that hinge on the teams’ ability to track down a third team willing to take in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
From the Suns perspective, that likely also means finding a third team whose roster would allow them to send a veteran point guard to Phoenix in exchange for Caldwell-Pope. As ESPN reported, “The Suns want to land a playmaking guard and a draft asset as the price of unloading Ariza.