First of all, the Phoenix Suns are not going to cut all costs going into the 2020-21 season. The Suns have a very real chance to make the playoffs for the first time in 11 years, and playoffs means more money all around: merchandise, TV coverage, playoff tickets, season tickets and so on. Playoffs also mean potentially staving off a Devin Booker trade demand another year or two.
Managing Partner Robert Sarver might be notoriously tight-fisted on a daily basis — until he locks in on a player, in which case he will spend like there’s no tomorrow — but he has never passed up a chance to fund for an eighth seed.