When the Phoenix Suns sent the body of Ryan Anderson to Miami in exchange for combo guard Tyler Johnson, Suns fans collectively shrugged and turned back to their social media feeds for something bigger and better.
But after the deadline passed, we all realized that was the only move the Suns would make.
And we were underwhelmed.
Now let’s meet Johnson, who will immediately step into a starting guard role next to Devin Booker (when healthy).
Johnson is an undrafted kid who the Miami Heat found on the street, won a rotation position and played so well in two years that the Brooklyn Nets tried to steal him away with a huge restricted offer sheet ($50 million for 4 years, with a cap-required breakdown of 5/5/19/19 salaries).