Sun-N-Gun · Nov 28, 2025
Suns must make unpopular step back move at the NBA trade deadline
Minnesota TImberwolves v Phoenix Suns | Chris Coduto/GettyImagesThe Phoenix Suns have been so surprisingly good this season, that they are going to run into a problem next summer. That's because they will suddenly have a number of players who will need to be paid to stick around in The Valley, so soon after escaping the second apron.
Grayson Allen will have to be moved to re-sign others.
Which is why sharpshooter Grayson Allen is going to become the casualty that ensures both Mark Williams and Collin Gillespie remain in Phoenix. Allen might be out with an injury at the moment, but he's been having a career year and so the time to move on from him has probably arrived.