Hard as it might be to remember, there was a time for the Phoenix Suns at the deadline last season when they were getting heavily linked with Jimmy Butler. If you were to believe the rumors, it was only Kevin Durant's reluctance to go back to the Golden State Warriors that stopped Butler coming to The Valley from the Miami Heat, and he ended up with the Warriors himself instead.
Phoenix could then only look on as Butler became the spark plug in San Francisco that it was hoped he'd be for them, propelling them to the second round to the postseason.