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Can Jimmy Butler complete the puzzle and turn the Suns into the Valley Boyz 2.0?

John Voita is the Managing Editor of Bright Side of the Sun, co-host of the Suns JAM Session Podcast, and has been a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023.

Trade season is here, and the Phoenix Suns’ roster is under the microscope. Every flaw, every fix, every far-flung theory dragged into the light. The Jimmy Butler Saga hangs overhead like storm clouds on the horizon...although I forget what those look like (we’re on day 155 without measurable rain in Phoenix).

The man wants to be in Phoenix, but Bradley Beal’s no-trade clause is the immovable object to Butler’s irresistible force, leaving Jimmy stranded in the sultry purgatory of South Beach.