The Phoenix Suns signed veteran guard Leandro Barbosa on Tuesday and the two-year contract will pay him $4 million for the 2016-17 season. The Suns now have 15 players under contract and are still about $13.2 million beelow the salary cap. There is a good chance most of that room will still be unused in February ahead of the 2017 trade deadline.
“I’d be surprised if we spent a lot of that cap space now or over the summertime," Suns general manager Ryan McDonough tells The Arizona Republic. “More likely, we’ll preserve most, if not all of it, and go into the season and look at either in-season signings or probably more likely in-season trades that are lopsided where we take back more money than we send out.