After shuffling through their deck of point guards, seven to be exact once you add in Josh Jackson filling in as their emergency backup 1 when Tyler Ulis exited Wednesday’s blowout loss with back spasms, the Phoenix Suns rolled the dice at Thursday’s trade deadline.
Once he fell out of favor in Orlando, general manager Ryan McDonough scooped up Elfrid Payton for the pick they received from Memphis in the Troy Daniels deal back in September.
So, if you think about it that way, the Suns acquired both Payton and Daniels for absolutely nothing.