Now that the trade deadline is behind us, an entirely new conversation has begun. The Phoenix Suns still have open roster spots, and they are looking to fill them with players who were recently waived by their respective former teams.
How do quality players end up waived? Let’s look at Chimezie Metu. Phoenix traded him out in the Royce O’Neale/David Roddy trade, with the Memphis Grizzlies acquiring the versatile wing/big. They did so to make the money work, not because the Grizzlies were going out of their way to acquire Mezie. Therefore, once the transaction was processed, they released him.