The Phoenix Suns don’t have any magic bullets in the cylinder as the trade deadline looms Thursday, which is a bit of a change for the organization in recent years.
The Suns of the past always had at least some assets on the books that seemed capable of fetching a serious return if the Suns were aggressive enough to pull the trigger on a trade. Last season, they did it, trading the “wonder twins” of Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson to acquire Kevin Durant.
Then, of course, they followed that up with another aggressive move, trading for Bradley Beal to assemble what was now officially a “super team.