The Phoenix Suns didn’t exactly maximize trade value this offseason. They swapped Josh Jackson for the privilege of cutting Kyle Korver and saving a few million bucks, and they gave up TJ Warren along with a second round pick to the Indiana Pacers in a trade so lop-sided, the Pacers thought it was a joke.
With the constant roster turnover the team has employed, the 15 men in the game-one box score will look vastly different from game-82. Who are the likely candidates to ship out?
In a classic let’s-overreact-to-the-preseason exercise, the easy target is Tyler Johnson, who finished with a stat line primarily consisting of zeros in the first game, played well in the third, and sat out with varying ailments in games 2 and 4.