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Phoenix Suns' bright salary cap future makes up for awful 2015-16 season

With two lottery picks and a significant cap space, the Suns will have a part to play in the 2016 offseason, as they did in 2015.

Phoenix already has four players on cheap rookie scale contracts and could add another four with their 2016 NBA Draft picks and 2014 draftee Bogdan Bogdanovic. That low-cost foundation gives them money to spend on top of their three bigger contracts for Eric Bledsoe, Brandon Knight and Tyson Chandler. That flexibility means the Suns could be factors on the trading block as well as in free agency.

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Let’s take a look at their free agents, salary cap space and assets for this summer before breaking down what needs to be done.