Did The Suns Get It Right Trading Deandre Ayton?
On the latest PHNX Suns Podcast, the crew goes through Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia’s first 15 months in charge and all the on-court and off-court moves he made, including the Deandre Ayton trade. Jusuf Nurkic definitely struggled in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, but here’s why trading Ayton for Nurk and Grayson Allen was still the right move.
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Still haven't won a playoff game since 2010 without DA. Suns didnt deserve him
We were 2-2 last year in the playoffs against the Champs with less of a roster as this year. CP got hurt that series. If we traded CP for a legit point guard that didn't get hurt, we would be in much better shape. Nurkic is stuck in cement and Durant get off the ground.. What good is Nurkic and Allen if we're getting swept.. can't even win 1 game..
BTW, DA averaged 27 and 15 in the month of April before he got hurt. He still has some potential to be a 25 and 12 guy.
You traded a #1 pick and got nothing in return.
Believe it or not Ayton had better stats against the Nuggets than Nurkic had against the Timberwolves and it's known Ayton mentally quit the Nuggets series. You know it's bad when Nurkic isn't even better than someone not trying.
I think people are not thinking about the fact that the Beal trade probably shouldn't have happened and instead they should have traded CP3 and whoever else they need to get a decent point guard and maybe some bench depth and move Ayton to that 3rd option so he gets the touches he wants. Even when we had Book, KD, CP3, and Ayton, Ayton was treated as a 4th option when he was a better scorer than CP3.
Horrible Trade Would Take Ayton playing over the Nurk any day. Nurk sucks at defense in the post.
Nurkic should go down as worst trade in history. Don't ever mention Allen every time you mention that trade and his 3 points as he gave back every point back on defense and disappeared in the postseason. Remember before he went down Conley kept cooking him. Nurkic stood in the paint all season to get those rebounds and blocks which look good but overall, he was a liability on both ends. The big 3 can never get any rhythm whole season when defenders leave Nurkic and help double them and strip the ball which leads to the turnovers you keep on bringing up.
Hell yes dude was lazy sometime he didn't seem to no were he was at
Grayson lead the league in 3pt percentage. I'd even argue he was better than Beal. Nurk played well this year, he stayed healthy
Suns never going learn
First should have been devin first option then Ayton 2rd option Ayton was there before Kevin Durant Durant 3rd option. Would have pay Ayton and made him second option bet Ayton would have played better.
The suns did a terrible job of making Ayton a priority, he’s your #1 pick. You get a better big man when you feed him point blank and period and the suns refused to let him eat. If the suns kept their CORE together and made Ayton a priority like they were supposed to then they would have been better off and would still be contenders. Suns fans don’t wanna hear this but… DEVIN BOOKER IS NOT A LEADER! He’s a #2 for a championship team, guys like SGA and Anthony Edward’s have come in as young guys and quickly surpassed him. The suns sold their sold to appease Devin Booker, this is where they failed. They need to blow it up and get some picks back while booker, Beal, and Durant still have value
NOOOOOOOOOO!