TRADE TALK: The Suns SHOULD NOT Be Trading Yet BUT If They Are It Should Be For Darius Garland!
Phoenix Suns face critical decisions as trade rumors swirl and Jalen Green’s future comes into question. Should the Suns target Darius Garland, Anthony Davis, or Domantas Sabonis, or does the team need to give its current roster more time to gel? With the Suns sitting at 4-6 and struggling to find an identity, concerns mount over their defensive rating and heavy reliance on Devin Booker.
Benjamin Garcia breaks down possible trade scenarios, including what it would take to land Garland, and explores whether shifting Green to the bench could unlock the lineup. The conversation focused on the Suns’ dire need for a secondary playmaker, holes in three-point shooting, and how upcoming games against the Hornets, Lakers, and Nuggets might force a shakeup. Can Phoenix turn things around before exhausting their limited draft capital—or is a major move inevitable? Don’t miss this candid analysis of the team’s crossroads.
00:00 Evaluating Suns’ Trade Prospects
05:44 Evaluating potential Suns trade targets
06:43 Discussing potential trades and roster issues
10:39 Discussing potential trade options
14:32 Adjusting the Suns’ starting lineup
18:37 Questions about Jalen’s role
20:17 Potential Suns lineup change
23:53 Discussing Suns performance predictions
27:44 Sun’s defensive strategy discussion
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At 60% how many of those games did they win
I would like to see Green off the bench and how that works before we trade him away. He doesn't suck.
Lol. This ain't even about this current season, what the SUNS should do is go FULL rebuild. PHX will be good for the foreseeable future but absolutely won't be good enough to really contend – they will be just a mediocre team. The ceiling potential with this roster isn't that good imo..
Like SAS, OKC, MIN, LAL, HOU & DEN will be great, that's a given. POR, DAL & GSW looks legit and probably already surpassed PHX. That's already 9teams that will be better than PHX in the next 3-4yrs. Will you be content on just battling for a play in spot each & every year?
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So, we lost the trade?
Playing green as the primary scorer meant back to back 30 ball crucial games last play ins. Having booker and brooks to start the season as primary and secondary scorers yielded a terrible start.
Die Suns brauchen ein vernünftiges Aufbauspiel. Goodwin hat gegen die Clippers 7 Dreier genommen und getroffen. Die Dreierquote von ihm lag bei 85%. Die Quote vom Team bei 51%. Boston Celtic sagt man auch nach, dass ihr Spiel über den Dreier steht und fällt. Goodwin gatte gute Looks. Kennard ubd Gillespie trauten sich mehr zu ohne gute Looks. Problem 2: Die Center von den Suns sind keine Gamechanger. Böse formuliert sind es Stehgeiger. Du siehst sie nie in spielentscheidenen Situationen. Wichtige Blocks und Rebounds fehlen. Aber vor allem das Scoring fehlt. Ein simpler Midrange Jumpshot oder ein schneller Schritt zum Korb für den Lay up, Dunk oder Bankshot fehlt. Das macht dich berechenbarer ubd der Moderator bewundert dann nur noch Booker, dem das egal udt wie verteidigt wird, weil erimmer seine Punkte macht. Abstimmungsprobleme gibt es auch. Suehe Fleming im letzten Viertel. Peat solkte häufiger spielen. Er verkörpert ganz gut das Spiel unter dem Korb.
Ben is a Jalen Green hater
Ofc you would take garland. More gaurds.. We need size and rebounds. a under size sabonis is better than another gaurd that cant play d. If we have to we trade Williams when he comes back. You do that. You make it sound like march is next week. Our season will be over if our waiting for Williams in march. By the time williams is in shape it will be april and season is over. We have been under sized forever. Ofc if davis wasnt made of glass i would take him. We had a chance at sabonis before and wouldn't give up ayton(lol)
Lol. Our whole team is free agents. I mean of our best players, only booker is ours. Brooks, green bridges, kennard, williams and Gillespie. So were not winning with our draft picks
Sabonis. Garland is oft injured trash. Green, Williams, Fleming for Sabonis. NO TO DAVIS TOO!!!!!! He's always hurt!
Why does Ott still put Booker, Green and Colin on the floor together. Didn’t he learn his lesson second half of the year last year???😢
Suns: Giddey, Rui, Derrick Jones Jr, Kris Dunn, Kalkbrenner
Bulls: Gillespie, Williams, Kennard
Hornets: Fleming, PHX second round pick
Clippers: Jalen Green, PHX 2030 First, PHX Second
Phoenix saves about 5 million in this deal and have a solid 10 man rotation, Kalkbrenner can bring size needed and Khaman can still get his development, Giddey value is low but will solve playmaking and rebounding issues!
Do PHX realistically have the draft assets to even land any significant player upgrade? Like JG even have a positive trade value with how he's been playing? Don't think 1 late 1RP is enough to get off his contract.
CHA protected pick gets it done, really? Garland gets PHX a WCF berth? LMFAO
Jalen Green to the Chicago Bulls for: Patrick Williams, Jalen Smith, Tre Jones and a future first rounder.
Nuggets has fallen to the 10th. Tell us how is Sun's jumping into the playin even❓ Garland shall never land in PHX.
Murray from NOP should be #1 on y'all radar
No to Garcia, he's always injured and too cynical
In fairness, to make the money work you’d probably trade green and mark if you’re trading for AD/sabonis so there wouldn’t be a log jam. Also seeing how good oso fits in this system makes me think sabonis would fit right in and would provide even better playmaking and rebounding. If khaman does end up coming around this season I think sabonis is the move to make since you can run book/brooks/miles/sabonis/khaman and actually have size for once. He also makes 10 mil less than AD and I really think he would fit the “grit and grind” mentality this team is trying to bring back from last year. The spacing would be an issue though for sure. Also maybe it’s just me but, I feel like Dillon has been over helping a ton on drives this season and it’s been leading to open corner 3’s but might just be me.
Suns keeping their draft picks is the dumbest thing I heard today 😂😂😂 the suns never had GMs to make good picks just check their history over the last 30+ years…
Blow the team up, starting with SHOE SALESMAN BOOk
Hey BG, we don’t need any trades. We just need to find our way with the players we have.
DUDE!! I definitely am with the idea of Darius Garland!! Like you said, he is as pure of a point guard you are going to get in the NBA right now!! 😀 Don't get me wrong, I am a BIG fan girl and Stan Sabonis!! I think he addresses the Power Forward and rebounding issues big time. He is like a Oso on steroids too as far as it pertains to assists and passing! He can score too is definitely dwindling in the arena of scoring which worries me as far as trading assets and resources for him. He is already 30 years old so…🤷🏾
I'm not with AD at all, too old and too injury prone!! 💜🧡
I definitely agree with that statement of moving Jalen Green to the bench as the back up SG!! As Ben said we need to see if before we just up and trade him would he and could he be a sparkplug off the bench like a Manu Ginobili, Jason Terry, Lou Williams, Vinnie Johnson, Toni Kukoc, and the GOAT 6th man Jalen Crawford??!? The 6th man role can really be a make or break part of a team!! I mean look at what Manu did for San Antonio 🎶🎶 all of those Championship years 🤷🏾🏆 Like Ben said if that works it can really work for us to build a solid bench team of: Goodie at PG, Jalen Green at SG, Luke Kennard at SF, Ryan Dunn at PF, and Khaman Maluach as the anchor at Center. We'd be 10 guys deep on the rotation and 11 when Mark Williams comes back in February!! 🙏🏾💪🏾💜🧡🤷🏾🙏🏾
Jalen Green should have already been traded
Id prefer Ty Jerome and Kyrie Irving before I'm trading assets for Darius Garland he just does not seem like the type of player ishbia wants. We want gritty guys garland is charmin ultra soft