Potential Phoenix Suns Target Praised Amid Trade Rumors

PHOENIX — A 36-46 end to the 2024-25 season for the Phoenix Suns has probably prompted necessitated change from a roster perspective.

Whereas an overhaul within the teaching division is underway, there may be nonetheless a lot to do elsewhere – and a part of the overhaul is paying shut consideration to how present playoff groups are faring.

Tim McMahon of ESPN wrote concerning the Houston Rockets earlier at this time – a workforce that can be carefully linked with Phoenix – and the sturdy chance that the workforce will want an upgrade in terms of top-end expertise.

The Rockets – down 3-1 to the Golden State Warriors – have beforehand been famous to want inner improvement over making a ‘home-run’ transfer.

Jalen Inexperienced may very well be the important thing of all of it – his vocality about being overwhelmed by a primary playoff look may very well be telling as to what his destiny can be over the summer season.

McMahon mentions that Inexperienced remains to be seen as a participant with excessive upside regardless of wrapping up 12 months 4 within the league as a firecracker scorer that does not persistently play all-around basketball – even laying the lofty comparability of Devin Booker down.

“For instance, it has been noted that Green’s career statistical production is fairly similar to Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker’s first four seasons, although Booker had established himself as an elite scorer by this age, albeit on a bad team,” he mentioned.

“The knocks on Green now are that he hasn’t been consistent or efficient, but Booker is proof of the progress a volume-scoring shooting guard can make in those areas as he matures.”

Rockets level guard Fred VanVleet echoed these sentiments with one other daring assertion.

“I don’t know if you can go get another 2-guard with the upside or the talent level,[Anthony Edwards] maybe in Minnesota. I don’t know, does Book have more talent than Jalen, or is he more skilled and more polished and more experienced and older? … I don’t know what Jalen will look like when he’s 26, 27, 28 after playoff series. And that’s the upside, where it’s like potential can get a little intoxicating. He has the talent. There’s no reason for him not to reach that level. He’s got to go through it; he’s got to fail.”

– Fred VanVleet on Inexperienced

These bold propositions are ironic – as Inexperienced immediately turns into an anticipated commerce piece to Phoenix had been the Suns and Rockets to interact in a possible Kevin Durant commerce.

Inexperienced’s 3 12 months, $106 million extension signed with Houston final summer season was structured to be simply tradable – the guard can be a pure match as wage filler.

Past that and the potential clunky match subsequent to Booker, there may be clear upside in Inexperienced’s sport as a former quantity two total decide that has repeatedly flashed star potential over his temporary NBA profession.