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The idea is that they want Tobis for Ayton,  although I don't get who will start at C for them.

I totally understand that the rumor is they want Tobias for Ayton. But if Morey's supposed asking price from CLE for Tobias was Mobley+Allen+FRP, then one can assume the asking price for a 3-team trade where the team that receives Ayton gets the luxury of paying Kyrie+Hardy+Green+FRP to Philly. 

Of course that's silly. No shot it would ever happen. The realistic alternative of THJ+Maxi for Ayton I'm on board with, but there are a lot of signals PHX is sending out that they've surveyed the landscape of Ayton trades and don't like where his value is at and aren't going to sell low.

Gambo (PHX's Stein) says as such and goes so far as to say this PHI rumor is total BS: 

https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/1672971404919316480

This is incredible just total BS. Suns have no interest. Once again - I do NOT expect them to trade Ayton..

Haynes echoes the same point: 

Phoenix Suns are moving forward with the plan of keeping Deandre Ayton to play alongside Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, league sources tell @NBAonTNT, @BleacherReport.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/...60064?s=20

https://twitter.com/chrisbhaynes/status/...82688?s=46&t=xNHF873rjt7IFVxyn62T2g
Suns believe Ayton’s value to the franchise is at an all-time high with the additions of Beal and Durant. Phoenix wants to see them play together.

Yet despite these guys clearly saying the Ayton market has closed, one has to wonder:

"Deandre Ayton's value to the franchise is at an all-time high" is a thing the Suns are leaking about Deandre Ayton, whose value to the franchise is such that it needs to be leaked that his value to the franchise is at an all-time high.

https://twitter.com/perdhapleynba/status...00001?s=46&t=whLvje1nnUIC2GVBVD1v8w