06-27-2023, 02:52 AM
(06-27-2023, 02:42 AM)Branduil Wrote: I think it's two things:
1) Phoenix just needs bodies at this point. They have so much tied up in Booker/Ayton/KD/Beal that they can't build any kind of bench. So they would be adding THJ and Holmes as players (and getting off of Ayton's horrible deal)
2) I think Ayton is just toxic for them now. Probably because he doesn't want to do the hard work to win now.
I guess I'd be more inclined to believe it if Holmes were less of a question mark. I have high hopes that change of location will do him a world of good, but if he doesn't bounce back, I don't think they can get off of him and certainly couldn't return something useful. I'm with you on the Suns needing bodies and can easily see them doing fifty cents or a quarter on the dollar for Ayton, but I'd think they'd want 2-3 useful pieces. THJ is certainly that. Holmes is ???. McGee is certainly not.