Should The Phoenix Suns Re-Sign Brandan Wright?

Cons

It’s hard to find too many flaws in Brandan Wright’s game. At this point, he basically is what he is: a very good backup center who isn’t quite good enough to be a starter. He knows his role, he doesn’t try to do too much and his generally sticks to his strengths.

Unfortunately, as much as he was successful at times at power forward with the Mavericks, he struggled in lineups with Len at the 5. Len has a decent midrange touch, but at this point in his young career, he’s incapable of creating his own offense. Wright has virtually zero touch outside the lane and can’t spread the floor, confining him to that backup center spot.

But the biggest knock against Wright, however, is that between re-signing him AND Brandon Knight, the Suns would have virtually zero cap room left over this summer. They wouldn’t be in the market to sign any of the league’s top free agents and it’d be taking a risk that he’s able to corral some of this team’s more volatile personalities in the locker room.

Wright earned $5 million in 2014-15, which would seem to be fair value for him. But the Suns would probably have to pay more than that now that everyone knows how rapidly the NBA’s salary cap is going to expand.

Next: The Salary Cap Situation