Is Philadelphia Brandon Knight’s Ultimate Destination?
By Adam Maynes
For months Suns fans have speculated on where Brandon Knight would ultimately be traded.
It is one thing for Suns fans to speculate, it’s entirely another for the fans of other teams to call for their home team to trade for him.
That is exactly what happened on Valley of the Suns’ sister-page The Sixer Sense.
Site Editor for the blog, Josh Wilson, sees the Philadelphia 76ers as a good fit for Brandon Knight believing that a combo guard of Knight’s stature playing alongside Ben Simmons would be a solid fit, noting:
"Knight is a decent passer himself, which may take away a bit from Simmons’ facilitating, but overall he is decent scorer, and could take advantage of Simmons’ court vision just as much as any other player who has a knack for scoring."
In return, he view’s the Suns acquiring Nerlens Noel, a player who has generally fallen out of the rotation for the 76ers playing behind Joel Embiid and Jahlil Okafor. Noel is an excellent defender, and while he isn’t a great scorer, could take the place of Tyson Chandler in the future, whether he is traded, or in two years when his contract runs out. Regardless, the addition of Noel would cause a glut in the Suns’ front-court (not a bad problem to have) but would also give Phoenix an easier time in making a decision on re-signing Alex Len this off-season when he seems destined to receive fairly high contract offers.
Should the Suns decide to keep Noel and let Len walk – or visa vera – the team will have at least cleared up Knight’s cap space to allow for the re-signing of either/or, and still retain significant cap space to go after a bigger fish.