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Top-10 Best Trades in Phoenix Suns History

By Adam Maynes

Oct 30, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash is greeted by fans prior to being inducted into the Suns Ring of Honor at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 30, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash is greeted by fans prior to being inducted into the Suns Ring of Honor at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jennifer Stewart-USA TODAY Sports /
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In their nearly 50 years as a franchise in the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Suns have participated in a wide variety of trades (approximately 110 as of the 2016-17 season).

PHOENIX – DECEMBER 26: Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns reacts against the Toronto Raptors on December 26, 2004 at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns won 106-94. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2004 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHOENIX – DECEMBER 26: Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns reacts against the Toronto Raptors on December 26, 2004 at America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns won 106-94. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2004 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) /

These trades have ranged from the small and innocuous – like a 1969 deal when Phoenix acquired a third-round pick for the rights to Eugene Tormohlen; the large and complex – like the four-way 15 player deal that was for a time the largest trade in NBA history; to the franchise altering – like in 1993 when the Suns traded Jeff Hornacek, Tim Perry, and Andrew Lang for Charles Barkley.

Most often completed trades have been transactions that have adjusted the roster here or there. Moves whose purpose has been to acquire draft picks, the rights to picks, or have been to clear salary to either make way for an extension or room for free agents.

On occasion, however, a trade has gone well – really well – for the Phoenix Suns and they have either made out like bandits, or luck smiled upon them when either the player(s) acquired far exceeded expectations or the player(s) traded suddenly collapsed into obscurity.

This is a list of those trades. This is a list of the best of the best.

These are the Top-10 Best Trades in Phoenix Suns History.

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