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5 Uncle Drew Trades the Suns Should Consider

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 18: Kyrie Irving at Sports Illustrated 2017 Fashionable 50 Celebration at Avenue on July 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 18: Kyrie Irving at Sports Illustrated 2017 Fashionable 50 Celebration at Avenue on July 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED) /
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Trade 3: New York

The Knicks are clearly where Kyrie wants to be. That said, he doesn’t have much leverage and the Knicks don’t have may assets they can get rid of. If the Suns can suck some first round picks out of New York it’s a safe bet. The Knicks have been a dysfunctional franchise for decades and shows little sign of changing.Grabbing a few good assets now and future picks might be a huge win for the Suns three years from now.

Cleveland Receives – Eric Bledsoe, Tyson Chandler, Guillermo Hernangomez, and Miami 2018 vie Phoenix

Phoenix Receives – Joakim Noah, Iman Shumpert, Frank Ntilikina, 2018 NYK pick (top-3 protected), and 2020 NYK pick (no protection)

New York Receives – Kyrie Irving