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Four reasons the Phoenix Suns should avoid Kemba Walker

By Adam Maynes

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 01: Kemba Walker #15 of the Charlotte Hornets reacts after a play during their game against the Phoenix Suns at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 1, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 01: Kemba Walker #15 of the Charlotte Hornets reacts after a play during their game against the Phoenix Suns at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 1, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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In the end, just don’t do it

CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 17: Kemba Walker #15 of the Charlotte Hornets passes the ball against the Phoenix Suns during the game at the Time Warner Cable Arena on December 17, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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 2014 NBAE (Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 17: Kemba Walker #15 of the Charlotte Hornets passes the ball against the Phoenix Suns during the game at the Time Warner Cable Arena on December 17, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. 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 2014 NBAE (Photo by Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images) /

In the end, as I mentioned above, I would love to add Kemba Walker to the Suns presuming that it is after the season is through, Phoenix knows exactly where they will be selecting in the draft, and he does not cost the team one of their young assets.

The value of Kemba just does not equate giving up on what the team has built through tanking so far, and the ability to potentially find an even brighter star in the draft than Kemba – even as risky as that  proposition is – outweighs the addition of an established point guard that can not by himself make the Suns into a perennial contender.

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Certainly, if Kemba Walker were 22, I would be more apt to demand that the team make the necessary move to add him to the team’s back court. But at this point, with so many additional necessary moves to make to add to a core of Kemba and Booker, as well as the cap flexibility the team will have if a trade isn’t made over the next couple of years to add to a roster plentiful with cheap, rookie contract talent, a trade for Kemba Walker just doesn’t make any sense right now.

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