Post Black Friday Shopping: Five trades the Phoenix Suns should make ASAP
By Adam Maynes
2. Kevin Love
If you have read this blog for any length of time, you have known that Kevin Love is basically by spirit animal.
I have wanted him on the Phoenix Suns since the 2008 draft, and while this is 11 years later (holy crap, it’s been 11 years…), he would still be a perfect fit for this team and franchise.
AND I think it would be possible to acquire him without moving Kelly Oubre – making the Phoenix Suns an instant top-four contender in the Western Conference the second Love steps on the court in purple and orange.
Fully recovered from the injuries that kept him down last season, K-Love is back to his old, stellar play, averaging 17.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc.
Having his scoring – in particular his shooting – would be a huge boost to the offense with Saric’s inability to have a big scoring game, while his rebounding would help the defense a ton.
In an attempt to keep Oubre on the roster, the Suns would have to offer some youth in Mikal Bridges while also moving an lottery-protected first round pick (it is supposed to be in the little trade image up-top, but there is a glitch in the code that won’t allow four items to be shown in one trade) with Cleveland in a complete rebuild mode, but there is no doubt that Love makes the Suns Western Conference competitors right away.
New Starting Lineup:
PG – Ricky Rubio
SG – Devin Booker
SF – Kelly Oubre Jr.
PF – Kevin Love
C – Deandre Ayton