Phoenix Suns 5 Initial Free Agent Targets Nobody is Talking About Enough

Phoenix Suns Early Free Agent Targets: David Duke Jr.

He never made it onto Brooklyn’s full-roster, but David Duke Jr. started seven games for a Nets team with championship aspirations all throughout last year. The Providence product ended up averaging only 4.7 points per game but showed promise especially as a potential 3-and-D plug with enough athleticism and burst to switch one through five.

At just 22 years old, Duke Jr. remains a project piece though, hence why Phoenix can likely afford him on a minimum deal. But while doing that, they still acquire a guy who shined brighter than most on the G-League stage, carries all the gifts needed to excel as a two-way player, and some experience running and gunning beside star players.

He checks almost every box you want for a “low risk high reward” player and even if the Suns want to only offer him a two-way deal, he already seems like a more exciting prospect to try and develop than anyone since Cameron Johnson.

Especially if the Suns do not re-sign Aaron Holiday this summer, Duke Jr. needs to be on their radar as a foundational, and even fun replacement being a combo guard. His aforementioned athleticism might even allow him to field some minutes at small forward as well. The sky is the limit for this electric force.

While Brooklyn might try want to add him back this summer, they also might need to turn their attention elsewhere as they try to break down and fully reconstruct a roster around Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving which came up well short of expectations this past season.